Blog Interdependent Thoughts maintained since 2002 by Ton Zijlstra.
European citizen in a networked world. Based in the Netherlands, living in Europe, working globally. There are no Others. There is just me and many of you.

I write about how our digital and networked world changes how we work, learn, decide and organize. I explore the tools and strategies that help us navigate the networked world. I am passionate about increasing people's ability to act (knowledge), and their ability to change (learning). Key-words: open data, open government, fablabs, making, complexity, networked agency, networked learning, ethics by design.

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Supporting what I use & appreciate

I support the IndieWeb, monthly

I support the Internet Archive, monthly

Ik steun CoderDojo NL in de Club van 100

I support Obsidian.md development

I’m a member of Open Street Map.

I’m a supporter of noyb, the EU’s leading GDPR activists.

On this day…

There are 2 posts found on this site published on February 16

February 16, 2021
- Open State Glass en Black Box Awards 23 maart de SOS Tech Awards van Open State Foundation en SETUP, de Black and Glass Box Awards voor openheid en transparantie, en de Dode / Levende Mussen Awards voor verantwoordelijkheid nemen bij technische misstappen (ipv alleen op z'n Facebooks 'sorry' zeggen en over tot de orde van de dag).
February 16, 2018
- Of Maps and Landscapes, of Relics and Geo-Data Peter Rukavina regularly sends us printed artefacts. The most recent one was a map of Europe. On it Peter printed “A map is the greatest of all epic poems”, quoting Gilbert Grosvenor, founding editor of National Georgraphic. Maps in 1975-1980 Maps have always been highly fascinating to me. As a kid I endlessly pored over […]

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