Posts By: Rosa Menkman

Thank you Meta-Group

By Rosa Menkman, March 9, 2009

The blogger team would really like to thank everybody that worked to make Winter Camp happen, especially the INC team! We had a great time. Thank you very much!

FLOSS Manuals final session

By Rosa Menkman, March 8, 2009

Floss Diagram As I described in an earlier post, FLOSS Manuals focuses on the documentation of Free / Libre / Open Source Software. In the final plenary session, Adam gave us a short history of his collective and then went deeper into the outcomes of their week of labour, which they presented via a diagram. [...]

Dyne.org: Opening Eyes and Earlids

By Rosa Menkman, March 8, 2009

// Idiocracy // Dyne.org // Freedom of Creation // Based on an interview with Denis Jaromil Rojo Dyne.org is a decentralized, open, nomadic and displaced network, that exists through and in cooperation with multiple networks. Dyne.org mainly operates like a fluid grassroot power, through institutions. This means that the network will and can never be [...]

Genderchangers: wtF

By Rosa Menkman, March 8, 2009

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3527068[/vimeo] During Winter Camp, The Genderchangers network planned to figure out their identity, work on a manifesto, a slogan and a new website. Today, during their final presentations, it seemed the Genderchangers almost finished their todo list. They now know what they are; the Genderchangers are wtF and super cool! They prented us with their [...]
Today I was priviliged to witness a most curious demonstration...

OLPC demonstration

By Rosa Menkman, March 7, 2009

Today I was priviliged to witness a most curious demonstration of the One Laptop Per Child green/plastic machine. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxDPHfQGkw[/youtube]

pure:dyne

By Rosa Menkman, March 7, 2009

Another release by GOTO10: pure:dyne, an operating system on a USB key. Available for only 8 euros during Winter Camp, or bring your USB stick and they will help you DIY. From the GOTO10 website: pure:dyne is happy to announce the release of this super-cute, super small 2gb liveUSB! Pre-loaded with the latest pure:dyne system [...]

The ‘peer to peer’ economy

By Rosa Menkman, March 6, 2009

explanation of a fork, or? On the second day of Winter Camp, Denis Jaromil Rojo was asked to be a keynote speaker at the plenary session. He kept it short and just published some open source for thought. First of all, the Rasta Soft man wanted us to contemplate the question of unrestricted distribution of [...]

**New Music Compilation, New Netlabel!**

By Rosa Menkman, March 6, 2009

Various Artists – /Substrate/ GOSUB10-001 Today (6/3) GOTO10 launches Substrate (an inaugural release) on their new netlabel GOSUB10. A 12-track compilation of music from across the electronic music genre, it features friends and family of the GOTO10 collective, illustrating the strong networks by which the label will grow and provide insight into future directions. /Substrate/ [...]

FLOSS Manuals

By Rosa Menkman, March 6, 2009

When I joined the FLOSS manuals workshop on Thursday morning, I wasn’t sure what to expect. FLOSS manuals were a pretty obscure territory for me. I decided to settle in a corner and observe the members to gradually learn more about the network, their goals and strategies. The workshop was managed by Adam Hyde. Adam [...]

GO BACK TO START (GOTO10)

By Rosa Menkman, March 4, 2009

This post is partially based on an interview between Gabriella Coleman and Aymeric Mansoux (GOTO10) that took place on the first day of Winter Camp. Aymeric Mansoux is both artist and musician. His main interests revolve around online communities, software as a medium and the influence of FLOSS in the development and understanding of digital [...]