2026-07-10 –, P2P Portal
Matthias Kirschner author of the book, will present the video version in English of "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" and together with his children who participated in the creation of the story, discuss the topic with people young and old. Then, enjoy a raspberry ice cream social with handmade ice cream by master tinkerer, Luca Bonissi.
The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wants to take another close-up look at his inventions during a walk through the city, a child hits him in the shin with the skateboard. That hurts! Enraged, the inventor makes a momentous decision... The clever girl Ada sees through what is going on. Together with her friends, she forges a plan.
This is a story about the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
A story available as Open Educational Resource under Creative Commons BY-SA that arouses children's interest in tinkering and encourages shaping technology. From age 6 to 106.
Matthias Kirschner is President of FSFE. In 1999 he started using GNU/Linux and realised that software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. Matthias is convinced that this technology has to empower society not restrict it. While studying Political and Administrative Science he joined FSFE in 2004.
He helps other organisations, companies and governments to understand how they can benefit from Free Software -- which gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share software -- and how those rights help to support freedom of speech, freedom of press or privacy.
In his spare time, together with his children and others he wrote the book "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", which is available under Creative Commons in many languages and meanwhile also as a movie.
Luca can make anything! Tinkerer, ice cream chef, hacker....come try his wares!