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Factor e Live Distillations Episode 9 - Open Collaborative Development
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A
Welcome
to
factory
live
distillation,
x'
part
9.
Today's
episode
is
on
the
open
source
collaboration
method.
Overall,
the
problem
statement
is
quite
interesting
and
worthwhile.
The
question
is:
how
do
you
collect
potential
contributions
of
millions
of
people
worldwide
who
are
interested
in
the
outcomes
of
the
global
village,
Construction
Set
GBCs,
to
contribute
information,
time,
design,
prototypes
and
other
resources
for
very
specific
products?
A
What
makes
this
challenging
is
that
we
are
not
organizing
an
encyclopedic
Throwdown
of
content
like
Wikipedia,
but
focus
content
towards
about
40
main
infrastructure
items.
Our
goal
is
to
published
open
source
method,
to
the
point,
to
push
it
to
the
point
where
it
becomes
a
viewable
way
of
product
development
as
we
go
about
building
a
world
world-class
open
source
product
development
capacity.
A
Our
approach
focuses
on
a
physical
facility
as
the
core
of
the
development
process,
factory
farm,
which
is
our
collaboratory.
It's
a
physical
experiment
in
terms
of
testing
all
the
products
and
their
utility
towards
a
post-industrial
village.
Part
of
the
design
is
to
live
with
and
test
the
technologies
that
we
create
in
order
to
gain
the
deeper
insight
into
utility
and
relevance
to
a
high
quality
of
life.
The
other
parts
are
more
virtual.
A
These
are
the
blog
at
open
farm
tech,
org,
/
weblog,
which
reports
on
a
progress
and
some
day-to-day
activity.
There's
the
open
farm
tech,
dot,
org
wiki,
which
is
the
general
collaboration
platform,
there's
factory
farm
org,
the
Drupal
site,
which
is
now
waiting
to
be
populated
with
content
and
project
news
and
there's
the
OSC
social
network,
which
is
yet
to
be
set
up.
So
here's
an
outline
of
our
strategy
with
which
we
aim
to
build
the
entire
GVCS.
A
A
These
are
people
who
are
either
at
factory
farm
or
people
who
are
those
two
who
want
to
put
their
money
where
their
mouth
is
in
terms
of
GBCs
completion.
We
found
that
these
people
are
not
typically
wealthy
benefactors
as
much
as
people
who
don't
have
much
money
but
are
interested
in
applying
the
GBCs
to
their
own
lives.
At
present,
we
have
24
supporters.
A
So
how
do
we
work
with
the
true
fans
as
the
core
support
group?
First,
we
will
set
up
the
social
network
in
the
next
few
days
where
we
will
discuss
the
strategies
strategies
for
approaching
the
GVCS
as
that
well
as
well
as
do
actual
work
in
both
project
development
and
marketing.
The
goal
is
to
gather
the
support
of
a
thousand
true
fans,
but
I'm
committed
to
gathering
6000
for
a
monthly
budget
of
$60,000,
with
which
we
could
really
put
the
development
on
a
fast
track.
So
where
do
we
start?
A
Then
there
are
the
details
on
the
blog
plus
the
mess
of
technical
development
on
the
wiki.
So
how
do
we
go
above
the
actual
development
process
to
develop
each
product?
We
basically
start
with
collaborative
development
procedure
where
we
define
what
we
want
and
then
begin
with
a
design
rationale,
conceptual
design,
drawing
then
move
on
to
3d
drawings,
which
we
can
then
show
to
others
for
review.
So
we
iterate
that
until
the
design
is
sound,
at
which
point
we
deal
with
a
bill
of
materials
and
a
fabrication
procedure,
we
build
the
thing
as
prototype
one.
A
Then
we
test
it
and
then
iterate
the
whole
cycle
until
we
build
prototype
two
and
three
and
then
we
finally
have
a
ready
product
for
market.
So
the
diagram
that
you
see
is
a
summary
of
what
we
actually
do.
For
example,
with
the
CD
press,
we've
done
up
to
prototype
one
fabrication
and
testing,
and
now
we're
working
on
prototype
to
each
product.
Product
goes
through
these
steps
and
each
main
products
should
be
listed
on
the
wiki
header.
So
he
can
look
there.
A
The
above
diagram
is
the
technical
development
par
and
further
details
are
covered
by
the
development
work
template,
which
you
also
see
on
the
wiki.
The
template
is
pretty
exhaustive
and
long,
a
lot
of
technical
details
needed
for
the
development
of
each
product
that
should
be
filled
in
over
time.
If
all
the
parts
are
fill
in,
then
one
could
basically
pick
out
the
relevant
details
and
compose
a
funding
proposal
on
the
work
based
on
a
work.
That's
been
done.
The
collaborative
prompt
product
development
procedure
is
the
day-to-day
activity,
but
there
needs
to
be
the
greater
framework.
A
The
OSE
product
cycle
scene,
Anna,
Anna
wiki,
which
also
includes
the
gathering
of
a
development
team,
fundraising
by
publishing
proposals
for
for
all
types
of
distributed
sources,
fabrication
facility,
development
and
replication
and
the
development
of
a
business
model.
We
will
be
able
to
discuss
this
more
after.
We
start
producing
the
CV
press
scheduled
for
May
1,
which
is
one
month
delay
due
to
the
organizational
work
surrounding
the
distillation
series
here.
A
So,
essentially,
the
collaboration
platform
is
doing
the
due
diligence
in
the
diagram
shown
above
and
the
filling
and
supporting
details
found
in
the
development
work,
template
and
organizing
this
in
a
coherent
fashion.
In
principle,
someone
should
be
able
to
look
at
the
template,
perform
research
and
experiments,
submit
data
to
the
template
and
all
the
different
technologies
of
the
GBCs
could
mint
magically
materialize.
Well,
then,
of
course,
does
not
happen
without
strong
guidance
behind
the
projects
in
this
collaborative
process.
A
There's
a
large
number
of
pages
to
keep
track
of
as
all
of
the
different
fields
in
the
template
do
not
easily
fit
into
one
page.
So
lots
of
information
is
put
out
put
down,
such
as
the
solar
generator
project
under
the
category
solar
turbine,
but
that
needs
to
be
organized
over
time
to
a
coherent
halt,
just
like
anything
else.
For
example
we're
struggling
right
now
with
just
how
to
keep
the
wick
he
cleaned
up
enough,
so
people
can
even
see
all
the
work
that's
been
done.
Much
indexing
and
organizational
work
needs
to
be
done.
A
We
need
to
be
able
to
show
a
clear
report
of
status
for
each
project.
The
page
is
most
relevant
for
people
who
want
to
contribute
are
the
red
pages,
where
explicit
working
questions
are
written,
those
questions
and
problems
that
need
to
be
solved
in
order
to
move
on
in
the
red
light.
We
are
also
starting
to
put
up
a
collaboration
collaborators
category.
Basically,
a
directory
of
people
collaborating
on
a
project
who
we
could
tap
and
what
expertise
they're
willing
to
contribute.
A
As
such
a
novice
could
come
to
the
project
and
be
able
to
identify
people
who
can
answer
relevant
questions.
Our
next
step
is
the
Aussie
social
network
for
true
fans
we'll
be
building
our
collaborators
directory.
So
we
know
who
to
tap
for
information
and
who
to
tap
for
review
or
design
assistance
and
we're
putting
up
the
red
pages
with
working
questions,
as
well
as
status
reports
and
actual
development
work
templates.
A
This
can
be
done
by
everybody
globally,
but
the
deal
the
real
deal.
The
physical
work
is
the
actual
work
that
happens
at
factory
farm
as
such.
Go
ahead
and
review
our
distillation
presentations,
see
the
general
scope
and
look
at
status
reports
for
each
project,
which
need
to
be
written
still
mostly
and
then
come
to
the
first
world
conference
on
open
source
ecology.
What's
that
it's
the
world's
longest
conference
in
history,
where
the
conference
lasts
for
two
years,
it
actually
started
on
January
5,
when
we
kicked
off
the
thousand
true
fans
campaign.
A
What
are
the
goals?
The
goals
are
to
invite
as
many
people
here
as
possible,
especially
true
fans
for
one
month
working
stays
where
each
part
of
the
global
village
construction
set
is
developed.
It's
like
the
Apollo
program
for
OSC
prior
to
coming.
People,
prepare
a
research
proposal
and
prepare
the
plan
for
action
for
the
state
factory
farm,
so
consider
all
of
our
work
carefully,
and
we
may
be
inviting
you
for
this.
Personally,
we
will
pay
for
costs
with
resources
from
the
thousand
true
fans
campaign,
and
we
have.
A
We
may
have
more
earnings
from
productions
such
as
the
CB
press,
open
solar,
to
which
I
mentioned
in
the
last
distillation.
Yesterday,
as
part
of
this
conference,
it
will
be
a
wild
party
about
30
of
us
here
in
the
summer
and
the
time's
running
out.
We
still
have
a
701
days
to
go,
we're
building
ourselves,
the
world's
first
replicable
post-industrial
village.
A
The
rubber
hits
the
road
in
the
actual
building
of
implementations.
All
the
theory
has
been
already
laid
by
giants
before
us,
we're
just
going
to
put
it
into
practice.
We
make
the
road
by
walking.
There
are
no
rules.
The
process
is
open-source
messy
and
negotiable.
Just
look
at
our
wiki,
but
the
end
result
is
clear
and
we
hope
to
see
you
working
on
it
with
us
and
the
open
source
development
method
yet
needs
to
be
refined,
we'll
see
where
we
are
one
year
from
now.