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==[[Convivial Lifehacking Tools]]== | ==[[Convivial Lifehacking Tools]]== | ||
| + | As an extension of the development of Convivial Tools, I wanted to explore the extent to which [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=20 idea systems] and [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=21 social systems] can be considered "tools," and how they could be made more "convivial" in Illich's sense. | ||
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| + | The spirit of this project is close to that of the more recent term [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_hack lifehacking], which I have borrowed for the title of this project. The term "life hack" originally referred to productivity tricks that programmers devise to organize their data, and now may mean anything that solves an everyday problem in a clever way. (See for example [http://lifehacker.com Lifehacker.com], the Gawker Media blog dedicated to life hacks.) However, the | ||
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| + | A recent example of the type of approach envisaged is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_2.0 Government 2.0] movement. | ||
==[[Total Customer Service]]== | ==[[Total Customer Service]]== | ||
