Mastodawn

Wrote some words on how englightening it is to go out and map, and why you need to install @streetcomplete and @everydoor right now:

https://www.apc.org/en/news/every-door-going-map-user-open-source-map-creator

Thanks to @XavCC for insightful questions and letting me take a break from all that coding.

Every Door on going from a map user to an open source map creator

Have you ever tried mapping for the OpenStreetMap, a free, editable map of the whole world that is being built by volunteers? Every Door is a mobile app that lets you create and edit objects in it. “With Every Door, I feel like we are bringing power and control to people,” highlights Ilja Zverev from the project in a new interview from our "Building a Free Internet of the Future" monthly series.

Association for Progressive Communications

APC 2h ago

>>> "Never forget that maps are power".

This month we're talking to @zverik about @everydoor #FLOSS on contributing to #OpenStreetMap, map maintenance & mapping points of interest.

Every Door is an #NGI0 @NGIZero grantee

----> Read the full interview:

https://www.apc.org/en/news/every-door-going-map-user-open-source-map-creator #NextGenerationInternet

APC 1d ago

Basyl 1d ago

Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation

> Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University

#BigTech #OpenAccess #OpenSource #innovation #collaboration #AI #LLM #B4RN #Rhizomatica #MAJI

cc @APC

APC 2d ago

APC Aug 4

>>> Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. "Frugal tech" will build us all a better world

"Last month at Berlin’s once hippy, now increasingly corporatised Re:publica conference, I met researchers from APC, who are using software-defined radios and spectrum sensing to allow people in low-resource environments to stay connected despite limited bandwidth, power, hardware..."

Thanks Eleanor Drage and @TheGuardian for this great piece on #BigTech #SustainableTech

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation

APC 2d ago

🙌 A new Tech-Together webinar on “Bridging the Gap from Vision to Fibre Deployment: Community-Centric Approaches in Africa.”

📢 Three online meetings to address how community networks are building local capacity and inclusion through community-led fibre and wireless connectivity.

📌 1st. meeting: Thursday 14 August at 13 UTC

✅ More info and register here 👉 https://www.apc.org/en/event/tech-together-webinar-bridging-gap-vision-fibre-deployment-community-centric-approaches.

#communitynetworks #fiberoptic #DigitalInclusion

@keith

APC 3d ago

#FeministTechJoy: Initiatives rekindling expression and creativity on the internet and beyond

>>> The projects celebrate feminist expression, including sexual expression, play and pleasure on the internet. Each seeks to revive joy and creativity online by supporting women and gender-diverse people to imagine and weave alternative digital futures.

https://www.apc.org/en/news/feministtechjoy-initiatives-rekindling-expression-and-creativity-internet-and-beyond #FeministInternet

APC 3d ago

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REDES A.C.3d ago

Este programa es un esfuerzo conjunto liderado por la UIT, @APC, @keith, @redesac_mx, @internetsociety y AFRALTI en colaboración con organizaciones socias locales y nacionales, todas trabajando juntas para promover la inclusión digital a través de una formación centrada en las comunidades.

Es un gran paso que este trabajo sea reconocido en las comunicaciones oficiales de la UIT, y estamos seguros de que esto es solo el comienzo de lo que viene. 🙌

¡Ayúdanos a correr la voz! 💬

APC 3d ago

REDES A.C.3d ago

🚀El Programa de Formación para Gestores de Redes TIC en Comunidades Indígenas y Rurales ha ganado gran impulso a nivel internacional, y en el marco de la celebración del #DíaInternacionaldelosPueblosIndígenas, la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones de Naciones Unidas publica una historia de impacto sus principales logros.

El artículo se basa en el estudio de impacto que realizamos en América Latina📊 y presenta tanto datos como historias inspiradoras.

https://www.itu.int/hub/2025/08/indigenous-voices-power-a-digital-revolution/#/es