Yesterday I visited CODAM, a new Amsterdam coding college. It’s part of the 42 network, which originated in France, and offers a free 4 year curriculum to learn how to code (one or more of unix, graphics, machine learning). The education is free, and aimed at those who didn’t fit or couldn’t afford the regular educational options, dropped out or never had the opportunity to opt-in. The commitment is however large. The first month is a heavy filter, expecting students to keep a steady rhythm, and afterwards a high attendance is expected (some 50 hours per week).
CODAM’s mission of allowing students from all backgrounds to increase their capabilities, using coding skills as a path to agency, has a good overlap with the IndieWeb’s ambition of allowing people to own their own on-line identity, be in control of what they publish and share, and connect and interact outside the silos.
A month ago CODAM’s Lisa Stamm, the community and communications person, offered CODAM as a venue for IndieWebCamp Amsterdam. Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit their location on the old Amsterdam naval yard, near Central Station. CODAM and their location are a good fit with IndieWebCamp’s needs, so the conclusion was easy:
IndieWebCamp Amsterdam will take place at CODAM on September 28th and 29th.
Registration is already open, and free of charge. Both the View Source conference and the Fronteers conference take place in the days after, so if you’re in web dev you could turn it into a full week in Amsterdam.
Some pictures of the CODAM venue, and its surroundings below
Hi! Ik hou het kort vandaag. We staan met het gezin op het punt om op vakantie te gaan. En natuurlijk moet er nog van alles worden geregeld. Wederom is het een relatief rustige week in het Indieweb landschap. Het belangrijkste nieuws is wat mij betreft dat we op 28 en 29 september de tweede IndieWebCamp in Nederland hebben. Deze keer in Amsterdam.
Vanwege mijn zomervakantie zullen er de komende weken geen OPEN nieuwsbrieven verschijnen. Op 5 september kun je de nieuwe editie verwachten. Fijne vakantie en blog on!
Check in elk geval dit artikel!
CODAM Lego table. CC Ton Zijlstra, original at Flickr.
IndieWebCamp Nederland – Take the web in your hands
Zaterdag 28 en zondag 29 augustus, CODAM Amsterdam, IndieWebCamp Amsterdam. Ontwerpers, programmeurs, denkers en doeners komen twee dagen bij elkaar om het onafhankelijke web te bespreken, te verkennen, en te bouwen. Zorg dat je er bij bent! Schrijf je nu in voor deze mooie editie van IndieWebCamp. Op de site van Ton vind je foto’s van de locatie
Meer IndieWebCamp goodies
Wat is een IndieWebCamp nu eigenlijk precies? ♂️
Welke projecten kwamen er uit IndieWebCamp Utrecht?
Op de IndieWeb Wiki kun je al de eerste ideeën zien en je inschrijven voor het pre-IWC diner!
Op mijn blog Digging the Digital vind je nog meer links en tips over het indieweb.
Tot volgende week, tell a friend!
Blog on!
A pretty regular week, albeit with interrupted nights, so fatigue level rose steadily over the week.
Further discussions of contracts for an upcoming project in SE-Asia. Worried that these discussions are now eroding the time for execution of the projects first phase (completion date for that phase is a fixed element), meaning compression of work and planning problems.
Spent ample time on a project for a province that started last week.
Decided on the location for IndieWebCamp Amsterdam, and opened registration for it
Did a little bit of work on a tender with a EU wide consortium, but much less than I wanted.
Worked on the energy poverty project and a circular economy project for a province
Discussed a 2yr data governance program for provincial level governments with colleagues, in which socio-economic impact, digital transformation, ethics, it choices and data management are approached as the interconnected and interdependent things they are
Was interviewed for an upcoming speaking gig in Germany next month. The video has been published already.
32, by Tara Schmidt, license CC BY