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Retaking the Net – what motivates us
“I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth, banks are going...
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Libravatar: BrowserID and asynchronous programming
The Libravatar project has been pretty active in the last few weeks. Other than a whole lot of bug fixes, the most important feature that got implemented in the last month is support for BrowserID, a...
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How you can get involved
Our first barcamp is over, but there are many ways to keep the conversation going and get – or stay – involved with Retake the Net: Sign up for the Retake the Net mailing list Join one of our projects,...
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Making our ideas better – impressions from the Retake the Net barcamp
We had a blast at last week’s Retake the Net barcamp! All in all, around 70 people joined us at Wellington Town Hall on a sunny Saturday. And it wasn’t just locals: several people came to town from...
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Libravatar.org: a year online
One year ago, a new freedom-respecting online service went live. That’s right, libravatar.org has just turned 1! We’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Lars Wirzenius and Braawi who...
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What’s next for Retake the Net
Retake the Net has been quiet since the barcamp, and you may have been wondering what’s going on? Nothing more mysterious than that we’ve all been catching up on a number of things we haven’t had time...
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Open Communities: call for volunteers
Last weekend, a homeless man named Ben Hana, known to most Wellingtonians as “Blanket Man”, passed away at Wellington Hospital. He was only 54 years old. Everyone who works, lives, or plays in the CBD...
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Open Culture: The (internet) keys to the city, and beyond
It’s a brand new year, and now that everyone’s back and refreshed, it’s time once again to work on the Open Culture project. Late last year, we got wonderful news. CityLink, one of the premier...
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The Soup Hub is live
We’re happy to announce that we recently launched the Soup Hub, a computer hub at the Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre (SACC) in Wellington, New Zealand. We provide access to technology, the internet,...
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Thank you and farewell
Maybe life’s call to us Will never find an end. Courage my heart, Take leave and fare thee well. Hermann Hesse, Stufen About a year ago, we tried an experiment. We found that we had a lot of...
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