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       title: June 15th, 2024

     

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       date: 2024-06-15, 10:06:41 -07:00

     

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       link: https://ixda.org/an-announcement-from-the-board-regarding-the-future-of-ixda/

     

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       via: https://x.com/jarango/status/1801744205792088491

     

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       The [[IxDA]] non-profit is shutting down, seen via [@jarango](https://x.com/jarango/status/1801744205792088491) who comments: "how do we build a community of practice in a world where in-person conferences are no longer a viable means for funding community orgs?"

     

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       I have many thoughts on this, and we'll be exploring this for [[Causal Islands]].

     

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       title: June 17th, 2024

     

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       date: 2024-06-17, 14:20:00 -07:00

     

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       link: https://highlinebeta.com/highline-hub/

     

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         - Canada

     

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         - Toronto

     

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         - venturestudio

     

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       via: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/byosko_founders-investors-community-ecosystem-activity-7208566640140062721-ida2

     

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       [[Highline Beta]] is launching Highline Hub "a curated community & space that empowers pre-seed startups". 5000 sq ft in downtown Toronto.

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       title: June 17th, 2024

     

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       date: 2024-06-17, 19:33:51 -07:00

     

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       link: https://lu.ma/zlnfxgb5

     

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         - Vancouver

     

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       I'm giving a talk next week here in Vancouver [[Open Source Beyond Licensing - The Evolution Ahead]], followed by a panel discussion. Come join!

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       I’m running a personal, independent [[Open Collective]] in order to further my interest in [[pooling capital and collaboration]].

     

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       title: Boris Fund

     

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       I’m running a personal, independent [[Open Collective]] in order to further my interest in [[pooling capital and collaboration]].

     

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       link: https://gitbutler.com/

     

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       A Git client for simultaneous branches on top of your existing workflow.

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       A corporate venture studio based in Toronto

     

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       Announced [June 17th, 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/byosko_founders-investors-community-ecosystem-activity-7208566640140062721-ida2), a space in downtown Toronto 

     

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       > Highline Hub is a curated community & space that empowers pre-seed startups. Our community brings founders, investors, builders & corporate collaborators together to learn, share and work together.

     

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       > Our 5,000 sq. ft facility located in Toronto’s Financial District offers open-concept space, private offices, meeting rooms and event areas. The Hub hosts in-person events, programming & services that helps accelerate new ventures from 0-1.

     

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       > [Highline Hub](https://highlinebeta.com/highline-hub/)

     

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       Listed on [[Peerspace]] as [bookable space for meetings](https://www.peerspace.com/profiles/65145812d1ad1a001f80fe4d)

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       Large and small. Some look more like mini projects.

     

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       ## AI Research Lab

     

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       How can one fund AI research lab? There are many of these, we can focus on specific areas like interface research

     

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       ## [[Proto Apps]]

     

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       A gaming social network that bootstraps by using your SteamID to OAuth link to a new account. Might also be able to cross-post various things.

     

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       Nouns:

     

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       * Game

     

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       * Purchase

     

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       * Achievements

     

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       * Image: screenshots as well as fan art and any other such image

     

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       * Video: could also include live streams

     

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       Github is 

     

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       Some things that could integrate:

     

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       * [[Radicle]]

     

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       * [[Git Butler]]

     

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       * [[Polar]]

     

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       [[ForgeFed]] is the ActivityPub version of this.

     

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       link: https://ixda.org/

     

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       title: Interaction Design Association

     

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       The Interaction Design Association is a member-supported organization dedicated to the discipline of interaction design.

     

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       ## Board Shutdown Announcement June 2024

     

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       [An Announcement from the Board Regarding the Future of IxDA](https://ixda.org/an-announcement-from-the-board-regarding-the-future-of-ixda/)

     

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       > **In August we will be dissolving the legal entity.** This means that the non-profit side of IxDA will cease to exist (including the board), along with the operational, financial, and organizational capacity to run global events such as Interaction Week, the Interaction Design Education Summit, and the Student Design Charette.  

     

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       > **The community, consisting of Local Groups around the world, will continue to exist.** IxDA Oslo will take over ownership of the ixda.org domain, which will continue to be a resource for interaction designers and community organizers, including our extensive video library covering conference talks from the last 15 years.

     

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       > For a while now, <mark>the conference business model has been unsustainable for us</mark>. The yearly Interaction conference was the primary way the organization made enough money to operate throughout the year. The money we did make went to paying our Executive Director, contractor fees, and operating costs for the organization. We have always been a primarily volunteer run organization operating on a slim budget and have never been wildly profitable, which has always seen us in a vulnerable position.

     

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       > Sad to see @IxDA winding down. Sounds like a highly stressful time for the org’s leadership. Thanks to everyone who’s cleaning up the mess and especially to Andrea Mignolo for the clarity of your communications.

     

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       > Beyond the stress and suffering, I see this as a further data point re: the changing landscape for design. While it may be too early to tell whether the problems that led to this situation were inherent to the org or caused by the changing context (likely: both), the fact remains that the post-pandemic world looks different.

     

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       > A key open question now: <mark>how do we build a community of practice in a world where in-person conferences are no longer a viable means for funding community orgs?</mark> Perhaps a more bottom-up, federated approach is in order? Other ideas?

     

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       **Open source is no longer a radical act.** From legal innovation to ways of working remotely and collaboratively, the past 20 years have integrated it as a common baseline.

     

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       ## Presented June 26th, 2024

     

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       I used this to book space for IPFS Mainnet in Denver at [[EthDenver]]

     

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