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P2 Surveys – supported by P2P Foundation

By On February 21, 2012 · 17 Comments · In diybio, Ecosystem, Hackers, hackerspace, network, open source, Participate, research, survey, Uncategorized

In previous blog entry I introduced Peer Production/Community survey domain p4.ossoil.com. While I was finalizing the content in the pages, I also contacted Michel Bauwens from P2P Foundation and asked “perhaps some hd space in some server could be the support from Foundation?” Michel [...]

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Surveys for DIY communities

By On February 17, 2012 · 7 Comments · In biohacker, community, diybio, Ecosystem, hackerspace, open source, Participate, research, survey, Uncategorized

Ever wanted to know what kind of cool stuff biohackers do? How about what’s the attitude towards external funding in different kind of DIY communities? Or what’s the most preferred way to handle space rent?

Now that’s possible to find out. For the past 3-4 years I’ve been studying (and participating) hackerspaces; motivations to participate [...]

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P2 Generation Survey Site

By On February 12, 2012 · 14 Comments · In community, diybio, Ecosystem, Hackers, hackerspace, Hacktivism, network, open source, Participate, research, survey

The past ‘hackerspace’ surveys 2010 and 2011 have created a great data base for longitudinal study. Now that my funding for PhD survey is about to finish (after all it was just for one year), I’m considering to put my research efforts to this survey study. [...]

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Developing Peer to Peer Community Surveys

By On February 7, 2012 · 11 Comments · In biohacker, community, diybio, Ecosystem, Hackers, hackerspace, network, open source, Participate, research

For some time now I have been pushing an idea of a new hacker generation called ‘Peer Production’. It is a continuum to hacker generations identified by other scholars. Somewhat good presentation of the generations can be found from my previous blog entry “Extrovert Hacker Generations“.

Peer Production Generation research

As part [...]

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Finnish Biohacker Community

By On September 9, 2011 · 22 Comments · In biohacker, biohacking, community, diybio, finland, Hackers

I have started my quest to build Finnish biohacker community. Why and what is that? Biohackers (aka ‘Do-It-Yourself BIO’, DNA jockeys, DIY transhumanism) have grown as a community all over the world, especially in US. In my opinion biology and nanotechnology related development areas are the next growth points in hacker community. It will not be [...]

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Peer production communities survey 2011

By On July 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In community, Ecosystem, Hackers, hackerspace, open source, research, survey

During the past decades, hacking has mostly been associated with software development. Furthermore, most but not all hacker generations (from MIT hackers to Open source) have been introvert; participants have been hiding in cyber bush, avoiding contact with ‘great’ public, staying in virtual world. This is now changing as new walks of life are being [...]

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