How a Gossip Account Took the Laugh Out of LOL
A social media gossip account named “lol.auc.lol” closed on 30 November 2024 after receiving backlash from the AUC community due to …
Welcome to OpenTech(AUC)!
We care about Open Standards, Free Software, and Open Data. We think universities, and especially AUC, should be a place to learn and explore how technology shapes us individually and as a society. Our group is composed (primarily) of students and staff at Amsterdam University College.
Curious? Let’s chat.
We meet Wednesdays at 15:30 in the AUC common room (Science Park 113, 1098 XG, Amsterdam). If your calendar supports it, you can keep it in sync with our events by clicking here or pasting
webcal://opentech_auc.codeberg.page/events/index.ics
in the app.
Can’t make it to the meetings? Join our Matrix space, or reach out via the Fediverse!
If we can't get our act together digitally, we won't have our act together anywhere: reason 1
Imagine you’re at a house party, and people are getting drunk. Slowly but …
Crafting a Website for OpenTech(AUC)
Building this website was a nice way to let non-coders in our group get acquainted with terminology from the FLOSS world. Non-experts can quickly …
Short Report on our Linux Installation Party
In February 2024 around ten students and teachers gathered in StartUpVillage, the most inspiring part of Science Park. Their goal: Learning …
Brief introduction of Mastodon
At OpenTech(AUC) we like to rant about what makes the existing digital worlds we live in terrible. But it’s not all bad. Healthier alternatives …
WhatsApp is a bad deal
Normally, when you feel you’re getting the short end of a stick, for example when the supermarket sells you expensive mushy cauliflowers, or when the …
AUC and WhatsApp
Upon arrival at AUC, first year students are invited to join a WhatsApp group of their cohort. Doing so, we feel AUC fails to live up to its responsibility to help …