The origin story of the Loomio Cooperative is like the opening lines of a joke; two activists walk into a coworking space, and ask, "do you want to develop an app?". But that's exactly how it all began. Back in October 2011, Ben Knight and Rich
How we can do better than replacing a duopoly with a triopoly The main purpose of this post is to describe KiwiDelivery, my proposal for a publicly-owned, renewable-powered alternative to the corporate supermarket duopoly. We'll get to that. But first, let's set the scene.
We’re now in the depths of winter here in the South Pacific, so the June solstice is our seasonal new year. But it’s still common practice in Aotearoa to celebrate the calendar New Year in the middle of our summer, along with those are hunkering down for a
Discussing the.SocialMusic.Network with the SSSD Every year in May, my longtime amigo and fellow culture jammer, the SSSD, hypes up NZ Music Month on the Deep INsessioNZ radio show, rolling out kiwi music themed shows throughout the month. This May, one of those was an interview with yours
Understanding fediverse servers as a form of hospitality
One of the actions recommended by the KeepAndroidOpen.org campaign is to "provide feedback directly to Google using their Android developer verification requirements survey". They provide a link to that survey, and I'd been meaning to make use of it for a while. Then on Tuesday
How to help your community explore the fediverse with you
Why pure peer-to-peer networks aren't always better than federated ones
The best plaid plans of mice and me. Seasons greetings to anyone who happens to read this. Hope you all have a fantastic break over the solstice period, whether you're entering the depths of winter or, like us, sweating through the early summer. As for me, in a
As promised, here's another one from the archives, originally posted in November 2015 on the original version of this blog (on CoActivate), and then republished on The Daily Blog. This one explores the differences between the 'crowdsourcing' of genuine digital commons (Wikipedia, couchsurfing platforms, etc), and
Because I'm a long-former, and what some people consider blog length is my idea of a quick memo. It's been almost a third of a year since I got Ghost installed here, and posted my 95 theses on leaving SS (SubStack). During most of that
Lessons from Bridge Seat Cooperative (2023-2025) 1. Introducing the Bridge Seat Cooperative 2. A Bridge Too Far (this one) 3. In Defence of Servers 4. Into the Woods We Go 5. Competing Digital Cages or Cooperative Digital Cafes? This piece was originally published on the abandoned Bridge Seat and