I'm writing this article within the context of the SOAM "RE:FUND OUR DIGITAL FUTURE: REIMAGINING FUNDING ARCHITECTURES FOR PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGY” residency program I'm taking part in to order to create a new speculative institutional model with the goal of empowering open hardware infrastructure…
The United Kingdom has just delivered the world's most expensive demonstration of why throwing technology at social problems doesn't work. After two years of ignoring expert advice and billions in compliance costs, the UK's Online Safety Act has achieved the opposite of its stated…
Reading in Servo's latest weekly report that it's now passing 1.7 million Web Platform Subtests, I started wondering: How much investment would it build it into a competitive, independent browser, in the context of all this talk on digital sovereignty? Servo is an experimental web…
Tech monopolies have a playbook: subsidize a costly service, kill off competition, then lock the world into an overpriced, bloated mess. They did this to our digital infrastructure, after that our e-commerce platforms, then they followed up with our social platforms and social infrastructure, and now they're trying…
Originally, I meant to write a blog post diving deep into the hole Mozilla has been digging itself into with its "privacy-first" advertising push, perhaps even exploring the background work at organizations like the W3C and the IETF that led to this moment. I still may do that…
This is a follow up to my previous post where I discussed some factors indicating an imbalance in the open source ecosystem titled, Is the Open Source Bubble about to Burst? I was very happy to see some of the engagement with the blog post, even if some people seemed…
Is the Open Source bubble about to burst? While Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) isn't just another tech trend, it's facing real challenges as its adoption skyrockets. With millions of new contributors each year and a growing economic impact, OSS is more crucial than ever. However, the rise of "…
It's EU Parliament elections time, and I thought it would be a good chance to give a short recap on significant and recent EU digital regulations, for those wondering how the elections can impact our digital lives. If you're deep into digital policy, this probably isn&…