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WayFinder Philosophy | WayFinders Network

Wayfinding is a way of navigating through the uncertainty and complexity of the modern world

Holdfast 0: Situating

This post introduces the written version of some optimistic and constructive thinking on knowledge in networks that I’ve been wrestling with since the end of last year.

Managing for emergence through abduction - The Cynefin Co

Several interactions over social media have left me somewhat frustrated by the inability of several people who could know better (I exclude the odd

ColoClue – Welcome at Network association ColoClue

Network Association ColoClue is a not-for-profit association, started as a hobby project in the free time of employees working at various internet service providers. We have our own independent network, AS8283, which is connected to multiple internet exchanges and transit providers. We use this network to offer colocation services for the members. If you become a member of ColoClue you can place your own server in this nice network and provide services towards the internet. If you are only interested in the nice atmosphere that ColoClue has, then you are also more than welcome to join.

Entering the Age of Networks - Of Souls & Silos

Institutions are out, networks are in. What are the consequences, the perils and the promise? Originally published in The Orange County Register, March 5, 2015 Everyone’s interested in human networks these days. How to make them work, how to structure…

The Networked Leviathan: For Democratic Platforms

The Networked Leviathan is a book by Paul Gowder, Professor of Law at Northwestern University, which offers a case and a roadmap for democratizing major internet platforms.

SplinterCon - communications with and within isolated networks

A conference dedicated to technology for reaching isolated networks and solutions for users stuck inside national intranets.

The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier

Howard Rheingold tours the 'virtual community' of online networking.Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tou

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

Why the dark forests of the internet — podcasts, newsletters, and other private channels — are growing, and why might that pose a problem

Why I'm betting on ATProto (and why you should, too) — Brittany Ellich

Social media was supposed to connect us, but most of it has turned into ads, division, and loneliness. I'm betting on ATProto as a way to fix that, and not just for developers. Whether you're a scientist, journalist, or just someone who wants the internet to feel human again, I think ATProto matters for you too.

Scoop: Dialog, a secretive forum, plans D.C.-area campus

The secretive, invite-only network is preparing a major expansion.

How to beat LinkedIn: The Game

A strategy guide for using a semi-pointless social network in all the wrong ways.

Lexicon Service Docs - at:// pizza thoughts

Riffing on some ways to make network services more legible to humans and machines

Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)

Attached: 1 image Needless to say, do not sign up for W or give them your ID information no matter how simple they eventually manage to make it. You simply don’t need to. You’re already in a far superior – non-corporate, federated – space. Do not sign up for W. And warn your friends. The only time you have any power to stop this is now. If they succeed in gaining network effects, you will be as powerless to stop them as you are with X. And yes, they’re just another venture capital funded surveillance capitalist, people farmer, and burgeoning Nazi Bar. They just happen to be based in the EU. (As Nazi Bars traditionally have been.) #WSocial #NoWNoX #surveillance #capitalism #BigTech #VC @_elena@mastodon.social https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116770291207686239