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==Is this Website a [[Wiki]]?== | ==Is this Website a [[Wiki]]?== | ||
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This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, the site was initially configured to require users to create an account in order to edit articles. In addition, when the wiki began to be spammed (see [[Spam Attack]]), the configuration was changed so that only [[WikiSysop]] can create new accounts. The site thus currently operates as the personal database of [[User:MichaelSlattery|Michael Slattery]]. The companion site the [http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Wiki] is still a [[Wiki]], although as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley] says: "A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids." | This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, the site was initially configured to require users to create an account in order to edit articles. In addition, when the wiki began to be spammed (see [[Spam Attack]]), the configuration was changed so that only [[WikiSysop]] can create new accounts. The site thus currently operates as the personal database of [[User:MichaelSlattery|Michael Slattery]]. The companion site the [http://ctwiki.ouvaton.org Convivial Projects Wiki] is still a [[Wiki]], although as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley] says: "A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids." | ||
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==Historical Roots== | ==Historical Roots== | ||
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When [[Ivan Illich]] wrote [[Tools for Conviviality]] in 1973, he was informed by a long tradition of criticism of industrial technology and of proposed alternatives. The [[Historical Roots]] of the idea of [[Convivial Tools]] extend at least as far back as [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], and include twentieth-century figures such as [[Lewis Mumford]] and [[Jacques Ellul]]. Also, the [[Whole Earth]] and [[Appropriate Technology]] movements, mentioned below, in fact appeared a few years ''before'' Illich's book [[Tools for Conviviality]]. | When [[Ivan Illich]] wrote [[Tools for Conviviality]] in 1973, he was informed by a long tradition of criticism of industrial technology and of proposed alternatives. The [[Historical Roots]] of the idea of [[Convivial Tools]] extend at least as far back as [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], and include twentieth-century figures such as [[Lewis Mumford]] and [[Jacques Ellul]]. Also, the [[Whole Earth]] and [[Appropriate Technology]] movements, mentioned below, in fact appeared a few years ''before'' Illich's book [[Tools for Conviviality]]. | ||
==Whole Earth== | ==Whole Earth== | ||
| − | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Whole Earth]]''' | + | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Whole Earth]]'''</font> |
The [[Whole Earth]] movement began with the publication of the [[Whole Earth Catalog]] (WEC) by [[Stewart Brand]] in 1968. The [[Whole Earth Catalog]] served as the focal center of an informal community of users and contributors to that publication, which appeared regularly until 1972, and periodically thereafter. [[Stewart Brant]] and the [[Whole Earth]] community spawned a number of influential spin-offs, such as the [[Coevolution Quarterly]], the Internet community called the [[WELL]] and the magazine [[Wired]]. | The [[Whole Earth]] movement began with the publication of the [[Whole Earth Catalog]] (WEC) by [[Stewart Brand]] in 1968. The [[Whole Earth Catalog]] served as the focal center of an informal community of users and contributors to that publication, which appeared regularly until 1972, and periodically thereafter. [[Stewart Brant]] and the [[Whole Earth]] community spawned a number of influential spin-offs, such as the [[Coevolution Quarterly]], the Internet community called the [[WELL]] and the magazine [[Wired]]. | ||
==Appropriate Technology== | ==Appropriate Technology== | ||
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The theme now called [[Appropriate Technology]] was first introduced as [[Intermediate Technology]] in the mid-nineteen sixties by [[E.F. Schumacher]], who is best-known for his book [[Small is Beautiful]]. | The theme now called [[Appropriate Technology]] was first introduced as [[Intermediate Technology]] in the mid-nineteen sixties by [[E.F. Schumacher]], who is best-known for his book [[Small is Beautiful]]. | ||
==Hacker Generation== | ==Hacker Generation== | ||
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The [[Hacker Generation]] refers to the individuals and communities that created the hardware and software of the personal computer in the late nineteen-seventies and early nineteen-eighties. It includes people such as [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], who created the [[Apple Computer]], and [[Lee Felsenstein]], an electronic engineer who along with Wozniak and Jobs was a founding member of the [[Homebrew Computer Club]]. | The [[Hacker Generation]] refers to the individuals and communities that created the hardware and software of the personal computer in the late nineteen-seventies and early nineteen-eighties. It includes people such as [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], who created the [[Apple Computer]], and [[Lee Felsenstein]], an electronic engineer who along with Wozniak and Jobs was a founding member of the [[Homebrew Computer Club]]. | ||
==Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)== | ==Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)== | ||
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[[Free and Open Source Software]] (FOSS) is a comprehensive term encompassing both the Free Software and the Open Source Software movements. | [[Free and Open Source Software]] (FOSS) is a comprehensive term encompassing both the Free Software and the Open Source Software movements. | ||
==Wikis== | ==Wikis== | ||
| − | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Wikis]]''' | + | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Wikis]]'''</font> |
A [[wiki]] is a website whose pages can be edited by any visitor. The first wiki, called [[WikiWikiWeb]], was created by [[Ward Cunningham]] in 1995. Wikis were brought to the attention of the general public by the success of [[Wikipedia]], an online collaborative encyclopedia created in 2001. This website presents numerous pages with information about [[:Category:Wiki People|people]], [[:Category:Wiki Websites|websites]], [[:Category:Wiki Engines|software]] and [[:Category:Wiki Concepts|concepts]] in the realm of wikis. | A [[wiki]] is a website whose pages can be edited by any visitor. The first wiki, called [[WikiWikiWeb]], was created by [[Ward Cunningham]] in 1995. Wikis were brought to the attention of the general public by the success of [[Wikipedia]], an online collaborative encyclopedia created in 2001. This website presents numerous pages with information about [[:Category:Wiki People|people]], [[:Category:Wiki Websites|websites]], [[:Category:Wiki Engines|software]] and [[:Category:Wiki Concepts|concepts]] in the realm of wikis. | ||
==Open Design== | ==Open Design== | ||
| − | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Open Design]]''' | + | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Open Design]]'''</font> |
[[Open Design]] is the application of the principles of [[Free and Open Source Software]] (FOSS) to the design of physical objects such as machines and computer hardware. Open Design is a general term covering a number of specific [[Open Source]] movements, such as the [[Open Source Hardware]] movement for Open Design of microcomputer chips, and the [[Open Source Tool Design]] movement which concerns primarily the Open Design of machines. | [[Open Design]] is the application of the principles of [[Free and Open Source Software]] (FOSS) to the design of physical objects such as machines and computer hardware. Open Design is a general term covering a number of specific [[Open Source]] movements, such as the [[Open Source Hardware]] movement for Open Design of microcomputer chips, and the [[Open Source Tool Design]] movement which concerns primarily the Open Design of machines. | ||
==Convivial Product== | ==Convivial Product== | ||
| − | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Convivial Product]]''' | + | <font size="3">'''[[:Category:Convivial Product]]'''</font> |
The [[Convivial Product]] is a [[Convivial Tool]] offered for public use. Unlike the other sections of this website listed above which aim to present only objective information, the pages about the [[Convivial Product]] present a mixture of objective information and of subjective vision about what a [[Convivial Tool]] can and should be. | The [[Convivial Product]] is a [[Convivial Tool]] offered for public use. Unlike the other sections of this website listed above which aim to present only objective information, the pages about the [[Convivial Product]] present a mixture of objective information and of subjective vision about what a [[Convivial Tool]] can and should be. | ||
