Writing for the Life channel
The Life channel is where we talk about all the places where the open source way is being applied in everyday life. And we know there a lot of stories out there. But we need your help finding them--and telling them.
Think of the open source principles--things like collaboration, participation, sharing, transparency. Where are these ideas at work in the things you're interested in?
Some jumping off points
- Open social media alternatives (ex: http://onesocialweb.org/, http://appleseedproject.org/)
- Open money
- Open agriculture
- Open printing
- Open smart meters
- Open source house competition (ex: http://www.os-house.org/)
- Collaboration in conlangs
- Open hardware license (http://tapr.org/ohl)
- Open source hardware ideas on reddit
- Open Mashup Alliance
- Khan Academy
- Collaboration in crytography communities
- Open Compute Project
- Open access
- Celestia
- Open library
- Smithsonian Commons
- Geeknics
General topics we're interested in:
- music
- video
- art
- health
- food / agriculture
- travel
- games
- environment
- economic development
- charity
- work
- kids
- fashion
- consumer technology
- transportation/mobility
- energy
- science
If you have an idea for a story, whether it's just an idea or you're ready to write for us, contact one of us and share your story. You can also join the life authors mailing list where some of the nuts & bolts of getting articles published happens and you can get feedback from others.
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