This is a list of some content resulting from non-commercial (and not-yet-commercial) interests and projects. I take part in the Free Content movement; for the licensing details, see each publication, and if you don’t find it there, see my imprint.
- EarthOS Framework Idea Pool 0.11 (German, 15% English)
EarthOS is intended to be a operating system for running planet Earth sustainably, securly, resiliently, and efficiently. Think of it as “a clean civilization in a box”, enabling full autarky for communities of ca. 100 people. However, this project is just in idea collection stage (pre-planning), and this document contains the current set of raw (!) ideas for the framework architecture itself (not individual items like products or content that one will use eventually). 125 pages A4. - EarthOS Items Idea Pool 0.11 (German, 15% English)
This is the second of the two artifacts that are available for EarthOS so far. It contains a huge and raw (!) collection of ideas for the actual implementation items of EarthOS. Which means basically, items to solve the task to create a miniaturized civilization on a technical level comparable to ours. You will find web references to hundreds of interesting and crazy third-party projects in this document, including all major open design projects that exist as of 2010-07. 494 pages A4. - Diploma thesis: “Designing mobile and agile groupware for delightful integration into community life” (English)
This was my final thesis in my computer science studies, completed in 2006-08. It is an elaboration of an own idea: a design of a voice based groupware application to organize anything but the workplace; it can run on any mobile phone. - InventionBase Version 2010-07-08 (German)
A list of 1600 original invention ideas that came to my mind in 1999 to 2010 (that collection is now finished). You can find many funny things in it, and maybe also a solution to a problem you have. The list was never published anywhere else except on my website. Now, it is finished, as I ceased to think “omnidirectional” inventive thoughts in favor of being creative for EarthOS, see above. Note that the list contains also contributions from various friends, marked with anything except “(MA)” at the start of each invention. - TEQ4 Equipment System Version 0.10 (German)
A huge 119 pp. e-book about innovative personal system equipment for living and travelling. It is a specification for a system of orchestrated personal equipment, providing for all needs under all climatic and travelling conditions. The system is layered into immaterial, backpack, furnishing and expedition vehicle levels; and provides, among others, adequate clothing, computer and communications equipment, tools and medical material. Care is taken to research innovative, “geeky” products to better solve the problems of highly compact equipment. Started officially in 2006-10, this second public version covers only the “immaterial” and “backpack” level. This project was discontinued on 2010-06-24 in favor of EarthOS (see above). EarthOS contains all the content of this document, but you will still prefer this one if you search for recommendations of commercial products to create an innovative personal equipment. - CollaborationCompensation.ods (English)
A spreadsheet to calculate financial compensation in a joint venture project of small companies or freelancers. Compensation is based on the principle that all time is valued equally; with the positive effect that all talking and quarreling about money is gone by submitting to this principle and “software governance”. Every collaborator can write invoices and make expenses on behalf of the joint venture project. You can use it web-based by importing this to Google Docs (and adapting some formatting). Feel free to adapt, this is CC-BY 3.0. This is actually a proof-of-concept prototype of a Ruby software we use for compensation in an ongoing business project. - Magirus 100 D 9 FA based expedition vehicle ExpV “Trolf” Operation Manual Version 2010-10-10 (English)
This is where I document my own expedition vehicle project, but it’s general enough to be helpful for similar projects. 36 pages A4.