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1:04 am on July 12, 2026 · 2026 (252), community technology (1), dweb (1), folk tech (4), hylo (1), solidarity tech (1), tibet sprague (1)

WEBINAR 22 JUL 16:30 UTC – Folk Tech Connection Call – July 2026 – With Tibet Sprague!

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Folk Tech event graphic: a dark green gradient background with the Folk Tech logo on the right — a hand cradling a leafy sprig topped with a flower-shaped electrical plug, above the "Folk Tech +" wordmark.

Folk Tech event graphic: a dark green gradient background with the Folk Tech logo on the right — a hand cradling a leafy sprig topped with a flower-shaped electrical plug, above the "Folk Tech +" wordmark.
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On Wednesday, 22 July 2026, at 12:30-14:00 EDT (16:30-18:00 UTC), Folk Tech will host a webinar ‘Folk Tech Connection Call – July 2026 – With Tibet Sprague!‘, featuring an interview with Tibet Sprague on his work building a community platform at Hylo, working in collective at Terran, and convening technologists at the Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA).

Folk Tech describes itself as a solidarity-based movement among designers, developers, and people in communities who want digital technology that supports their daily life and interdependence without the extraction, exploitation, or surveillance found in most proprietary technology today. The call also includes space for attendee shareouts on projects, and an optional 30-minute small-group hangout after the first hour.

SPEAKERS
Tibet Sprague – Hylo, Terran, Collaborative Technology Alliance

HOST
LX Cast – Founder, Spacious

#FolkTech #DWeb #SolidarityTech #CommunityTech

9:06 pm on April 29, 2026 · 2026 (252), folk tech (4), future (12), protopian (1), storytelling (1)

WEBINAR 20 MAY 16:30 UTC – Folk Tech x Protopian Prize – Storytelling Workshop + Connection Call

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Banner for Folk Tech x Protopian Prize storytelling workshop and connection call, May 20, 2026, with hand and plant logo on green background

Banner for Folk Tech x Protopian Prize storytelling workshop and connection call, May 20, 2026, with hand and plant logo on green background REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK

On Wednesday, May 20 2026 at 12:30-14:00 EDT (16:30-18:00 UTC) Folktech will join with Protopian Prize to host a Storytelling Workshop.

The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest that asks what we can envision as people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles, and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin Kelly, one of the contest’s judges—means an achievable, optimistic future characterized by continuous, incremental progress rather than revolutionary leaps or a static, perfect state. Protopian stories imagine a future that is neither flawless nor catastrophic, but instead workably better than today. It’s about plausible progress rather than perfection or collapse.

​In this event, via collaborative stories and exploring different modes of storytelling, a world will be imagined as it might be if Folk Tech principles infused digital technology, supporting daily life and interdependence without the extraction, exploitation, or surveillance found in most proprietary technology today

GUEST
Karl Schroeder – Toronto-based science fiction writer and futurist

HOST / MODERATOR
LX Cast – Founder, Spacious

#folktech #protopian

5:52 pm on April 9, 2026 · 2026 (252), apps (5), folk tech (4)

WEBINAR 15 APR 16:30 UTC – Folk Tech Showcase – Project Show & Tell

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Folk Tech Showcase: Project Show & Tell — April 15, 2026. Archived by ISOC.LIVE. Logo: a hand holding a flowering plant stem topped with an electrical plug.

Folk Tech Showcase: Project Show & Tell — April 15, 2026. Archived by ISOC.LIVE. Logo: a hand holding a flowering plant stem topped with an electrical plug.
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On Wednesday, April 15 2026, at 12:30-14:00 EDT (16:30-18:00 UTC) Folk Tech hosts a ‘Project Show & Tell‘ showcase. Folk Tech is a movement among people who want to develop apps for their community without depending on big tech companies and a community of developers making decentralized, p2p, open source, open standard-based tech.

PROJECTS

HOST
LX Cast – Founder, Spacious

#folktech

12:52 pm on March 31, 2026 · 2026 (252), accessibility (84), folk tech (4)

Mar 18 2026 – Folk Tech Connection – Eric Bailey on inclusive design

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Beige slide with Folk Tech logo (hand holding plug-shaped plant). Text: “Folk Tech Connection – Eric Bailey on inclusive design.” Date: March 18, 2026. “Archived by ISOC.LIVE.”

Beige slide with Folk Tech logo (hand holding plug-shaped plant). Text: “Folk Tech Connection – Eric Bailey on inclusive design.” Date: March 18, 2026. “Archived by ISOC.LIVE.”
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On March 18, 2026, the monthly ‘Folk Tech Connection Call‘ featured an interview with Eric Bailey, talking about accessibility and inclusive and usable design.

SPEAKER
Eric Bailey – Accessibility advocate

HOST
LX Cast – Founder, Spacious

#FolkTech #accessibility #inclusivedesign