I own a copy of an album called “Adio querida” by a Czech group, “Gothart”. It’s about ten years old, we bought it at a medieval fair when I was still a kid. It is full of songs from Macedonia and Bulgaria, of Romani and Sephardim. Old, traditional folk songs that have been sung by [...]
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Wikipedia: How do you reform a horizontal organization?
Yesterday, I attended a discussion at the office of Wikimedia Germany on Wikipedia’s notability guidelines. There has been a heated debate going on in Germany for a few weeks now, provoked by a series of controversial deletions. So yesterday’s meeting was thought to be an opportunity to articulate criticism and exchange ideas.
There was a lot [...]
Coworking Spaces: The Hub Berlin
This weekend I attended Socialcamp ‘09 in Berlin. The barcamp took place at a venue that is in itself very interesting: “The Hub” is a coworking facility and part of a network of similar locations around the world. As they describe themselves,
“The Hub Berlin is a co-creative community of people with good ideas for the [...]
