Our 2cents https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/feed Web Accessibility ... When we say that something is accessible, it often refers to the price of an item or service. The term accessible in many cases implies that something is cheap. Accessible can also be a person which is open and accommodating. In the world of websites and applications, the term accessibility is viewed in a different way. It refers to adjustments to make the sites easier to use for people with disabilities or challenges. We have all probably already encountered tools for changing contrast,  typography, etc. when using the websites of government institutions. Even without additional information, it is clear to... Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/are-you-a11y Film and Web ... At the beginning of the 21st century, when dinosaurs used to walk the Earth and Internet Monitor was the golden standard for a web portal, some of us from Slobodna domena used to work on web projects that were related to film and cinema. There was a pioneering project of mapping of the cultural field, done through Culturenet.hr, a project by the Ministry of Culture, or there was an entrepreneurial and at the same time enthusiast idea of filmski.net which gathered a strong editorial board of then students and today releval film experts. We should also not forget projects from... Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/beginning-and-development-of-a-beautiful-friendship Did you know that we offer free consultation? ... If you are thinking about new ideas and inovations, want to talk with somebody about the most efficient approach, need an assesment of your resources or are bothered with something in the segment of web and mobile applications - register for a free consultation session. Consultations are held once a week, on Tuesday at 15h in our office in Zagreb or on-line. Registration is obligatory. We will get back to you with a confirmation. You can expect that the talk will last for about an hour and after that you will receive a follow-up email with conclusions, suggestions and additional... Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/two-heads-are-better Workers' tech coops ... When we founded Slobodna domena, almost six years ago, we tried to find similar organisations elsewhere. The idea of starting a worker owned cooperative in IT, design and digitaisation seemed locigal and self explainable. That is why we were suprised when we could not find anything alike on the Internet. We started our project with a strong dillema. We are either very smart because we had a brilliant idea nobody else had before or we are complete idiots trying something nobody else in the world though makes sense. We were just like that boy from the book "Pale alone in... Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/workers-tech-coops We are celebrating a birthday ... Five years ago on the last day of February in Zelena akcija offices we held the founding assembly of Slobodna domena. It was raining outside. None of us knew all present future members but each one of us knew at least somebody in the room. We have literally gathered from all around to start a cooperative. We did not know what kind of adventure we are entering but it turned out that we have done it with open hearts and minds. Optimism prevailed despite the rain. People say that every startup counts on three F’s: “friends, family and fools”. We... Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/first-five-year-plan long live the Book! ... For the past twenty years we’ve been listening to the same chorus which keeps repeating how “the book is dead”. An obsolete format nobody cares about pushed out of sight by digital media. People do not read anymore. This is a discourse which seeks foundation in the idea of technological progress and related changes in our everyday lives. Indeed, today we are living differently than was the case 10, 20 or 30 years ago. We all feel this change and that’s why it is easy to believe in a dystopian scenario which radicalizes the future and devours our memories of... Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/the-book-is-dead And we weren't planning that ... Since we're seasoned in doing educations some of our members are volunteering with Borders:none, a project that gives digital skills training to asylum seekers. We do that from time to time. Whenever there is a candidate that shows potential or energy to learn more during classes we are open to offer them more support. This is when we invite them to start coming to our office if and when they can. There they will get a chair and a computer, share our office. This is a start of an informal mentorship. We try to stay open in that process, follow... Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/how-slobodna-domena-became-multilingual But it sells ... We don't need no education(actually we do)we don't need no thought control(no, we don't) Since we started working with web and programming in the early days of internet, when one could not get format education for that, we had to rely on ourselves and the ability to learn independently. Since we grew up in the settings where information sharing was normal, this gradually led us to teaching others about what we have learned. Our knowledge became useful for some organisations, companies, institutions. So without attention or plan to do so, we as individuals got experienced with doing workshops and... Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/you-cant-buy-knowledge Can you say "Eco-merce"? ... E-commerce has never been so important as it is today. Those last pockets of resistance which we had against on-line shopping was blown away by Covid. Nowadays, almost all of us do at least some part of our shopping by using a desktop or mobile device. Many will say how "that's not the real deal", that nothing can replace interaction, product selection, bad or good music that plays from a loudspeaker at some random store. Lack of free time, pandemic situation and good old laziness have pointed us as customers towards web stores. Just like it takes two to tango,... Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/click-buy-carry Build your own tools ... Green Tools Tech is run by Bruno Motik, permaculture designer and maker who develops solutions for regenerative farming, organic gardening and permaculture. Bruno is devoted to sustainable land practices and believes that regenerative agriculture is the most viable solution to climate change. He is a part of a growing movement of people who work to transform our agricultural system towards more small farms doing the right kind of agriculture. They came to our cooperative with a limited budget and a wish to build a simple straight forward website with a  webshop that would allow them to receive orders. This was... Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://slobodnadomena.hr/en/zadrugarije/can-small-scale-open-source-make-a-difference-on-the-big-scale