Per Axbom

Per Axbom

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Swedish communication theorist born in Liberia. Working with design, education and writing to support human rights in tech. Decades of digital experience and a deep concern for universal wellbeing.

229 posts
Fuglesang is talking to you, not media

Fuglesang is talking to you, not media

Right after midnight passing into August 26, 2009, Swedish time, Christer Fuglesang writes this on Twitter: On the morning of August 26 as I pick up the paper from the floor the front page says (my translation): “Did Fuglesang lift off? SvD.se will broadcast the launch of Christer Fuglesang’...

Little Bossman is free at last

Little Bossman is free at last

Just a short note to let everyone know that I have finally published the novel I wrote back in 1993, when I was 19 years old. I have, of course, published it on The Pirate Bay. It’s a weird feeling but allow me to quote from my own prologue:...

Captcha: Killing accessibility

Captcha: Killing accessibility

It has become increasingly popular to make use of a Captcha in online web forms where registration and payment processes are required. This is what it looks like over at MSN Passport: A Captcha is an image depicting letters and number that the user is asked to type in a...

Embedding Flash with high accessibility

Embedding Flash with high accessibility

#content_begin (If you have the Flash 6 player and JavaScript enabled, you will see a slideshow of flowers instead of a single image above.) This example shows how Flash content should be embedded in a web page in a way that promotes accessibility as well as searchability. Invisible jump...

Create a Web That's Easy to Read

Create a Web That's Easy to Read

Web editors can be anything from journalists to Web designers and communications professionals. They all have one thing in common; they have the power to determine the content of a Web site. This power allows them to cover the Web site with wordy texts, mixing terms like strategic platform and...

Little Bossman - African Hunting Masks

Little Bossman - African Hunting Masks

Sometimes passion tears my mind and rain falls from my eyes, and lightning arrows strike me blind when red runs through my skies. Human burning need cuts through my voice in strangled noise and tells me now to bleed. Instead of doing what it asks, and screaming my child’s...

Little Bossman

Little Bossman

During the summer of 1993 I wrote the novel Little Bossman. Almost 16 years later; on March 19, 2009, I licensed the book under a Creative Commons license and made it freely available for distribution on The Pirate Bay. You can also download the PDF below. * Torrent for Little Bossman...

Little Bossman Chapter 3

Little Bossman Chapter 3

🍎This is a sample from the 1993 novel Little Bossman. Download the book for free. I sit up in bed and hear the sound of my own voice. ”…so leave a message whenever you think it’s time to leave a message, or if you don’t want to, don’...

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