Per Axbom

Per Axbom

Stockholm, Sweden Website LinkedIn Bluesky Mastodon

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
Indieweb and self-hosting my own space

Indieweb and self-hosting my own space

As I'm moving all my online assets to a VPS (Virtual Private Server) I wanted to share my current setup. I also want to emphasise that I've been able to set this all up with decent technical knowledge and an understanding of how the internet works,...

That Oompa Loompa message on Revue

That Oompa Loompa message on Revue

As I'm moving my newsletter subscribers from Revue to a self-hosted platform I requested an export of my subscribers. The message on screen from Revue I got was this: We'll set our Oompa Loompas to work on exporting your subscribers and they'll send you...

Big Tech Wipeout

Big Tech Wipeout

It’s been a very long time coming with so many hesitations and false starts over the years. I’ve truly wanted to commit to small tech, open source software and ensuring that I publish my content on my own platforms. Keeping the content from being used by others for...

Faux-tonomy - the dangers of fake autonomy

Faux-tonomy - the dangers of fake autonomy

The word autonomy is being thrown around these days, often to imply that software is running without human intervention. But it still does not mean software can make decisions outside of the constraints of its own programming. Software can not learn what it was not programmed to learn. Importantly, it...

The Mammoth in the Room

The Mammoth in the Room

It’s starting to look like Musical Chairs in the Social Media Games™. Are you on Mastodon? Do you know what it is? I’m in it for the third time. The third time is the charm, right? Shortly after settling down after a considered approach to making a personalized...

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