Going for good
Helping people and communities reclaim their digital future
Digital rents are increasing
Market-leading online services are heavily subsidised by investor capital. And when that bargain ends the services get worse, the rent goes up, and inequalities are exacerbated.
Our regions are precarious
We can't take connectivity, power, or corporate goodwill for granted. Climate events, isolation, and economic imbalances mean resilience has to be built locally.
Let's start with what we have
Reclaiming Windows laptops is the entry point to start reimagining ownership today, while directing resources to training pathways and the wider vision.
Founder
Ian Allan
I am an ethical technologist who has specialised in solving problems in under-served markets.
I'm also a trusted adult educator, experiential learning designer, and vocational skills advocate.
I live in Gisborne, Aotearoa New Zealand, with Priscilla and our three children.
ianallannz.github.ioLink-roll (↗)
- Introducing Saved | Cross-post from Ian Allan
- The Windows 11 Crisis
- Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam
- Universal Blue is the future of Linux desktops for most people, and you should try it too
- Zorin OS 18 - Replace Windows With This
- Something Big Is Happening With Linux
- Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From "Enshittification" | The Daily Show
- We Didn't Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
- Gen Z's attitude to AI should worry the entire tech industry
- Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'
- The Authoritarian Stack
- What AI is doing to school
- Penn has an AI problem
- How AI is making us all dumber
- The end of our extremely online era
- a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of "Synthetic Influencers" to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
- Is AI already impacting job growth?
- Goldman Sachs warns of 'jobless growth' in the US as AI fuels output but not jobs
Where it's going
The mission
Phase 1
Collect, restore, reimagine, and redistribute ex-Windows 10 laptops. Automating the process and proving the value. Active now.
Phase 2
Offer qualification pathways for people who want to build, own, and operate resilient technologies. Seeking education partners.
Phase 3
Community partnerships, enterprise services, store presence. The full vision is documented in the original proposal.
Get in touch.
If you'd like to offload computers, buy some, become an education partner, or just find out how thing are going...
Say hello