The Leimert Phone Co. - home

<h1><em><img src="/file/view/phone-after-late-night-Nov27-2013-225x300.jpeg/539384720/phone-after-late-night-Nov27-2013-225x300.jpeg" alt="" title="" align="right" />Connect:</em></h1>
 <ul><li><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Public</strong> facing website is <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://LeimertPhoneCompany.net" rel="nofollow">LeimertPhoneCompany.net</a>, including our <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://leimertphonecompany.net/press-coverage/" rel="nofollow">press</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://leimertphonecompany.net/vision/" rel="nofollow">vision</a>, and prototype stubs (workings stubs are below/less public)</span><ul><li><span style="font-size: 13px;">outreach via our Twitter account <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://twitter.com/LeimertPhoneCo" rel="nofollow">@LeimertPhoneCo</a>, </span></li></ul></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong>Collaborate</strong> on projects via this wiki and:</span><ul><li><span style="line-height: 1.5;">email <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/leimert-phone-company" rel="nofollow">discussion</a> group </span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5;">semi-public Facebook <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/leimertphonecompany/" rel="nofollow">group for collaborators</a>.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">Our wish list</span>: See our list of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Leimert%20Phone%20Co.%20wish%20list">skills and things we need</a>. Can you help?</li></ul></li></ul><h1>Project notes</h1>
 <ul><li><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Hardware, sculpture and physical</span></strong><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> platform </span><ul><li>Case study: our physical prototype for <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://leimertphonecompany.net/prototypes/sankofa-red/" rel="nofollow">Sankofa Red</a> (public stub only)</li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5;">wiring the <a class="wiki_link" href="/PiPhone-Setup">PiPhone hardware</a> with Raspberry Pi including our custom board (see also earlier R </span><a class="wiki_link" href="/raspberry%20pi%20hacking">Pi hacking</a> -- networking, playing videos, hooking up to phone hardware)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/tap-in%20prototype">tap-in prototype</a> with no-dial phone and rfid</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/software%20PiPhone%20tips">software PiPhone tips</a> -- e.g., connecting <span style="line-height: 1.5;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/Connecting%20wirelessly%20to%20the%20Pi">**wirelessly** to the Pi</a> (useful to update software without needing to open the payphone)</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/printable%20inserts%20and%20visual%20customization">printable inserts and visual customization</a> -- mostly with paper</span></li></ul></li><li><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Software </span></strong><span style="line-height: 1.5;">for place-based <strong>activity prototyping</strong></span><ul><li>Case study: our game <strong>Sankofa Says</strong>: see <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://leimertphonecompany.net/prototypes/sankofa-says/" rel="nofollow">public</a> or <a class="wiki_link" href="/Sankofa%20Says%20Game">project</a> stub</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/handset%20activity%20system">handset activity system</a> -- includes support for ID cards, leaving messages for a person, and posting SMS to Twilio;</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/hotline%20activity%20system">hotline activity system</a> -- driven by calling in and out, SMS - often with Twilio and OpenVBX</li><li>making direct <strong>calls</strong> with VOIP - see our <a class="wiki_link" href="/PiPhone%20software">PiPhone software</a></li><li><strong>coin</strong> identification and counting -- see our code for an <a class="wiki_link" href="/Expensive%20Coin%20Counter">Expensive Coin Counter</a></li></ul></li></ul><h1><span style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5;">Related Resources</span></h1>
 <ul><li><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/Payphone%20culture">Payphone Culture</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/Payphone%20hacking%20-%20inspiration%2C%20guides%2C%20etc.">Payphone Hacking</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/Protel%207000%20payphone%20-%20technical%20information">Info on the Protel 7000</a>, payphone <a class="wiki_link" href="/art-around-phones">artwork</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Our first <a class="wiki_link" href="/HackathonNotes">Hack-a-thon notes</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/Second%20Hack-a-thon">Second Hack-a-thon</a>: <a class="wiki_link" href="/Team%20PC%20%28Expressnet%29">Team PC (Expressnet)</a> ; <a class="wiki_link" href="/Team%20Enclosure%20Wiring">Team Enclosure Wiring</a> ; </span></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Leimert%20info">Leimert info</a> -- including documentaries, etc.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Los%20Angeles%20Resources">Los Angeles Resources</a> (city wide)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/directions">Directions to Leimert and USC</a></li></ul><img src="/file/view/LPCPB13full-300x200.jpg/539385192/LPCPB13full-300x200.jpg" alt="" title="" align="right" /><br />
<h1><em><span style="font-size: 1.1em;">Historical archives of some of our prior work</span></em></h1>
 <ol><li><h2><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/ContentGroup">ContentGroup</a> (fall 2013)</em></h2>
</li><li><h2><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/TechGroup">TechGroup</a></em> <em>(fall 2013)</em></h2>
</li><li><h2><span style="font-size: 1.1em;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/VisualGroup">VisualGroup</a> </span> <em>(fall 2013)</em></h2>
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</li></ol><ul><li><h5><span style="font-size: 1.033em; line-height: 1.5;">General Kaos Network Schedule:</span></h5>
<ul><li><h6>Last Sunday of Month (Art Walk)</h6>
</li><li>Third Tuesday 9pm-Close of Month (Bananas)</li><li>Second Tuesday 9pm-Close of Month (Griot Workshop)</li><li>Saturday 3pm-Close (Kids at 43rd + Line Dancing + Rumba)</li></ul></li></ul><br />
<h1><em><span style="font-size: 1.1em;">Very first prototype idea sketch teams:</span></em></h1>
 <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/Dial-a-Track">Dial-a-Track</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/Transmedia%20Storytelling">Transmedia Storytelling</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><a class="wiki_link" href="/smARTphone">smArtPhone</a></span></li><li><em>...templates for <a class="wiki_link" href="/final%20day%20pitches">final day pitches</a></em></li></ul><h1>Wiki tips:</h1>
 <ul><li>It seems not possible to upload images when you're not logged in to the wiki, but you can link to external images if you know their URL:<br />
Click on the &quot;File&quot; button once you are in edit mode, pick &quot;External Image&quot;, insert the URL in the dialog, click &quot;Load&quot;, and then click on the thumbnail that appears underneath</li></ul><h1>Old content:</h1>
 <ul><li><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Decisions to make: <a class="wiki_link" href="/names">names</a> for our studio...</span><br />
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