Hacking real life

Workshop Hacking Real Life
For OHM2013

also at http://prezi.com/tspnl7_vnady/

Hacking?

 * hacker
 * someone who loves to program or who enjoys playful cleverness, or a combination of the two

GNU

Dreams?


Your dreams?


 * money
 * meaningful work?
 * travel?

Hacking Real Life?
abundance

As in free beer: free transport, free food, free places to stay.

As in freedom: remove money as a limiting factor

playful cleverness instead of money to
 * get around
 * eat
 * get stuff
 * find a place to sleep

What else do you need?

(Okay, don't leave if you're married with 4 children, a dog and a mortgage.)

Hacking homes
Hospitality!

Most houses have a lot of unused space.


 * "guest" and "host" are cognates, derived from one Proto-Indo-European root (*ghos-ti-)

Easy:
 * couchsurfing
 * hospitality club
 * BeWelcome - FOSS, French NGO, quite democratic
 * Warm Showers - FOSS, Drupal, for bicyclists
 * servas

Intermediate:
 * http://nomadbase.org/
 * hackerhostel.org?

Advanced:
 * Street surfing
 * Hitchhiking

Hacking waste: dumpster diving

 * Awkward? ~45% of produced food = waste! that is awkward
 * Bring bottle of water
 * Bring bags etc.
 * Don't make a mess
 * Markets can be great
 * Consider dates, e.g. mass student migration
 * Legality?
 * Fruit with spots? Jam or freezer!


 * http://trashwiki.org/


 * Give-away shops


 * Freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." (compare this to GNU manifesto)

Hacking transport: hitchhiking

 * Awkward? Most cars are driving around with just one person!
 * Yes it works
 * It's fun
 * Social
 * Free (as in beer and software)

hitchhiking top tips

 * 1) Take the most used route (check google maps)
 * 2) Carry a good paper map that shows gas stations
 * 3) Be in a good, safe spot
 * 4) Stay positive, smile and laugh
 * 5) Avoid tight deadlines
 * 6) Make eye contact with drivers
 * 7) Making conversation with drivers
 * 8) Work with the weather
 * 9) Types of clothing: bright and onion-style
 * 10) Signs
 * 11) Cities are attractors: hard to get out, easy to get into (use public transport)
 * 12) * Find spots on Hitchwiki.org
 * 13) Long distance in Western Europe: stick to gas stations on the highway

Legality?

Some more hints:
 * 1) Communicate clearly
 * 2) Don't overestimate your skills
 * 3) Don't listen to driver's suggestions
 * 4) Get out in time
 * 5) Don't loose items on route
 * 6) Don't discuss controversial matters with drivers or loose control over conversation
 * 7) Don't stick to a gas station
 * 8) Don't go one gas station too far
 * 9) Don't hitch with two or more at truck stops
 * 10) Turn down rides
 * 11) Don't fall asleep or in love
 * 12) Don't watch a movie while driving
 * 13) Don't go with truckers in Germany
 * 14) On this subject


 * http://hitchwiki.org/

(If you're the one with the 4 kids: most hitchhikers are guys like me. Do consider picking me up if you have a free seat!)

More

 * http://sustainablepost.org/
 * http://hackerpost.org/
 * http://hackerhostel.org/
 * http://bookcrossing.com/


 * give-away shop

Money-less living
very 3117


 * http://geldloos.nl/ "moneyless"?
 * Moneyless.org
 * https://github.com/elf-pavlik

brief history
-3000: *ghos-ti-

1800: "waste was primarily comprised of human and animal manure"

1957: on the road

2004: random hitching tips spread around interwebs

2005: moved unmaintained overspammed hitchhiker's guide to hitchhiking to wikia

2006: moved wikia to hitchwiki.org, worked for couchsurfing

2007: bewelcome was started (not by me), failed attempt at open sourcing couchsurfing (by me)

2008: trashwiki.org born (stint in hyves offices)

(2010: collcon coined)

2011: couchsurfing finally for profit

2013: bewelcome 45k+ members

hitchwiki budget: domain name traswhiki budget: domain name bewelcome budget: ~1200 EUR/year

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