Difference between revisions of "Michael's Projects"
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| − | I'm [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]]. Below is a brief description of some of the projects I've been working on - or would like to work on. | + | I'm [[User:Michael|Michael Slattery]]. Below is a brief description of some of the projects I've been working on - or would like to work on. For more information on each project, click on the title of the corresponding section. |
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My attention is now focused instead on the exploration of Internet as a tool. As a friend observed recently, I've beeb diverted from my project of making reparable washing machines to a project of making easily reparable machines for the processing of information flows. | My attention is now focused instead on the exploration of Internet as a tool. As a friend observed recently, I've beeb diverted from my project of making reparable washing machines to a project of making easily reparable machines for the processing of information flows. | ||
| − | ==Convivial Internet Tools== | + | ==[[Convivial Internet Tools]]== |
The characteristics that make a physical tool "convivial" can also be sought after in the design of software. | The characteristics that make a physical tool "convivial" can also be sought after in the design of software. | ||
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| − | ==Convivial Help Sites== | + | ==[[Convivial Help Sites]]== |
[To be written] | [To be written] | ||
| − | ==Cooperative Social Network== | + | ==[[Cooperative Social Network]]== |
Most of my websites are hosted on [http://www.ouvaton.coop Ouvaton], which is a French web-hosting cooperative. | Most of my websites are hosted on [http://www.ouvaton.coop Ouvaton], which is a French web-hosting cooperative. | ||
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This social network could be based on the same business model as existing social networks: free accounts for the majority of users, paying accounts for premium users, and operating revenues from advertising and data mining. | This social network could be based on the same business model as existing social networks: free accounts for the majority of users, paying accounts for premium users, and operating revenues from advertising and data mining. | ||
| − | ==Total Customer Service== | + | ==[[Total Customer Service]]== |
Illich's vision of Convivial Tools could also be developed in the realm of customer service. The application of his ideas to commercial relationships implies [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_June_30/ai_n27874517 customer empowerment], which is a growing trend in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management Customer Relationship Management] (CRM). | Illich's vision of Convivial Tools could also be developed in the realm of customer service. The application of his ideas to commercial relationships implies [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_June_30/ai_n27874517 customer empowerment], which is a growing trend in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_management Customer Relationship Management] (CRM). | ||
