Iskander Smit
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Curating, organising responsible tech and beyond - ThingsCon https://bsky.app/profile/thingscon.org
Research, experiment, co-design human-intelligent technology partnerships in Citiesofthings.org -
Curating, organising responsible tech and beyond - ThingsCon https://bsky.app/profile/thingscon.org
“The to more efficiency makes the world a worse place”
@romanmars.bsky.social
@romanmars.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“The to more efficiency makes the world a worse place”
@romanmars.bsky.social
@romanmars.bsky.social
Quite obstinate. These tools become more human like :-)
July 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Quite obstinate. These tools become more human like :-)
Hm, my M1 Macbook is not liking Comet browsing so much; compare CPU use. Back to Dia for now.
July 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hm, my M1 Macbook is not liking Comet browsing so much; compare CPU use. Back to Dia for now.
What happens when the civic economy meets the protocol economy?
Join us 15-17 September for a design charrette modeling mediation for civic economies via: currencies - tokens - current-sees.
First deadline for entries call for participation 6th July.
civicixdproject.com/civicprotoco...
Join us 15-17 September for a design charrette modeling mediation for civic economies via: currencies - tokens - current-sees.
First deadline for entries call for participation 6th July.
civicixdproject.com/civicprotoco...
July 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
What happens when the civic economy meets the protocol economy?
Join us 15-17 September for a design charrette modeling mediation for civic economies via: currencies - tokens - current-sees.
First deadline for entries call for participation 6th July.
civicixdproject.com/civicprotoco...
Join us 15-17 September for a design charrette modeling mediation for civic economies via: currencies - tokens - current-sees.
First deadline for entries call for participation 6th July.
civicixdproject.com/civicprotoco...
From earlier today. The always clever @parismarx@mastodon.online on history and now of tech cementing dominance.
Innovation is not limited by regulation.
We should build something new.
#PubConf2025
Innovation is not limited by regulation.
We should build something new.
#PubConf2025
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
From earlier today. The always clever @parismarx@mastodon.online on history and now of tech cementing dominance.
Innovation is not limited by regulation.
We should build something new.
#PubConf2025
Innovation is not limited by regulation.
We should build something new.
#PubConf2025
In 2 weeks, we will officially launch the 5th edition of the “State of Responsible IOT” report: RIOT 2025.
16 inspiring articles, a catalog of provotypes “generative things”.
Join us for the festive launch Salon and/or unconference on 6 June in the heart of Rotterdam!
thingscon.org/events/riot-...
16 inspiring articles, a catalog of provotypes “generative things”.
Join us for the festive launch Salon and/or unconference on 6 June in the heart of Rotterdam!
thingscon.org/events/riot-...
May 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In 2 weeks, we will officially launch the 5th edition of the “State of Responsible IOT” report: RIOT 2025.
16 inspiring articles, a catalog of provotypes “generative things”.
Join us for the festive launch Salon and/or unconference on 6 June in the heart of Rotterdam!
thingscon.org/events/riot-...
16 inspiring articles, a catalog of provotypes “generative things”.
Join us for the festive launch Salon and/or unconference on 6 June in the heart of Rotterdam!
thingscon.org/events/riot-...
So what will it look like? “An AI device that is an aesthetic merge between an iPhone, a titanium wristband, and a metal blob”
Midjourney thinks this.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Midjourney thinks this.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
May 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So what will it look like? “An AI device that is an aesthetic merge between an iPhone, a titanium wristband, and a metal blob”
Midjourney thinks this.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Midjourney thinks this.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Laatste publieke rede van Paul Rutten
Stedelijke publieke ruimte. Tussen markt en overheid. Zowel fysiek als sociaal-cultureel en pollitiek.
Stad als gemeenschap van vreemden.
Overheid past een bescheiden rol. Maar commerciele partijen moeten ook ingeperkt blijven. #toekomstmakers
Stedelijke publieke ruimte. Tussen markt en overheid. Zowel fysiek als sociaal-cultureel en pollitiek.
Stad als gemeenschap van vreemden.
Overheid past een bescheiden rol. Maar commerciele partijen moeten ook ingeperkt blijven. #toekomstmakers
April 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Laatste publieke rede van Paul Rutten
Stedelijke publieke ruimte. Tussen markt en overheid. Zowel fysiek als sociaal-cultureel en pollitiek.
Stad als gemeenschap van vreemden.
Overheid past een bescheiden rol. Maar commerciele partijen moeten ook ingeperkt blijven. #toekomstmakers
Stedelijke publieke ruimte. Tussen markt en overheid. Zowel fysiek als sociaal-cultureel en pollitiek.
Stad als gemeenschap van vreemden.
Overheid past een bescheiden rol. Maar commerciele partijen moeten ook ingeperkt blijven. #toekomstmakers
Today a day about future makers #toekomstmakers at Smart & Social Fest.
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social opens sketching power systems as lens on technology #toekomstmakers and lack of “counter power”
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social opens sketching power systems as lens on technology #toekomstmakers and lack of “counter power”
April 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today a day about future makers #toekomstmakers at Smart & Social Fest.
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social opens sketching power systems as lens on technology #toekomstmakers and lack of “counter power”
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social opens sketching power systems as lens on technology #toekomstmakers and lack of “counter power”
Waiting for the mars to merge into the Rokin…
March 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Waiting for the mars to merge into the Rokin…
A maybe unexpected positive take on the role of ai platforms.
From pessimism to promise
Lessons from the global south on designing inclusive tech
Payal Arora
Digital divide reversed, algorithms of aspirations, surveillance of care
From pessimism to promise
Lessons from the global south on designing inclusive tech
Payal Arora
Digital divide reversed, algorithms of aspirations, surveillance of care
January 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A maybe unexpected positive take on the role of ai platforms.
From pessimism to promise
Lessons from the global south on designing inclusive tech
Payal Arora
Digital divide reversed, algorithms of aspirations, surveillance of care
From pessimism to promise
Lessons from the global south on designing inclusive tech
Payal Arora
Digital divide reversed, algorithms of aspirations, surveillance of care
TU Delft making sense of mobility at Dies Natalis. Four scenarios organizing the well-known societal questions
- How to deal with new city autonomous moving actors - @citiesofthings.org :)
- Are mobility credits a form of tokenizing economies?
Report
www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delf...
- How to deal with new city autonomous moving actors - @citiesofthings.org :)
- Are mobility credits a form of tokenizing economies?
Report
www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delf...
January 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
TU Delft making sense of mobility at Dies Natalis. Four scenarios organizing the well-known societal questions
- How to deal with new city autonomous moving actors - @citiesofthings.org :)
- Are mobility credits a form of tokenizing economies?
Report
www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delf...
- How to deal with new city autonomous moving actors - @citiesofthings.org :)
- Are mobility credits a form of tokenizing economies?
Report
www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delf...
That was a great edition of ThingsCon! What a way to celebrate 10 years with the old & new community!
Thanks to all students presenting their lovely work, the workshop hosts and speakers, exhibitors. WLDRF for great party. And of course all partners and (extended) team!
Looking forward to 2025!
Thanks to all students presenting their lovely work, the workshop hosts and speakers, exhibitors. WLDRF for great party. And of course all partners and (extended) team!
Looking forward to 2025!
December 14, 2024 at 10:09 AM
That was a great edition of ThingsCon! What a way to celebrate 10 years with the old & new community!
Thanks to all students presenting their lovely work, the workshop hosts and speakers, exhibitors. WLDRF for great party. And of course all partners and (extended) team!
Looking forward to 2025!
Thanks to all students presenting their lovely work, the workshop hosts and speakers, exhibitors. WLDRF for great party. And of course all partners and (extended) team!
Looking forward to 2025!
@peterbihr.com I did not understand the concept I think :)
November 21, 2023 at 1:27 AM
@peterbihr.com I did not understand the concept I think :)
Next years edition will be embedded in the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven and one of the organisers Stephan Wensveen presented work on “Designing Conventional and Progressive AI Futures”. Looking forward to see already how Design & AI develops the coming year.
www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJ...
www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJ...
October 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM
Next years edition will be embedded in the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven and one of the organisers Stephan Wensveen presented work on “Designing Conventional and Progressive AI Futures”. Looking forward to see already how Design & AI develops the coming year.
www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJ...
www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJ...
And there is attention to the role of AI in society and impact on our lives. That deserves even more focus in looking into Design for AI behaviour. The (un)intended consequences (plug: thingscon.org/things-2023
October 20, 2023 at 8:03 AM
And there is attention to the role of AI in society and impact on our lives. That deserves even more focus in looking into Design for AI behaviour. The (un)intended consequences (plug: thingscon.org/things-2023
Check out this lovely project by Anne Arzberger for instance, on Crafting Human-AI Reflexive Practice repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/ob...
October 20, 2023 at 8:01 AM
Check out this lovely project by Anne Arzberger for instance, on Crafting Human-AI Reflexive Practice repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/ob...
Looking back at an inspirational Design & AI symposium; after the first excitement on new generative tooling there is now a true exploration what design with AI means. From applying tools to deeper conversations with the AI to understand your own choices better. www.tudelft.nl/io/actueel/c...
October 20, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Looking back at an inspirational Design & AI symposium; after the first excitement on new generative tooling there is now a true exploration what design with AI means. From applying tools to deeper conversations with the AI to understand your own choices better. www.tudelft.nl/io/actueel/c...
