It's never more easy to get scammed than during an ongoing hype. It's March 2023 and we're in the middle of one. Rarely have I seen so many people embrace a brand new experimental solution with so little questioning. Right now, it's...
I started my first podcast in the spring of 2007, not long before the first iPhone was released to the world. Back then the origin of the word podcast was more obvious, as dedicated producers and consumers of course listened on Apple's groundbreaking mp3 player, the iPod. After...
Twenty-five years ago today I registered axbom.com as my domain name for sharing updates and stories. I had started blogging (or web logging) prior to then, on a Swedish platform known as Passagen, but owning my own name as a dot com was exhilirating. I first coded my pages...
Avoiding data collection on the internet is a challenge. In a recent experiment with online anonymity, I withdrew cash to pay for a coupon that would allow me to sign up for Mullvad VPN. I even wore a baseball hat to more easily obscure my face. One of the few...
This is the first newsletter sent from my self-hosted Ghost installation with absolutely no tracking of clicks and opens. It’s embarassing to admit how long it often takes me to put my money where my mouth is, to actually work in alignment with the responsible innovation I teach. Sure...
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...
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...
The past two years I’ve been struggling to stay in touch with people, work colleagues and friends. My unease over global and local uncertainties, big life decisions and a string of illness and health issues in my close network of familiars caused me to turn inwards. In a big...
Earlier this week I hosted a session on systems mapping as part of my Ambition Empower track on ethics in design. I started the session by sharing my perspective on ableist reinforcement in the parable of the blind men and the elephant, a common metaphor when talking about systems mapping....