One-day Strategy Charette
Emily Aiken, whom I met at the SupporTED Collaboratorium, has been working with me as a mentor on OSE media strategy, and recently organized a strategy charette in LA to move OSE’s offer forward. The participants in the session included: (in the...
Recruiting Operations Manager + Executive Team
Open Source Ecology is recruiting an executive team as part of its restructuring of 2013. The first position that we are looking to fill is an Operations Manager. Adrian Hong is advising us in this process. The Operations Manager is a full time position,...
OSE Revamping in Critical 2013
This year is critical for OSE as we grow and stabilize as an organization. We are currently reorganizing in order to deliver on the promises of OSE’s Plan for 2013 as outlined in this 5 minute video: OSE Project Outline 2012-2013. from Open Source...
Machine Deployment and Pilot Projects
Factor e Farm has been the main development site for the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS), after we settled here in 2006 and built our first machine in 2008. (As an aside, we coined the term GVCS in 2008 for a presentation at the University of Missouri,...
Towards the Open Source Civilization
January 7, 2013 We wrote Towards the Open Source Civilization for the latest issue of the MIT Innovations journal – an issue on Making in America. We have introduced the concept of Distributive Enterprise for the first time in an academic publication....
Happy New Year 2013
The Christmas Gift to the World 2013 has been delivered. We are starting the year off on a good footing. I have succeeded in my re-application for the Shuttleworth Fellowship – a fellowship which supports early-stage, open enterprises. Here is my...
Christmas Gift to the World 2012
Open Source Ecology is proud to present the Christmas Gift to the World. Our gift this year is demonstrating a major milestone in production efficiency. We have streamlined the production of our open source, automated, compressed earth brick (CEB) press, The...
Towards the Open Source Economy – Presentation at the Bioneers East Conference
I have spoken recently at the Bioneers East Conference – Connecting for Change – in New Bedford, Massachusetts – evolving the messaging from the Global Village Construction Set to the creation of the open source economy. See for yourself:
Global Village Construction Set – 66 Prototypes Built to Date
Factor e Farm has been building Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) machines since 2008. That year, I announced the Global Village Construction Set concept for the first time in a presentation at the U. Missouri, Columbia. As of today, at least 62...
Collaborative Production Run Video – The Liberator – Prototype IV
In the last blog post – we summarized the Collaborative Production Run results for The Liberator – our open source, automated, Compressed Earth Brick Press. Here is a video. CEB Production Run. from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo. We are planning...
