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The tools to focus on are THE FUNDAMENTALS. The fundamentals start with the framing - that means talking about Software Freedoms and our relationship with technology and society.
Then once the foundations are in place, the Free Tech starts to matter. Linux, Firefox, Devtools + html/js, Scratch etc.
Be sure you're clear on what your own goals are. Are you an entertainer, or an educator?
I have only read the first few paras of the readme and I am in love with this language and you already
Thank you for this!
Today, what do you do if you don't want to join society?
More broadly, what DO you want?
ryanmentor becomes "Brown Eating Doctor" with a brown-eating grin. Obviously that's not how I want to be represented!
I made this one bit-by-bit and I rather like it: https://nimiq.github.io/identicons/builder.html#%22backgroun...
Edit: for people to meet and talk to people, like speed networking
3D printering has also led to some pinching and burning here and there. Worth it!
Let's get concrete: What assets does Freenode have, and who legally owns them?
and working with solid principles, from first principles, is how you reach durable new understandings. IMO.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People has some great material about the use of principles in being personally creative.
Inventing on Principle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII
I serve as a creativity coach to builders, innovators, and founders. Sometimes what a thinker needs more than anything else is a BREAK to BATHE! and then... EUREKA! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_(word)