Difference between revisions of "Convivial Tools"
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Convivial Tools can be defined as tools which allow the user to operate with independent efficiency, and with minimal reliance on external expertise. The term applies in particular to tools that are developed and maintained by the commmunity that uses them. Examples of such communities are the groups that invented the personal computer in the nineteen-seventies, the more recent open source software movements, and the entire participatory culture of the Web 2.0. | Convivial Tools can be defined as tools which allow the user to operate with independent efficiency, and with minimal reliance on external expertise. The term applies in particular to tools that are developed and maintained by the commmunity that uses them. Examples of such communities are the groups that invented the personal computer in the nineteen-seventies, the more recent open source software movements, and the entire participatory culture of the Web 2.0. | ||
| − | + | Danton's Second Life User Guide website was intended as a Convivial Tool that would empower the Second Life user. The instructions were designed to help the average [[Second Life]] user in the initial stages of learning the complex capabilities that [[Second Life]] offers. In this case it is the instructions themselves that are the "Convivial Tools" designed to open up access to the [[Second Life]] technology. | |
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*Wikipedia article on "Ivan Illich": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Illich | *Wikipedia article on "Ivan Illich": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Illich | ||
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