This is my soap box. These articles are more personal and intimate. The best way to describe this category is “the way I see things.”
- Hannah/Honor Loeb: A Reflection on Death and Forgiveness
Grief is a strange emotion. Today, my memories and heart are on my former roommate and friend Hannah / Honor Loeb.
- How Did Free Software Build a Social Movement?
The Free Software movement is rooted to origins in the 1980s. As part of a talk I gave with my colleague and friend Mike Nolan at FOSDEM 2020, we analyzed how the Free Software movement emerged as a response to a changing digital world in three different phases. This blog
- CopyleftConf 2020: Quick Rewind
CopyleftConf 2020 took place on Monday, 3 February, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. This event report summarizes key takeaways and thoughts from CopyleftConf.
- The Day Open Source Died: A Story About Minecraft, Bukkit, and the GPL
Once upon a time, I volunteered in the Minecraft open source community with Bukkit and Spigot. This is a story about FOSS and young folks.
- Maladjusted
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1967) I never intend to adjust myself to injustice. “I’m proud to be maladjusted.” https://t.co/TFBiWBy6Xc — Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 12, 2019
- Why FOSS Is Still Not on Activist Agendas
In 2006, Bruce Byfield asked why open source was not on activist agendas. Have things changed in 2019? What did Byfield get right? What did he leave out?
- Write More Accessible Markdown Images With This One Simple Trick
Do you frequently write comments or READMEs in Markdown? Learn how to make your Markdown images more accessible with this one simple trick. No gimmicks!
- What Is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a genetic disorder that has a huge impact on those living with it. But what is it and what can you do about it?
- Throwback Draft: Reflections on Sarajevo and Croatia
This is an unfinished draft from the end of my 2017 study abroad semester in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It includes a parting memory from Sarajevo, Bosnia.
- Throwback Draft: Integral of a Community
What is a community and what does it mean to belong to one? What makes a community so important to someone? Read more to understand what community is.