digital guidance
Teaching Online
How to plan your days, communicate, listen, set up your room and tech, as well as a comprehensive list of tools that are helpful for online teaching.
Per Axbom
Writing, teaching and consulting for a safe, compassionate internet. Explaining risks and opportunities of digital so people can make better choices for themselves and for the wellbeing of others.
digital ethics
Surfacing Podcast interview with Per Axbom
I was recently interviewed by Lisa Welchman and Andy Vitale for their Surfacing Podcast [https://www.surfacingpodcast.com/per-axbom], where they "have conversations with the people who design and create experiences for our world." It's such a warm, reflective podcast and I felt really welcome and
digital guidance
Types of Bad Accessibility Excuses
I love a good meme and have been looking through many of the different versions of the "Types of Scientific Paper [https://axbom.com/types-of-ai-ethics-paper/]" meme on Twitter. Not a single one I've come across has had an image description in the form of ALT (alternative)
digital ethics
Types of AI Ethics Paper
Political philosopher Dr Annette Zimmermann [https://www.annette-zimmermann.com/] published a very piercing cartoon on Twitter [https://twitter.com/drzimmermann/status/1388526687814656004?s=21]. It is a pastiche of the XKCD cartoon Types of Scientific Paper [https://xkcd.com/2456/], and creatively reimagines titles of papers that expose flawed thinking
digital ethics
Apple launches tracking device with potential for abuse enablement
This week, Apple launched a new physical product aimed at keeping track of your belongings: AirTag [https://www.apple.com/airtag/]. These are small round tiles that you can attach to keys, bags and vehicles, allowing you to see where they are on a map. They also introduce a risk
digital ethics
The Elements of Digital Ethics
A chart to help guide moral considerations in the tech space.
digital guidance
Clubhouse overview - a visual guide to the app
Learn how to find your way around the Clubhouse app.
newsletter
The power of glocal thinking
Balancing what's remote and what's nearby with planetary health When I started working as a web designer at Ericsson in 1998, glocal was a buzzword. "Think global, act local" the managers would exclaim. In essence it asks that we consider the global impact of
digital ethics
Digital abuse is hard to leave – by design
Once we recognise digital harm as a form of abuse it becomes clear how the same patterns of victim-blaming that we see in all abusive relationships tend to be repeated.
newsletter
Allow me to listen
Hey friend, What a year it's been. For many: devastating. For many: healing will take time. And at a time when families come together to share traditional experiences, many won't. The unfamiliar is overwhelming. And exhausting. It's okay — expected even — to feel tired, low-spirited,
surveillance
Your unique typing rhythm can reveal your identity
A rarely talked about field of research, known as keystroke dynamics, involves identifying individuals based on how they type on a keyboard. It's getting better, and also easier for anyone to implement.
nerd alert
How I left Wordpress and moved my 740 blog posts to Ghost
I've performed many site migrations over the years. This has been one of the more exciting ones. Multitudes of metaphorical pipes that could burst.