[matilda] website suggestion

[Alan Dawson]

Quoting Amparo P Gutierrez <amparo2yo at telefonica.net>:


> Yes... i for one had thought, Alan, that the hack-lab was to be 
> implemented for the benefit of Matilda, its collectives and the local 
> community. Correct me please if i'm wrong, but a hack-lab will usually 
> carry out projects rather than hold events. Perhaps another kind of 
> "blue print" could be used for the hack-lab projects then.
> 

The nearest things we have to a hacklab manifesto are in here
http://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/matilda/2005-July/000073.html


We might hold events, we may have projects, we may talk and dance too.  Our
praxis is always changing to meet new challenges.   
> > 
> > Whilst I notice that the cafe collective ratified their decision to host
> only
> > vegan content in their fridges, I missed the discussion on the the type of
> > cookers and fridges that were to be used, and on what color to paint the
> > walls.
> 
> I take this as establishing a kind of parallel between the cafe 
> collective and the hack-lab collective: you won't discuss what color to 
> use as background for the web pages except at the Thursday meetings? 
> Will a content management system be the equivalent of a cooker or fridge?
> 
Each computer in the building has a unique number.  Does the sequencing of those
numbers require ratification?  The network topology ( is on the wall in the
hacklab ) could be different in many ways.  Should it be changed ?  

And yes, Forum software and CMS's are just engines to provide services, as a
cooker or a fridge do.  

Rather debating systems that are currently good enough, I would be more
interested in solving problems like :-

How can we get money to buy ink for a printer and get a scanner working ?
How can we put together a file server to store music and video, so that they can
be streamed around the building?
Who will moderate and set topics on the new forums?

There is an immense amount of decision making going on all the time within and
without collectives.  At what point does the whole building need to be
involved?

I'd trust the autonomist workers within the collectives ( ie those who are doing
things ) to just get on and do interesting stuff.

> 
> Another question for you to think about: what measures does the hack-lab 
> intend to take in the event of some kind of vandalism being inflicted on 
> their work?
> 


Well I don't do anything at MATILDA that I cannot afford to be destroyed -  all
I lose is time.  If there was a concerted enough campaign to destroy my work
and waste my time, I'd go somewhere else.  And leave MATILDA to the wreckers. 

AED
-- 
"If you make decisions about software -- or anything -- based solely on
short-term cost and benefit, someone with a longer view can easily
manoeuver you into a trap from which it is hard to escape."