Thanks, but I’ll pass.
What I do, say and cheer for was never about what’s best and will never be. I mean, we already are bombarded by ads promising a “more natural look if only you’d use this or that chemical compound”, who am I to say what’s best?
I don’t listen to the best music, run the best operating system or join the best groups. I just do what I’m good at or that which makes me feel good about myself. It’s not guru-like. In the contrary, it’s very personal, hedonistic and plainly self-serving.
I want data, I want ‘wares. Scratch that “want”, it’s what I need.
People are still trying to shove down my throat better things I could do, how I could be less marginalized, etc. But why the hell for? I mean, come on, look at me! Do you really think I care about “best”?
I started writing A sense of singularity the moment I got back from meeting Hugh (asking What is the open movement?), Mike (aptly calling it a discussion group), Steve, Julien, Brett (with a video on open movement (with a smaller (1.4 MiB audio speex version)) and a few appearances by Ella.
Like Hugh, I won’t try to summarize our discussion, but will focus more succinctly on my hopes and how I generally unmanage my environment. First I’d like to mention a few facts that caught my attention about the group that met at Laika. I only go there exceptionnally, so you won’t hear me call it my office, whereas the rest of the group seem to hang there much more frequently. The other thing is podcasting and vlogging. Again, I’m probably the only one from the group not taking part in those activities. It’s true that Devlin was supposed to be there but had to cancel at the last moment. Would have balanced things out a bit more I guess.
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L’entrevue de Yannick et Lila passe cet avant-midi, à 11h sur les ondes de CKUT à l’émission Dialectes. 90.3 MHz FM, pour les intimes. Les fondateurs de Cogitateurs-Agitateurs vont discuter de la problématique de l’informatique libre, ainsi que la modernisation de la théorie anarchiste.
L’enregistrement sera disponible sur le site de CKUT.
Update: 2006-03-21 @ 22h26
Enregistrement audio de l’entrevue de Cogitateurs-Agitateurs à l’émission Dialectes sur CKUT [speex: 5.3 MiB].
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