Difference between revisions of "Michael's Projects"
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==[[Convivial Lifehacking Tools]]== | ==[[Convivial Lifehacking Tools]]== | ||
− | As an extension | + | As an extension to the development of Convivial Tools, I wanted to explore the ways in 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. 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. It is now used for 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.) Another recent example of the type of approach envisaged is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_2.0 Government 2.0] movement. |
− | + | However, the approach was meant to be more systematic than a "hack." | |
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==[[Total Customer Service]]== | ==[[Total Customer Service]]== |