For centuries, large sailing vessels were a widespread, sustainable form of mass transit—until the late 19th century, when the steam engine and later the diesel engine drove them to obsolescence. Today, aviation dominates. But does … Read more
Freifunk – My Final Cut
For more than 15 years I was an active member of the Freifunk Community. Since its foundation back in 2003 it was a long and exciting journey for me. In this article I want to share some of my very personal highlights and thoughts on this trip. Read more
Haste Makes Waste!
Five years ago I co-founded the School of Collaboration – a German not-for-profit organization in the fields of research and education – aiming to improve human interaction in teams. Like any other start-up we needed … Read more
OHANDA.ONE – A Foretime Fiction
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry … Read more
It’s do or die now!
[Translated from: http://blog.freifunk.net/2015/es-geht-ums-ganze by Nemesis, T_X, JuergeN and Adam] The public is just starting to grasp how important the so-called “digital glass of water” is – that is the free access to the Internet … Read more
RE*ABLES CAMPAIGN @SON2012
What is Free/Libre Open Source Hardware aka FLOSH? Is there a legal share-a-like framewok? What are the common practices? Where are we heading? At the Summet Of Newthinking 2012 (SON2012) panel Tuomo Tammenpää and I … Read more
Book Launch Open Design Now – DMY Berlin
Open Design Now; Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive will be launched internationally during DMY International Design Festival Berlin, on the 2nd of June. Host is Marcus Fairs, one of the most influential and knowledgeable figures … Read more
User Innovation Rules!
While big companies like Nokia are obviously struggling with their R&D and product strategies, the field of user / hacker driven innovation is quite recently gaining massive momentum. As a current UK study underlines, in … Read more
Open Hardware And Design Alliance – OHANDA
OHANDA is an initiative to foster sustainable sharing of open hardware and design. It was the starting point for my collaboration with Tuomo Tammenpää. Our proposed solution with OHANDA is a label in the sense of … Read more
wOPLAN-B
Concept about Free and Open Public WiFi for the City of Berlin Wireless Open Public Local Access Network Berlin (PDF) [German only]