16 September 2026

On the up: Saving computers from my garden shed! #

It was a pleasure to have Zoe come and visit after she'd heard about what I was up to from a satisfied Saved customer.

I really appreciate the story she picked out of everything I had to say about big tech lock-in, perilous futures for our young people, connecting to the new cyberpunks, building a kitchen out of 70s rimu remnants...

Saved: Old laptops get new life

Though I did get caught short with the story being published while I was away with a Campion football team at AIMS Games. So I'm really appreciative of The Environment Centre having a supply of laptop chargers, just the right ones too. Legends.

Meanwhile, you'll see over at Saved that I'm urgently seeking interest from businesses sitting on old laptops that could support the initiative.

And what's this about putting a price on them? #

One of the risks I identified when first coming up with Saved, was that the business model could be considered a self-centred, for-profit competitor in the ecosystem. I sense this risk is bearing out to some extent.

I'm looking forward to talking to groups in the near future about the business of Saving laptops; about the value of a $ and how and when it's earned: before you start or after you've created enough value for an end user.