For Retune Festival 2016, a quick overview of various modes of production in IoT communities, and an overview of some of the IoT communities I find most interesting and am most fond of.

1. The Waving Cat | www.thewavingcat.com | @thewavingcat
Peter Bihr | @peterbihr
The Waving Cat
Peter Bihr
#IoTCommunities
Retune Festival 16

2. 1. Modes of production & funding
2. IoT communities

3. What’s Internet of Things (IoT)?

4. Modes of production
(& funding)
How you make shapes what you make,
and what impact it can have.

6. art
independent and open
v
not usually well funded.

7. self-funded explorations
pretty independent, (maybe) more focused
v
not self-sustained, always in competition with
client work
self-funded research & explorations, or cross-subsidized through client work

8. third-party funding
support & buy-in from another party
v
lots of hustle, paperwork, communications
public funding, foundations, crowdfunding, donors & patrons

9. client work
sustainable, comes with resources
v
building someone else’s stuff
design gigs, commissioned work

10. startup
attention, focus & scale
v
hustle, not-obvious agendas (investors, etc.)

11. industry
well-funded, lots of resources, scale
v
strictly market-focused

12. art
self-fundedcross-subsidized
third-partyfunding
client/commissionedwork
startup
industry

13. Startups are not for everyone.
Pick the mode that works for you.

14. Let’s talk about IoT Communities

15. Communities interested in IoT
DIY art
algo
cultures
civic
tech
social
impact
tech
companies
industry
open
source
open
hardware
design
#IoT
consumer
rights

16. Arduino
Cheap, open hardware for everyone.
Funding: Selling hardware
#empowerment

17. Fab Labs & Maker Spaces
Production tools for everyone.
Funding: Membership fees
#empowerment

18. Maker Faire
Highlighting DIY and fun explorations
Funding: Sponsoring
#community

19. IoT Meetups
Bringing together the
local community
Funding: Sponsoring
#community

20. Casa Jasmina
The open source smart
home of the future.
#research
casajasmina.arduino.cc

21. Just Things Foundation
justthings.org
Funding: self-funded
#professional_activism

22. IoT Manifesto
iotmanifesto.com
Funding: self-funded
#professional_activism

23. Mozilla Open IoT Studio
Exploring how to make meaningful,
connected things. @openiotstudio
Funding: self-funded (foundation)
#research

24. Good Home Project
thegoodhome.org
Thinking about and designing
the 21st century home with
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
Funding: self-funded
#research

25. ThingsCon
Funding: Ticket sales, cross-subsidized (occasional sponsoring)
#professional_activism

26. 2014:
One conference

27. 2016:
A global movement

28. ThingsCon fosters the creation of a
human-centric & responsible IoT
To this end we provide practitioners with an open
environment for reflection & collaborative action.

29. What’s next?
• Labs
• Resources
• Highlight best practices & products
• Promote community projects
• Membership/network

30. Key take-aways:
1. The mode of production shapes yo
impact
2. Pick a production mode that works
you

31. Let’s build a human-centric,
responsible IoT,
starting with your community!

32. Thank you. Say hi!
The Waving Cat GmbH
Tel +49.30.20896430
Twitter @thewavingcat
Web thewavingcat.com
Peter Bihr
Twitter @peterbihr
Tel +49.176.32108856
Email peter@thewavingcat.com