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A conference talk at !!Con 2024 explores innovative approaches to building local, accountable technology through personal experiences and community-driven initiatives. Discover how researcher and designer Dawn Walker has spent a decade experimenting with various methods to create and maintain collective computing networks, including writing speculative fiction about future web possibilities, developing neighborhood internet-sharing tools, and managing distributed public data systems. Learn about the successes and failures of these projects while understanding Walker's unique approach of embodying desired future computing scenarios in present-day initiatives. Gain insights into the importance of local technology development, practical implementation strategies, and collaborative tech-building methods from a speaker who has co-founded a tech worker co-op, participated in environmental data preservation, and co-organized Our Networks conference focusing on community network infrastructure development in Toronto and Vancouver.
