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==Convivial Internet tools==
 
==Convivial Internet tools==
My projects in the field of Convivial Tools got bogged down in the details of fleshing out the several websites that I created on the subject. Moreoever, I failed to connect with any broader community on this theme.
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:''Main article:'' [[Convivial Internet Tools]]
 
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My projects in the field of Convivial Tools got bogged down in the details of fleshing out the several websites that I created on the subject. In  the meantime, my attention turned to the exploration of the Internet as a tool. As a friend recently observed, I've been diverted from my project of making reparable washing machines to a project of making reparable machines for the processing of information.
My attention instead turned to the exploration of the Internet as a tool. As a friend recently observed, I've been diverted from my project of making reparable washing machines to a project of making easily reparable machines for the processing of information flows.
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I now envisage a separate project concerning [[Convivial Internet Tools]]. For example, open source software embodies many of the characteristics of convivial tools, but is generally still too hard to use, with modules that are far from being "reparable" by the average user.
 
I now envisage a separate project concerning [[Convivial Internet Tools]]. For example, open source software embodies many of the characteristics of convivial tools, but is generally still too hard to use, with modules that are far from being "reparable" by the average user.
 
But I would also still like to get back to the reparable washing machine....
 
  
 
==Building the Convivial Tools Commmunity==
 
==Building the Convivial Tools Commmunity==

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