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
Get it While it's Free

Get it While it's Free

May 26, 1999 WHEN I WAS a kid, I used to subscribe to shareware. Every month two disks packed with programs would land in my mailbox (postal mail!) and I would begin to explore new software; games, pictures, utilities, word processors… it didn’t really matter what it was, because...

Gross Misinformation on the Net

Gross Misinformation on the Net

May 10, 1999 AS THE POPULARITY of the Internet increases, it has become quite common to turn to the Internet for information. One tends to favor the Internet because it is becoming easy to use and can provide information about a vast number of subjects. I hear quite often that...

Talk to me, web site

Talk to me, web site

April 28, 1999 YESTERDAY, I WENT shopping for a new suit at a store called SAKS. In the store I found myself browsing through different models, different colors, pants with or without lapels, vests with five or six buttons and what have you. I was lost. To my aid came...

Use the Web for Communication

Use the Web for Communication

Original title: It’s Time to Back Down April 7, 1999 I FIND MYSELF having to constantly explain myself to people. And not being able to. Lots of people do not understand how I can meet a guy in Houston over the Net and challenge him to a racing game,...

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