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= Digital Mobilization Field Guide =


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A technical field guide to digital products, and services that support the operations of organizations aligned with the pro-labor, pro-human rights, pro-free speech and anti-imperialist agenda of Doikayt Mobilization Labs. [TBD: need link]


== Getting started ==
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== Target Audience ==
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=== Profile ===
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You are in the right place if you are a ''technician'' working as IT staff or as a volunteer at a movement-aligned organizations, where you are tasked with:
 
* identification,
* evaluation,
* configuration,
* customization and
* ongoing maintenance and support of software and hardware that supports your group’s mission.
 
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=== Proficiency Assumptions ===
 
You should be at least at ‘power user’ level, comfortable with:
 
* config files
* command line directives
* IT operations basics
** Web, Internet, and cloud concepts
** basic security
 
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=== Unique Challenges ===
 
You likely need to deal with constraints that technicians in corporate, government and military settings don’t worry much about:
 
* shoe-string budgets,
* deplatforming risks, and
* ethical considerations
 
See [[New Submissions]] for further discussion of how these criteria factor into our structured protocol for recommending new products and services.
 
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== Site Organization ==
 
Content is organized as a shallow hierarchy, moving from broad generalized domains of organizational concern to operational areas within a domain (and potentially, an intervening sub-area) – all the way down to the level of individual tools (one per page).
 
* ''Domain →''
** ''Operational Area →''
*** ''Operational Sub-area →''
**** ''Task →''
***** ''Candidate Tool''
 
See [[Site Organization]] for more details.
 
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== How To Contribute ==
 
* Request an account from chris@datalackey.com
* [[Project:New Submission|Click here]] to submit a new tool, or click ‘New Submission’ in the sidebar from anywhere on the site
 
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== Long Term Vision ==
 
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=== Wiki -&gt; Database ===
 
We have formalized the procedure for adding new content to this site so that each entry for a recommended tool has a known structure (schema). We plan to leverage this known structure when we start feeding a database with this site’s content.
 
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=== Database -&gt; Tool for AI Agent ===
 
Longer term we plan to expose our content as a tool that be consumed by AI language models via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_Context_Protocol Model Context Protocol]. The goal is to enable conversations along the lines of: “I am looking for a low (or no) cost tool to streamline the process of submitting my organization’s weekly events to various community calendars.”
 
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Latest revision as of 04:59, 21 July 2026

Digital Mobilization Field Guide

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A technical field guide to digital products, and services that support the operations of organizations aligned with the pro-labor, pro-human rights, pro-free speech and anti-imperialist agenda of Doikayt Mobilization Labs. [TBD: need link]

Target Audience

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Profile

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You are in the right place if you are a technician working as IT staff or as a volunteer at a movement-aligned organizations, where you are tasked with:

  • identification,
  • evaluation,
  • configuration,
  • customization and
  • ongoing maintenance and support of software and hardware that supports your group’s mission.

Proficiency Assumptions

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You should be at least at ‘power user’ level, comfortable with:

  • config files
  • command line directives
  • IT operations basics
    • Web, Internet, and cloud concepts
    • basic security

Unique Challenges

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You likely need to deal with constraints that technicians in corporate, government and military settings don’t worry much about:

  • shoe-string budgets,
  • deplatforming risks, and
  • ethical considerations

See New Submissions for further discussion of how these criteria factor into our structured protocol for recommending new products and services.

Site Organization

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Content is organized as a shallow hierarchy, moving from broad generalized domains of organizational concern to operational areas within a domain (and potentially, an intervening sub-area) – all the way down to the level of individual tools (one per page).

  • Domain →
    • Operational Area →
      • Operational Sub-area →
        • Task →
          • Candidate Tool

See Site Organization for more details.

How To Contribute

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  • Request an account from chris@datalackey.com
  • Click here to submit a new tool, or click ‘New Submission’ in the sidebar from anywhere on the site

Long Term Vision

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Wiki -> Database

[edit]

We have formalized the procedure for adding new content to this site so that each entry for a recommended tool has a known structure (schema). We plan to leverage this known structure when we start feeding a database with this site’s content.

Database -> Tool for AI Agent

[edit]

Longer term we plan to expose our content as a tool that be consumed by AI language models via Model Context Protocol. The goal is to enable conversations along the lines of: “I am looking for a low (or no) cost tool to streamline the process of submitting my organization’s weekly events to various community calendars.”