Year of Open Source

How does it work? What are the goals?

An open letter to supporters, friends, and passersby, one year after starting my project

A wrap-up article for CNN, with a broad audience in mind

[Video] Knitting a public-domain-remixing machine-knitted open-source hat!

[Video] Learning about the self-printing RepRap 3d printer at Fab Lab Berlin

TG;DR (Too German, Didn’t Read): there’s a workshop next week but it’s auf Deutsch, sorry!

Designing my own digitally-fabricated chair using the open source Sketchchair program

[Video] How (and why) does my local OpenTechSchool offer free open-curriculum tech workshops?

Many things might be easier if I were a bit more tech-savvy. What open resources are out there to help me learn?

[Video] I’m learning electronics and programming, one stupid mistake at a time

[Video] Check out what Fabienne Serrière (and others) are creating on their ’80s knitting machines

Maybe I should have started with an open source dumbphone…

[Video] Checking in with Claudia and Andreas to see how the summit preparations are going

[Video] Simon and Emanuel from Knowable talk about documenting DIY & open hardware projects

Somebody left me alone with dangerous chemicals. I made soap!

[Video] Julia Kloiber on apps, open transport data, and why it matters

Got any favourite long-dead bluesmen, or Creative Commons music?

[Video] A transparent, democratic collecting society for music under CC licenses

Making bricks by hand vs with Open Source Ecology's Liberator press

I’ll be presenting a talk at the Summit of newthinking, and also making a series of short videos.

What does an open license on beer actually mean? Let's discuss over a drink.

A delicious and hackable concoction of Mate leaves, brewed with beer and LiquidDemocracy

The question of open source dentistry (and a high-powered drill) were going through my head this week.

A little get-together to work out how open source-influenced methods might improve the clothing and fashion industry

What kind of personalisation or automation might be possible in open source clothing, beyond just DIY?

This last open source hero sure can fill out a speedo…

The IndieGoGo campaign has just 1 day left, so time to reveal the last few heroes for the calendar…

Two more fine men for you to feast your eyes upon

I (finally) got Linux installed, and here’s Limor Fried (aka Ladyada) as the Metropolis robot!

Living without proprietary products - time to get making.

Popping (and open sourcing) some delicious Elderflower champagne for the launch

Law professor and one of the founders of creative commons, it’s… Lawrence Lessig!

Mitchell Baker, Chief Lizard Wrangler, trapeze artist, and spokesperson for the Mozilla Foundation.

Marcin Jakubowski! Physicist, Farmer and Constructor of the Global Village.

Pioneer of copyleft, guru of free software, author of the GPL, suspicious of the hairbrush, it’s… Richard Stallman!

Filmmaker to attempt year of Open Source Everything.

30 days til the project starts, 37 days to rise all the money I need…

The first of 12 drawings for the 2013 Open Source Calendar (Swimsuit Edition)