an outline of the EcoDA platform

1. EcoDA prototype

2. how to design software, without becoming a
programmer?

3. “...the best things about free software are the
conversations...”

4. user vs developer?

5. originator vs recipient?

6. the agency of software is not an extension of
the intenionality of the 'orginator'...
but
...emerges through intra-actions between
the software and the recpient...

7. how to design software, without being a programmer?
instead of 'peer to peer', it is 'peer to ???’

8. how to design software, without being a programmer?
addressing a wide range of capabilities;
techncial knowledge
Experience
resources

9. how to design software, without being a programmer?
Not developing software…
instead
…assembling tools into platforms

10. assembling functionality

11. Some manifestos about technology…
feminist net/work
critical engineering
(ecoda)

12. Some manifestos about technology…
feminist net/work

13. * We setup local server(s) & make our own network infrastructure, rather than "fixing the problems of internet access" by paying
for increased bandwidth
* We prefer "read/write" networks to those that "just work"
* We prefer pocket servers to those in the clouds
* We embrace a diversity of network topologies and different scales (machine to machine, local nodes, institutional
infrastructure) and consider the implications of working with each, rather than a Web 2.0 model where resources must be uploaded
onto "the 24/7 Internet (tm)" in order to share them
* We invite participants to look critically at the implications of *any* infrastructural decisions, rather than imagining utopic
and/or "killer" solutions
* We aim to make that which is normally hidden and invisible (in contexts that tend to surveillance), explicit and shared (as a
gesture of collective authorship), for instance, instead of caching web resources (silently), we imagine services to archive
pages and share them locally as networked cookbooks,rather than logging IRC conversations on a server or database accessible only
by administrators, we imagine (local) logs available for reading / editing by participants and published conditionally.
Michael Murtagh, Cosntant (Brussels)

14. We prefer "read/write" networks to those that
"just work"

15. We embrace a diversity of network topologies and
different scales (machine to machine, local
nodes, institutional infrastructure) and
consider the implications of working with each,
rather than a Web 2.0 model where resources must
be uploaded onto "the 24/7 Internet (tm)" in
order to share them

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17. Some manifestos about technology…
critical engineering

18. 0. The Critical Engineer considers Engineering to be the most transformative language of our time, shaping the way we move,
communicate and think. It is the work of the Critical Engineer to study and exploit this language, exposing its influence.
1. The Critical Engineer considers any technology depended upon to be both a challenge and a threat. The greater the dependence
on a technology the greater the need to study and expose its inner workings, regardless of ownership or legal provision.
2. The Critical Engineer raises awareness that with each technological advance our techno-political literacy is challenged.
3. The Critical Engineer deconstructs and incites suspicion of rich user experiences.
4. The Critical Engineer looks beyond the "awe of implementation" to determine methods of influence and their specific effects.
5. The Critical Engineer recognises that each work of engineering engineers its user, proportional to that user's dependency upon
it.
6. The Critical Engineer expands "machine" to describe interrelationships encompassing devices, bodies, agents, forces and
networks.
7. The Critical Engineer observes the space between the production and consumption of technology. Acting rapidly to changes in
this space, the Critical Engineer serves to expose moments of imbalance and deception.
8. The Critical Engineer looks to the history of art, architecture, activism, philosophy and invention and finds exemplary works
of Critical Engineering. Strategies, ideas and agendas from these disciplines will be adopted, re-purposed and deployed.
9. The Critical Engineer notes that written code expands into social and psychological realms, regulating behaviour between
people and the machines they interact with. By understanding this, the Critical Engineer seeks to reconstruct user-constraints
and social action through means of digital excavation.
10. The Critical Engineer considers the exploit to be the most desirable form of exposure.
Julian Oliver, Gordan Savičić ,Danja Vasiliev

19. The Critical Engineer considers any technology
depended upon to be both a challenge and a
threat. The greater the dependence on a
technology the greater the need to study and
expose its inner workings, regardless of
ownership or legal provision.

20. The Critical Engineer recognises that each work
of engineering engineers its user, proportional
to that user's dependency upon it.

21. The Critical Engineer expands "machine" to
describe interrelationships encompassing
devices, bodies, agents, forces and networks.

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mapping, sharing, education, fundraising,communication, archiving
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cloud or self
Setup
out of the box or with customisation
App
computer, smartphone
Source
open or closed
Visibility
public or private?
Editing
public or private
Contributors
crowd and members
Tool Characteristics

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https://slack.com/Slack is a cloud-based team collaboration tool.
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30. Hotglue
➔
Open source
➔
Cloud hosted
➔
Freely viewable
➔
Controlled editing
Twitter
➔
Closed source
➔
Cloud hosted
➔
Freely viewable
➔
Controlled editing
Ushaidi
➔
Open source
➔
Cloud hosted
➔
Freely viewable
➔
Open editing
TeamUp
➔
Closed source
➔
Cloud hosted
➔
Freely viewable
➔
Controlled editing

31. …assembling tools into platforms

32. Some manifestos about technology…
ecoda

33. 1.Modularity – Use many software tools to build a digital
prototype
2.Instability – Is a strategy for resilience
3.Sociality – The functionality of software is co-produced

34. a manifesto is a proposition...