misschienaasappel @lidia_p@post.lurk.org

On monday I'm presenting a paper on solar.lowtechmagazine.com during the 'Computing within #Limits' conference.

In the paper I'm describing the design choices we made, such as designing for unavailability and how they were based on reducing a few key metrics such as data transferred, calculations per request and use of third party services. This opens up a way of thinking about #degrowth and ICT. We should be looking in to that waaaay more.

The paper also tries to implicitly answer the 'how do we do sustainable web design?' question and argues aiming for reduction (of bytes transferred, computation and infra required) as useful rule of thumbs guiding a design. That is to say, solar protocols, 'low tech look', 3.5MB dithered images, green CDNs etc ain't it.

However, it also self-criticizes solar.lowtechmagazine.com for the fact that it is so unreproducible and a very limited and 'easy' use case. So yeah no answer but thinking through degrowth should definitely be considered as the direction of the answer..

https://computingwithinlimits.org/2021/papers/limits21-abbing.pdf

Tomorrow and Tuesday, the Computing within LIMITS workshop takes place.

I'm presenting a paper based on a discussion on Mastodon, started by @calcifer about terms related to sustainability and computing. I'm starting with a discussion of 3 historical terms from the 70s, rooted in anarchism, anti-technocratic critique and human-scale technologies, after which I dive into LIMITS related and grass roots terms, ideas and their associated practices.

Link to paper: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2021/papers/limits21-devalk.pdf

Lurk instance is well represented, @rra is there, in paper session #3, with a discussion on degrowth and ICT, focusing on Low Tech Magazine's design choices and most importantly, why it sometimes goes offline:
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2021/papers/limits21-abbing.pdf

Many thanks to @solderpunk @neauoire @viznut and @calcifer for their kind contributions!

14 - 15 June, from 16.00 - 20.30 CEST

https://computingwithinlimits.org/2021/

As soon as I discovered the work of J. Dakota Brown, I became a fanboy. His essays on automation and autonomy in graphic design are such rigorous and rich contributions to the history and theory of the field. Now, thanks to the BURG University of Art and Design in Halle, I had the chance to invite him for a dialogue, which will take place tomorrow the 15th at 18:00 (GMT+2). More info here: https://www.burg-halle.de/hochschule/information/aktuelles/termine/e/18373/

Also, if you were wondering, this beautiful digital flyer was collaboratively designed by Esben Terje Sonne, Georg Stahlbock, Helene Otto, Karen Czock, Luka Löhner, Marion Kliesch, Melanie Hauffe, Paul Werner, and Sanna Schiffler.

open call for Relearn 2021, the Rotterdam edition! 'The what and the why of the Anarchive' >>>> http://relearn.be/2021/# (deadline for submissions is the 30th of June) #varia #varia.zone

If vector graphics, python, creative coding and/or pen plotters ring a bell, my LGM short talk presenting the new #Shoebot release will probably be of interest to you! In around 30 minutes: https://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2021/en/live.html

If you missed this week's show, it's still looping!
The Broken Phone + 'between arepas and kartoffelsalat'
https://issue.xpub.nl/15/

Networked publishing, mail art and lots of admin and calculations - tune in for this and more on Saturday for the A Nourishing Network talk at @lgm with @manetta #lgm #ann

"Pirate Care, a syllabus
#Care, a political notion
▒▒ has topics ▽
> Introduction to #Pirate Care
> Criminalization of #Solidarity
> #SeaRescue as Care
> #Housing Struggles
> #Commoning Care
> #PsychoSocial Autonomy
> The Hologram: a peer-to-peer social technology of care
> Community Safety from #RacializedPolicing Using Contextual Fluidity
> #Transhackfeminism
> #Hormones, Toxicity and #BodySovereignty
> Fostering #equity and #diversity in the #hacker #aker scene
> Politicising #Piracy
> Flatten the curve, grow the care: What are we learning from #Covid19 "
https://syllabus.pirate.care
Thanks @vilay

What Remains is at the “Sonic game space II” exhibition at Visningsrommet USF, #Bergen, #Norway. 24.04-08.05

"Sonic Game Space aims to shed light on experimental use of play and interaction, and the new ways of playing. Through experimental game mods, they encourage interactive installations & custom made games."

Also with works by Marieke Verbiesen, Martijn Verhallen, Jordan Bartee, Theo Triantafyllidis & David Murray!

https://www.visningsrommet-usf.no/
If you're around, drop by and check it out! (free event)

#exhibition #gaming #indie #NES #experimental

Tomorrow from 11:00-17:00 @ccl and I will be hosting a session around one of the research trajectories in Varia: Minimal Viable Learning https://constantvzw.org/site/RDI-3-Minimal-Viable-Learning.html.

The session is part of the Reclaiming Digital Infrastructures series initiated by Constant and KASK Gent. Join us for discussions and stretching acts around etherpads, plain text, minimal computing, learning environments, padtiquettes, user-spaces, a minifesto and magic words.

How do minimal viable softwares enable a multitude of practices, while considering how technical learning environments can be viable for different contexts?

Register by writing a short mail to: peter@constantvzw.org

#varia