SmarterBham and Air Quality
By Nathan McMinn
6 March 2019Our friends at Gasp, Inc have been with us since the beginning of our journey. They recently had a great video produced that explains their goals fo…
LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN
Why not start with writing an update and share the existence of The Things Network community in your area. You can mention the plans and other action steps too.
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The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
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Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
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Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
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UNLEASH TTN Birmingham
Complete all 4 elements to unlock the final step!
Birmingham, Alabama is a little city with huge potential. A recipient of IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge grant, Birmingham has a small but growing tech community that is bursting with new ideas. If we are going to realize the true potential of our city, we'll need open infrastructure that allows innovators to test and deploy their ideas with as little friction as possible.
We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Birmingham, AL.
Our story
Birmingham, Alabama is a little city with huge potential. A recipient of IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge grant, Birmingham has a small but growing tech community that is bursting with new ideas. If we are going to realize the true potential of our city, we'll need open infrastructure that allows innovators to test and deploy their ideas with as little friction as possible.
We are happy to have y…
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New Coverage Test Results
Our Beacon Parkway gateway location is living up to expectations. Even with an indoor antenna, we see some excellent range results. 4.8km is our cu…
Heltec ESP32 + LoRaWAN Tutori…
We keep chugging along on our journey toward building our TTN community and getting some use cases up and running. One of the things that is next on…
Updated resources for getting…
One of the struggles of a small city tech community is that of fragmentation. When groups all set up their own forums, their own slack channels, the…
First gateways placed
Mouser delivered today! Our first gateways arrived via FedEx and of course I couldn't wait to unbox the things and get them set up. Originally we h…
Finally getting started!
It's been over a year and a half since I first stumbled across TTN and decided that it sounded like a fantastic idea for small city with big tech dre…
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Birmingham community page updated
2 years, 8 months ago
dking37943 is now part of Birmingham community
3 years ago
Nathan McMinn posted an update in The Things Network Birmingham: "SmarterBham and Air Quality"
5 years, 8 months ago
The Things Network Birmingham got a new partner: "Code for Birmingham"
6 years, 2 months ago
The Things Network Birmingham got its 10th member
6 years, 2 months ago
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29 Jan
More @TeamConserv customer kits headed out the door! Proudly #MadeInBirmingham! https://t.co/6rX13nMtOV
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7 Jan
We rewatched Ghostbusters 2 on NYE, and I had forgotten the villain was a museum conservator. What are some other… https://t.co/bLzpE9C5x2
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This is such a great article. Most coding tests are stupid, and test little more than rote memorization. Better a… https://t.co/sAuYUNxSyr
Contact us
While we get going, you can contact us by reaching out to the network initiator on Twitter (@ntmcminn). We'll open up additional communication channels as we put our full team together.
Contributors to Birmingham
The Core Team of Birmingham:
Contributors:
jflayhart
Member
dking37943
Member
apearson
Member
Jonathan Self
Member
austinsense
Member
mcbrihk
Member
DougInAlabama
Member
tay_phill
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amb0040
Member
lisaekarl
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robbihun
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dnear1
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cloudfarmer205
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Wayne Hankins
Member
Brian Denton-Trujillo
Member
AndrewPetrovics
Member
Brian Cupps
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adam-d
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Fred Broughton
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Morganizer
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Rickey Whitworth
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Martin Isaac Falcon Segovia
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Wesley Benefield
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dking37943 introduction to Birmingham community
Rickey Whitworth introduction to Birmingham community
Fred Broughton introduction to Birmingham community
Martin Isaac Falcon Segovia introduction to Birmingham community
Brian Denton-Trujillo introduction to Birmingham community
LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN
Why not start with writing an update and share the existence of The Things Network community in your area. You can mention the plans and other action steps too.
Add post
The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
Forum
Only the core team of Birmingham can add forum topics
Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
Create a Twitter account!
Connect gateways
Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
Only the core team of Birmingham can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Birmingham
Complete all 4 elements to unlock the final step!