Book Sprints for ICT Research 2 completed
FoCAS Book Sprint The second Book Sprint in the Book Sprints for ICT Research series started in Malta. The participants are 5 scholars brought together by the FoCAS project (Fundamentals of Collective...
View ArticleABC SBC Handbook Book Sprint
As the first snow of the year was falling in Berlin this week, the FRAFOS team gathered indoors for a 3 day Book Sprint in order to write a manual for their product ABC SBC, a scalable session border...
View ArticleBook Sprint for ICT Research #4: On Brain Architectures
23 – 27 April 2014 On Brain architectures: the Distributed Adaptive Control [DAC] explains Brain Mind and Body Nexus Discussing the structure of a book section The fourth Book Sprint in a series of...
View ArticleBook Sprints for ICT Research #5: CAPS
5 – 7 May 2014 Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation Visualizing and structuring ideas on the wall We have two Book Sprints this week, one of which is taking part in...
View ArticleReflecting on the Burundi Mining Policy Sprint
Last week we ventured into new grounds and tested the Book Sprint method in a new environment and in quite a different genre: writing a mining policy for Burundi. Writing a policy differs from other...
View ArticleWhat is Queer Today Book Sprint done!
We are in the final hours of a three-day Book Sprint with the Berlin based (heidy) collective. Named after the secret Skype emoticon for squirrel (when Skype still had secret emoticons), (heidy) even...
View ArticleCMV GuideBook Sprint in Ethiopia
How can a regional agreement on an issue as complex as mining be brought down to the diverse contexts of those nations that adopted it? After an initial day of presentations on the first experiences of...
View ArticleBook Sprint in Ethiopia concluded
After an intense week of presentations, discussions, writing and revising sessions the Book Sprint in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, was concluded last Saturday. The resulting book entitled “A Country Mining...
View ArticleResponsible Data Book Sprint
This Monday we started a three-day Book Sprint organized by the Engine Room to write a Responsible Data Toolkit as a guide for organizations working in the field of development, aid, and human rights....
View ArticleBook on responsible development data published
The 3-day Book Sprint on responsible development data that started on Monday was concluded last night, and the resulting book “Shooting your hard drive into space, and other ways to practise...
View ArticleThe Future We Want in Nigeria – Book Sprint
How can you spark a conversation among young people ahead of the 2015 national elections in Nigeria about the future they want? A group of eight Nigerian writers is working together this week on a...
View ArticleFirst fiction Book Sprint complete
Last week we finished the first fiction Book Sprint in Abuja, Nigeria. One day after the Book Sprint ended a test print was run, and yesterday two thousand copies were printed. The book is also made...
View ArticleThe story of a book – Film release
We are very happy to present our short documentary “The story of a book” shot in November 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria. You can watch it here: The film looks behind the scenes of the writing of “Nameless,”...
View ArticleSecond f5 Book Sprint in Seattle
F5’s second Book Sprint from a series of four started this Monday in Seattle to write an operations guide for their Access Policy Manager (APM). Twelve engineers, technical training developers,...
View ArticleF5’s APM Operations Guide is done!
After five days of intense thinking, testing, writing, re-thinking, and editing at the F5 office in Seattle, the F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) Operations Guide is now complete. It includes more...
View ArticleTDLC Operations Manual
As the Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) is preparing for its third phase, they are convening a Book Sprint this week in central Tokyo to write an operations manual. The goal is to both codify...
View ArticleTDLC Operations Manual finished
After four days, we finished the operations manual for Phase III of the Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) today. In ten sections, the manual specifies the procedures both within the team and...
View ArticleBook Sprints in Autumn
There are a lot of exciting Book Sprints coming up this fall. October Today, October 12, IDEA – International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance started their second Book Sprint in...
View ArticleCost of Freedom Book Sprint
The “Cost of Freedom” Book Sprint is taking place this week in honor of Bassel Khartabil. Bassel, who has been an active contributor to free/open knowledge projects around the world, was taken a...
View ArticleCost of Freedom Book released
After five days, we finished the Book Sprint on the “Cost of Freedom” as part of the #FREEBASSEL campaign. The book was released on Monday, November 9 2015 under a CC0 license on costoffreedom.cc. Book...
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