[Open Design + Hardware] [Open Design & Hardware] Invitation to lead a session at Mozfest this Oct in London

Wed Aug 28 07:16:27 UTC 2013

Hi Christian!

I *love* your enthusiasm and I only wish there are more people around 
the world with your enthusiasm.

I hope you don't mind this message or that you won't go mad at me, 
but... I must admit that I have big issues comprehending your texts... 
At first, I could not tell from your CV what is exactly that you are 
doing. "Alright..." I thought "this kind of intriguing obfuscations are 
popular, recently, right?" but now I cannot understand clearly the 
meanings of your suggestions for Mozfest here. So I decided to write 
this message exactly because I am eager to know more about your ideas.

I am quite familiar and involved with the terminology you use. Hacking, 
brainstorming, feedback, crowdsourcing, remix, mashup, etc... Great 
terms! Each with it's own more-or-less well established meaning, I 
believe. But... for example, I cannot tell how "hacking out" is supposed 
to be performed if there is no prior material to hack it out from or how 
such approach correlates or makes "a great way to crowdsourcing" in the 
end. "Remix" and "mashup" processes are not interchangeable. The 
"brainstorming" session you describe is maybe closer to a "survey" etc. 
It appears to me that perhaps the way you are using the terminology in 
syntagms is just a bit too liberal. Consequently, I keep failing making 
out a logical construction from these sentences.

Articulation of information is essential in media where social cues are 
low. Information must be articulated clearly to be understood. Only 
understood information has the opportunity to make a difference in our 
thinking and subsequently be useful to all of us, across the fields and 
disciplines, and remain useful even after the buzzword trends subside.

In short, please go easy on us old ESL fa*ts here. ;)

Keep up the good spirit and I hope that this tiny complaint will not 
deter you a bit in your thinking. This message is in no way meant 
antagonistically. In a way, this is my call for reduction of buzzwords 
in all of our writing. (That we, the designers, too often fall victims to)
Afterall, perhaps this is just me and my un-enviable "intelligence" 
complaining :)
Looking forward to your future contributions,

Peace!
:)

On 2013-08-27 17:31 , Christian Villum wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With the deadline fast approaching (*August 31*), are anyone 
> interested in working on getting something together?
>
> Some ideas for sessions, on top of my head:
>
>   * Maybe we could setup a session around our new OpenDesign/Hardware
>     magazine idea? (Mioli, as presented in email from Kat a couple of
>     days ago). I am thinking that we could invite people to join the
>     editorial team (or just a temporary editorial team) - or simply do
>     a brainstorming session in which participants are presented with
>     the basic idea and then invited to give feedback. We could even
>     start hacking out some design work, logos, write copy or whatever.
>     Would be a great way to not only kick off the project, but also
>     crowdsource it.
>   * Or, maybe someone would be up for hosting a learning session
>     relating to graphics? I do not have sufficient skills to lead or
>     teach that myself, but would love to support any of you in such an
>     endeavor. Could also be other learning sessions, like hacking
>     around with Processing or something.
>   * Public Domain Remix session? Getting people together to mashup art
>     from pd-licensed materials on their computers...
>
> Call for proposals: http://sessions.mozillafestival.org/
>
> -Christian
>
>
> -- 
>
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> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Christian Villum 
> <christian.villum at okfn.org <mailto:christian.villum at okfn.org>> wrote:
>
>     Very exciting, I'd love to be part of putting a proposal together.
>     Anyone else planning to go?
>
>     -Christian
>
>     -- 
>
>     Christian Villum
>
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>     On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Kat Braybrooke
>     <kat.braybrooke at gmail.com <mailto:kat.braybrooke at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hello Open Design + Hardware leaders!
>
>         The time for official Mozfest call-outs has come, and I'd like
>         to cordially invite each of you as makers, designers, culture
>         hackersand community leaders to help lead thisyear's Mozilla
>         FestivalfromOctober 25 - 27 in London, UKby proposing a
>         session for our "Build Webmaker Together" track!
>
>         What is MozFest like? Picture hundreds of passionate
>         people—journalists, coders, community leaders, filmmakers,
>         designers, educators, gamers from all over the world—immersed
>         in interactive sessions at a cutting-edge media and design
>         school on the Thames for 3 days of skill-sharing designed to
>         foster collaboration, participation and social change. Come
>         with a concept you want to make real, and we'll connect you
>         with a community of fiercely unconventional technologists and
>         creators eager to share their skills and nurture your ideas.
>         This year, therewill be10 tracks exploring different themes
>         from journalism to gamestoeducation,with lots of hands-on
>         making, fun times, peer learning and epic coffee!
>
>         And inthe 'Build Webmaker Together' track, we believe the web
>         is still wild. We'll co-design its future with hackable 
>         projects, new memes and creativity remixed with digital tools.
>         This   track is all about making and co-creation, building
>         creative and wonderful things together that help change the
>         world. We'll use the Webmaker.org online toolset and digital
>         design methods ranging from the beautiful to the crazy, with
>         an emphasis on participatory, hands-on  sessions that
>         integrate art, film, remix, memes, culture hacking and new
>         perspectives. Details on what we are looking for can be found
>         on our planning pad:
>         https://webmaker.etherpad.mozilla.org/mozfest2013build
>
>                 The call for proposals is now open, and we would love
>         to see you leada session and help makethe "Build Webmaker
>         Together" track one of our most vibrant. Send your ideas
>         before the August 31st deadline at
>         http://sessions.mozillafestival.org/and do ping me when you've
>         submitted so I can be sure to give your work the attention it
>         deserves. If you'd rather participate than lead, the general
>         Mozfest registration form can also be found here:
>         http://mzl.la/mozfest13-register
>
>                 Already looking forward to Building Webmaker Together
>         this year. Let the festival celebrations and world-changing begin!
>
>                 // Kat Braybrooke
>         Hacking Popular Culture Liaison, Mozilla
>         kat at mozillafoundation.org <mailto:kat at mozillafoundation.org>
>
>                 PS. For those in London, we're hosting a friendly
>         get-together at the Mozilla Office for drinks + session chat
>         on Aug 14th at 7pm:
>         https://sendto.mozilla.org/page/s/august-mozpub
>                 PPS. Please also feel free to forward this to anyone
>         else whoyou think is awesome andmight be interested in
>         leadinga session at Mozfest!
>
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