Ben Cerveny

Chairman and President, Foundation for Public Code.
Senior Fellow, Berggruen Institute.
bluesky: [email protected]

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

Splashing down for the week. Biennale bound to speak about reactive spaces

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

Hello again, SF! Rumours of your death do seem to be a tad exaggerated. Looking forward to seeing some of your still-kicking denizens this week.

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

such a sad day here in the Netherlands. 😢

[The Foundation for Public Code @publiccodenet]

As software continues to play a central role in public life, there's a growing need for more transparent, auditable, and #open software systems. Our mission is to provide the tools and resources to make this happen. It's another week to #publiccode with us

[The Foundation for Public Code @publiccodenet]

🎉🗳️ We're delighted to announce that the Standard for Public Code has been chosen as an @OSOReu Community Award finalist, alongside 21 brilliant open source initiatives. You can vote for your favorite project until 26 Oct - here's how: https://t.co/OC7tBVUwTP

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

Our piece in Noema that explores how we need to situate (among other things) one of the most fundamental tasks of digital transformation in democratic government as public code that is open and available for debate, iteration, collaboration, and understanding.

[Noema Magazine @NoemaMag]

“To be sure, technology needs more regulation. But instead of treating technology only as degrading democracy & civic participation, we can also cultivate it as a positive tool that can enhance democracy,” @neb & @nils_gilman write.

Here’s how.

https://t.co/HAHzOK4IJ6

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

@tobias_rees @nils_gilman @NoemaMag @HNadim87 so many great instances of this type of work exist, but my point here is about tending to the prototyping and discourse in iterative public code of these varying open models of core functions of public administration

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

Happy to be a part of this excellent series! Thank you @SerpentineUK.

[Serpentine @SerpentineUK]

Future Art Ecosystems 3: Art x Decentralised Tech is live!

With immense gratitude to our contributors, co-conspirators and friends @VivLaNova, @eva33313, @garyzhexizhang, @alicescope_, #AmiraGad, @drewchit, @AnnetteMees, @barrythrew, @neb, #BillyRennekamp, @Brigitte_Vezina...

[Benjamin Bratton @bratton]

Register here for an information session and Q&A for Studio Researcher applicants to the Antikythera program this Thursday October 20th https://t.co/owYEmPCOuF

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

@livmarte @publiccodenet So pleased to be a part of the community and help all Digital Public Goods meet the Standard for Public Code and scale into robust, collaborative, sustainable, digital public infrastructure! 🎉🎉

[The Foundation for Public Code @publiccodenet]

Director-General Roberto Viola, Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission holding the Standard for Public Code at the ongoing Tallinn Digital Summit

#OpenSource #Tallinn #TDS2022 #PublicCode #DigitalPublicGoods

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

Incredibly honoured to share the stage tomorrow with a Deputy Prime Minister, a Secretary of State, and a Director General of the European Commission to discuss Digital Public Goods and Public Code https://t.co/P7CkoI8NWG

[Benjamin Bratton @bratton]

https://t.co/2TXeYseKbk The program starts in Los Angeles, with fieldwork in Mexico City and Seoul. Studio researchers in Los Angeles will be supported with a housing provision and a monthly stipend of 4000 USD per month for the duration of the program. The trips covered too.

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

We are recruiting research fellows for our first cohort. Learn more about our research domains, explore who is involved, and apply now: https://t.co/tlLcZsxY5H

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

Enthused to be associate director of a new program piloted by @bratton incubating at the @berggruenInst: @antikythera_xyz. We will explore the philosophy and future of planetary-scale computation, in collaboration with many great folks. Output will include software, film, essay.

[Flickr Foundation @flickrfdn]

Lovely to come across a piece of Flickr lore putting the final touches on a talk for @dconstruct. It's a copy put up by a researcher, but it's also the eTech presentation @stewart, @neb, and Eric gave when they launched Flickr in 2004. https://t.co/ptRbHRA0oQ

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

@kimpall @markdeloura also @markdeloura, we should probably catch up! ☎️👍

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

@kimpall @markdeloura sadly, that canal is closed to boat traffic and has been for some time, otherwise upshots would've already been posted! Jumping up and down has been tested and passed. ✅ I know the MX3D crew and followed this whole process. I have mixed feelings.

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

@mickdonaldson @bcn_ajuntament @laiabonetrull @PauSolanilla @metropolis_org @xavipaton @guillemrc @UCLG_Saiz @CidobBarcelona @PilarConesa Excellent! Happy to re-engage the Foundation for Public Code in conversation about international replication of BCN codebases. We're seeing real progress in global codebase stewardship collaboration.

[Ben Cerveny @neb]

@audreyt So appreciative and enthused to have your wisdom, experience, and perspective helping guide our path toward enabling shared open collaboratively-built public digital infrastructure globally.

[⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt]

Pleased as punch to join @publiccodenet’s Strategic Council as an advisor.🎉

#Taiwan’s experiences in rolling out public code & co-creating digital services warrant sharing worldwide.🇹🇼

Collaboration strengthens democracies & truly makes us greater than the sum of our parts.🌌