Digital-Era

"Digitalism" is a poem I originally wrote in August 2022. the poem's birth came from being stuck between the analog and digital worlds.

Nostalgia is cyclical at times. Nostalgia keeps us in the past but sticks with us in the present, much like blogging and blogs in the 2020s.

Recently a Spotify playlist curated into my feed. The playlist was a perfect match for my soul when I needed it most. This led me to wonder, who or what curated this playlist? What caused it to appear in my feed that day?

When I first saw the letter asking for Richard Stallman and the FSF Board of Directors resignations with merely five signatures, I knew I had to sign. Not because I knew it would be the popular thing to do. But because it was what was true in my heart. Only

What major changes await Free Software and Open Source in the 2020s? Flory shares three emerging trends that could shape the next decade.

Trigger warning: Grief, police violence, death. This blog post was first written on August 28th, 2020. Today is a sad day. Chadwick Boseman is dead. At 43 years old, he lost a terminal battle with stage IV colon cancer. As his great light dims, I am left to wonder what

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 took place on Monday, 3 February, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. This event report summarizes key takeaways and thoughts from CopyleftConf.

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?

Six months ago, I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Along the way, I learned a few lessons on creating a healthy diet of media and pop culture consumption in a world of constant connectivity and endless media reservoirs.