{"id":2614,"date":"2014-07-06T02:52:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowboat.com\/?page_id=2614"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:23:01","slug":"open-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/open-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open drafts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EXCAVATIONS-Medic-664x806.png\" alt=\"Art by Darija Medic\" class=\"wp-image-6335\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EXCAVATIONS-Medic-664x806.png 664w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EXCAVATIONS-Medic-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EXCAVATIONS-Medic-768x932.png 768w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EXCAVATIONS-Medic.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are works in progress about which I very much welcome feedback\u2014just please don&#8217;t quote from or cite them until they&#8217;re published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/OldReligion\">Notes on Old Religion for New Network Sovereigns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/ProtocolSociety\">Preludes to a Protocol Society<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/DemocracySacred\">Is Democracy Sacred? Case Studies in Political Imagination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These are ongoing projects that support research and organizing efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1jmLi7jmYPrmipao7wYA1fDEeTI5rwzeV\">Classroom Kudos<\/a> &#8211; a mutual reputation system for acknowledgement among students with Google Drive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/communityrule.info\/\">CommunityRule<\/a> &#8211; a governance toolkit for great communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/medlabboulder\/modpol\">Modpol<\/a> &#8211; a governance system prototype for the multiplayer game Minetest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlab.host\/monopoly\/\">Monopoly Ledger<\/a> &#8211; an interface for rule modifications in Monopoly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open notebooks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These are places where I gather notes from ongoing projects. They may or may not be useful to anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/school\/\">School<\/a> &#8211; Syllabi and other course materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/ntnsndr\/items\">Zotero<\/a> &#8211; Bibliographic repository<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I see using free, libre, open-source software as an integral part of how I do the work of contributing to the knowledge commons. These are some of the tools and communities that I work with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cloudron.io\/\">Cloudron<\/a> &#8211; Manages the self-hosted cloud tools we run at the Media Enterprise Design Lab (not entirely open source)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dokuwiki.org\/\">DokuWiki<\/a> &#8211; A simple wiki platform based on flat text files, which I use for my <a href=\"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/school\/\">syllabus repository<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emacs\">Emacs<\/a> &#8211; My main writing environment, a programmable terminal-based text editor first developed in 1976<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jitsi.org\/\">Jitsi<\/a> &#8211; Web-based audio\/video conference software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/\">LibreOffice<\/a> &#8211; When it&#8217;s necessary to use a full-featured word processor, this program can interact with a wide variety of formats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/manjaro.org\/\">Manjaro<\/a> &#8211; Linux-based operating system that makes the Arch family accessible for civilians<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/projects\/markdown\/\">Markdown<\/a> &#8211; A markup language for writing documents in plain text, capable of exporting to a bewildering range of formats with <a href=\"http:\/\/johnmacfarlane.net\/pandoc\/\">Pandoc<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joinmastodon.org\/\">Mastodon<\/a> &#8211; My go-to social network, which I access through Social.coop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mayfirst.org\/\">May First Movement Technology<\/a> &#8211; Social-justice oriented web hosting and cloud services through a member-governed cooperative<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mozilla.org\/\">Mozilla<\/a> &#8211; Developer of such essential tools as Firefox and Thunderbird<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nextcloud.com\/\">Nextcloud<\/a> &#8211; A cloud-services platform that keeps you in control of your data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pandoc.org\/\">Pandoc<\/a> &#8211; Document conversion tool (markdown -&gt; everything) created by a philosophy professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/piwik.org\/\">Piwik<\/a> &#8211; Self-hosted website analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/revealjs.com\/\">Reveal.js<\/a> &#8211; Pretty HTML slides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.riseup.net\/\">Riseup.net<\/a> &#8211; Online communication tools for people and groups working on social change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/system76.com\">System76<\/a> &#8211; A Denver-based manufacturer of open-hardware, Linux-based computers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pop.system76.com\/\">Pop!_OS<\/a> operating system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallabag.org\/\">Wallabag<\/a> &#8211; A self-hosted read-it-later platform with accompanying smartphone apps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a> &#8211; The blogging platform that, thanks to a vast developer community, can now do pretty much anything else<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xfce.org\/\">Xfce<\/a> &#8211; Lightweight desktop environment for GNU\/Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/\">Zotero<\/a> &#8211; Essential bibliography manager that works well with Pandoc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on my rationale, see <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxrig.com\/2013\/08\/03\/the-linux-setup-nathan-schneider-writer\/\">this interview with LinuxRig.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/121832\/pleasure-do-it-yourself-slow-computing\">this essay for <em>The New Republic<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open drafts These are works in progress about which I very much welcome feedback\u2014just please don&#8217;t quote from or cite them until they&#8217;re published. Open projects These are ongoing projects that support research and organizing efforts. Open notebooks These are places where I gather notes from ongoing projects. 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