The Makerlab is first and foremost a collective business framework for creative new media projects: Our manifesto will change with the company and we look forward to this evolution.

Ownership

Avoid silos; federate data - don't try to own data. Be transparent. Foster an ecosystem where all participants get rewarded, support all attempts at bettering communication

Triple Open: Open Data, Open Code, Open Participation

Allow ownership across all parties involved in all projects collectively, distribute work-load collectively; let team members dictate and establish their own strengths on thier own. License free or open.

Design Practices

Brainstorming, sketching and iterative concept development are encouraged. Provide support for ideation, respect and foster creativity and risk taking by taking smaller steps more often.

Wiki-Like

Everything should be a wiki Everything should allow reverting. Deputize participants to help. Disambiguate related content; duplicate persons and the like with disambiguation pages.

Conversational

Encourage real time discourse, encourage collaboration and open-ended conversation. Be humane. Be multi-modal and multi-gateway, multi-ligual and multi-faceted.

Velocity

Abide by agile development practices. Focus on one thing at a time, ship early and often. Be your own most loyal users. Provide feedback mechanisms early on, for team and stakeholders. Iterate quickly and often, take feedback and criticism and turn good projects into great ones.

Community

Focus on caring for our own communities first, then and only then do you grow outwards from our own community. Remember to appreciate those around you, enocourage and validate the work of those around you.