We announce the publishing of An Open Web today. After working for an super-intensive 5 days on the book project, Fabricatorz Christopher Adams, Jon Phillips, Bassel Safadi and Barry Threw all contributed to this project, along with Fab affiliates Michelle Thorne and new friend Alejandra Perez Nuñez, Mick Fuzz, and Adam Hyde.
The book delves into the sharism/freedom stack in more detail from content, software, hardware, and free network services we learned a lot about how to fight for the open web, and the possible pitfalls in an accelerating integration of software and hardware browsers. In retrospect and after some quick viewing, I realize that this book is very connected to how the Fabricatorz are spending our time and projects we are pushing quite hard. Please share more about the book. There are some easter eggs left in the book and some points that need to be challenged massively.
From the official announcement:
An Open Web
http://openweb.flossmanuals.net
The Web was meant to be Everything. As the Internet as a whole assumes an increasingly commanding role as the technology of global commerce and communication, the World Wide Web from its very inception was designed to be a free and open medium through which human knowledge is created, accessed and exchanged. But, that Web is in danger of coming to a close. This book shows what is happening and how you can play an important role in keeping the web open.
An Open Web was written in 5 days by 6 collaborators. Zero to book in 5 days. It was an intensive process and loads of fun. The collaborators met 9 am Monday with no more text written than the title and 5 days later published the book. This process is known as a ‘Book Sprint’, its fast, its fun and it takes place partly in real space and partly online.
An Open Web was mostly created by Alejandra Perez Nuñez (Chile), Christopher Adams (USA), Bassel Safadi (Syria), Mick Fuzz (UK), Jon Phillips (USA), and Michelle Thorne (DE) with Sprint Facilitation by Adam Hyde (NZ).
This web is not only about the Open Web but it was made by the Open Web. Open Web publishing at its best – written in 100% free software and open for anyone to contribute – including YOU.
Read the book online, download the free EPUB (for mobile devices and ereaders) and buy the beautiful paper book. All available from : http://openweb.flossmanuals.net
Improve the book and and keep it alive! (see below for details) – all edits are welcome! http://booki.flossmanuals.net
An Open Web available NOW : http://openweb.flossmanuals.net
For Information about the Free Software platform this book was written with please see: http://blog.booki.cc
The Book Sprint was held in Berlin January 17-21 2011, sponsored by Transmediale and FLOSS Manuals and the CHB.
http://transmediale.de
http://www.hungaricum.de
http://www.flossmanuals.net
Open Web Book Sprint transmediale.11 from Barbara Mürdter on Vimeo. Fast forward to ~ 1 minute to hear a debate on a contentious @rejon statement with @thornet.
UPDATE: Added the PDF of the Press Release: An Open Web Launched at Transmediale 2011.
