How can we build viable commons? No one has the answer, but everyone agrees on certain necessary elements: they must be redistributive, inclusive and operate under shared governance, enabling everyone to benefit from and contribute to them.

The Semantic Web breaks down silos by creating databases that are not specific to one service or product. Better still! It enables us to create new services that are more respectful of users, by giving them back control over their data - but on what basis?

On the occasion of Smart City Day 2023, Lucien Langton was invited to take part in a round table in Neuchâtel to discuss digital commons and alternative models to platform economies.

Inhabiting the remnants of war in Vienne thanks to residents' collectives and citizen participation

Technology isn't going away. What technology do we need?

Since I was a child I grew up with the feeling that any system would necessarily have imposed and unchangeable rules, and that working would necessarily mean making sacrifices, until Octree.

Octree is made up (for now) of men who work in technology and yet we talk seriously about emotions. The reason for this is that we aspire to a society driven by humane and useful technology.

Octree was in Barcelona for Decidim fest! Decidim is an open-source technology empowering citizens all around the world. Subjects were ranging from politics to privacy, design, decolonialism, and feminism. Here's what happened...

Foodhack is a platform that connects entrepreneurs and innovators in the food sector.

Between sociology, activism, politics, and IT, several actors are developing technological solutions to facilitate democratic participation. They go from the local to the global scale and focus on cooperation and transparency: these are Civic Techs.

Two weeks ago we gave feedback at the DevOps Days in Geneva on our joint approach to Holacracy and DevOps. Here are some highlights

Security in the context of API creation can be an obstacle to application development. In this article, we will detail a common solution: the implementation of an authentication server supporting OAuth and Open ID Connect.

Is it possible to create API's without knowing the details of the UI or what media the applications are intended for? Deciding what would be the essential proof-of-concept to test a new approach is not something easy. Here is what we are currently exploring.

Focused on distractions: as designers we're in great part responsible for the interactions and experience mechanics underlying the products in our digital industry. Responsibility in the field of design isn't a new thing,

With Octree, we carry out several website projects per month with a team of three developers. Thus, to ensure a quality development in a short time, we have set up...

Octree was not our first idea, but rather the second. The first one being Thyme, an application that connects volunteers and events (if you follow us, you'll have the opportunity to...