- 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
- 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?
- Fedora Appreciation Week: Tribute to a Legacy
I learned more about a man named Seth Vidal by chance. For Fedora Appreciation Week, I wanted to share a personal story surrounding his life and passing.
- Six Months Later: 3 Things I Learned From Deleting Facebook
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.
- How a Smart Phone Makes Time Irrelevant
The world of digital devices alters modern experience of reality. Time no longer asserts priority or influence over a moment because of a smart phone.