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Happy new year everyone! I hope you all had a relaxing holiday. I was expecting January to be rather quiet but it turns out we are starting the year with at least five events already!

In its third year DWeb Vancouver (DWebYVR) has not only grown to reach a lot

For our next meeting, on December 10th, we will read the introduction and the first essay (Dead Zones of the Imagination) of David Graeber's The Utopia of Rules.

How can we make and use technology that supports us in our everyday life and is also easy and fun to use? How can great p2p, open source, open standards-based, and decentralized tech emerge from community rather than be imposed upon us? These are the questions that we explore in Folk Tech.

Fall is upon us and it is always a great time to cozy up with a book and to get out and connect with fellow Dweb folks. We have a lot going on this November and hope to see you at one of the following events!

Our first reading for November 12th: Jo Freeman's essay The Tyranny of Structurelessness.

The cold and rainy season upon us, what better time to choose a new book

Join us on Oct 18th for the first Folk Tech event: a partipcipatory design workshop supporting regular people in collaborating and creativity.

Here is a quick update on what we've been up to this summer

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our incredible sponsors for making the

In two weeks, from August 8th to 10th, we will gather on Salt Spring Island

Join us for an evening of inspiration and connection!  Discovery Night is your opportunity on

DWeb Camp Cascadia Session Proposals are open! Submit your suggested talks, workshops, or other fun activities in the session proposal form.

Hey community! Tickets are now on sale for DWeb Camp Cascadia 2025! GET YOUR TICKETS

DWeb Vancouver is doing a group buy of Meshtastic devices. Check out the two options, and come join us at the Z-Space Electronics Bazaar to see them in person.

Monthly round up of events of interest to the DWeb Vancouver community, May 2025 edition.

We had a great DWebYVR planning meeting in early February, and it's clear

It's spring time in Vancouver and we have a few events coming up

The DWeb Science fair has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. Follow our calendar and subscribe to our newsletter for updates on other DWeb events during Websummit!

Own your AI! With open models becoming more and more powerful, what new types of applications can we create with AI agents that run securely and privately on our own devices and data? Join us on Saturday, March 29th, 2025 @ Z-Space for a hack day to focus on local-first, personal AI.

There is much happening in the DWeb community and we are looking forward to the

Roundup of Local-First Weekend on January 11th & 12th. Speakers, hacking, and more all weekend long.

Videos from the DWeb Seattle event held Nov 19 2024

Announcing #LoFiWKND

An overview of our diplomatic mission to Seattle

Pop-up, wrap-up, next up?

Welcome to LOCALHOST Vancouver week! Several of us have already kicked things off this weekend

Join the LOCALHOST Social as part of the week of tech events, and connect with others who want to grow Vancouver Energy.

Kushal Goenka is joining us at LOCALHOST Hack Day to present on Local AI: learn about how it works, and get it installed on your own computer.

The Websim team is coming to join us in person at LOCALHOST Hack Day as well as supporting us with a sponsorship.

Announcing Bluesky as a LOCALHOST sponsor.

An interview with the Our Networks team for this year's Does (Not) Cloud Compute theme. Join us July 27th, 2024.

Recap of the June 23rd Vancouver Hack Day, hosted by David Luecke and Boris Mann.

A kick off announcement for LOCALHOST: a week of tech, media, & other explorations of how to create things we can own together, alongside IETF120

An opportunity for Vancouver locals to learn about the internet standards-making process of the IETF

A recap of the April 2024 Vancouver Hack Day at Z-Space. Learn, Code, Share!

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