MeshNow is the offline toolkit Jing is building for calls, messages, and file transfers when cellular and the Internet are gone. Meshtastic and LoRa are two of the transports inside that toolkit — the hop that keeps a local mesh alive without a SIM card.
LoRa is a long-range, low-power radio mode. Meshtastic is the open firmware and protocol that turns those radios into a text-and-position mesh. Together they cover hikers, makers, and disaster-prep groups who need a neighborhood link when towers fail.
In Taiwan that is not a thought experiment. Typhoons, earthquakes, and crowded festivals already knock cellular off the map. Community nodes are already on rooftops and trailheads. MeshNow is meant to sit with that work: use Meshtastic and LoRa when they are the path that is up, and keep Bluetooth or LAN for the room next door.
The point is not another radio app. It is one place to call, message, and send a file — with Meshtastic and LoRa as first-class options next to the shorter-range transports. When the public network drops, the toolkit should still have a hop.