Creating communal computers (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Spencer Chang caught our attention with the alive internet theory website, but he creates all kinds of computery things to bring people together around play, connection, and creation. Spencer’s experiments with computing-infused objects inspired him to create an entire line of internet sculptures and real-world computing shrines that will hopefully inspire all of us to keep the internet alive and flourishing for years to come.

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Featuring:

• Spencer Chang – Website, GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Alive internet theory
• Internet Sculptures
• Computing Shrines
• playhtml

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1. Welcome to The Changelog (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Tiger Data (00:01:17)

https://www.tigerdata.com

3. Start the show! (00:02:59)

4. Alive internet theory (00:04:42)

https://alivetheory.net/

5. How it works (00:07:35)

6. Sort by interesting (00:09:18)

7. Sponsor: Namespace (00:13:19)

https://namespace.so

8. Making money (00:15:01)

9. Passion as a job (00:19:06)

10. Computing-infused objects (00:20:32)

11. Object experiments (00:24:24)

12. The NFC tech (00:27:35)

13. Computing shrines (00:30:54)

14. Sculpture funding (00:37:04)

https://internetsculptures.com/

15. Sponsor: Augment Code (00:38:46)

https://www.augmentcode.com

16. Sponsor: NordLayer (00:40:16)

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17. Perpetual energy (00:43:02)

18. playhtml (00:46:24)

https://playhtml.fun/

19. Interesting uses (00:51:46)

20. Wrapping up (00:54:14)

21. Closing thoughts (00:56:14)

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