"Younger people will have trouble picturing this, but #Google used to nurture an image of being the “good one” among megacorps; they championed #openstandards (except when they didn’t), supported #opensource projects (until they backstabbed them), and used language that corporate wasn’t supposed to use, like #dontbeEvil (until they,in a true dark comedy move, retracted that motto).
I was always an anarchist, abstractly, but in many ways Google was my political awakening."
https://wordsmith.social/elilla/deep-in-mordor-where-the-shadows-lie-dystopian-stories-of-my-time-as-a-googler
openstandards
NLnet Labs celebrates twenty-five years as an independent, non-profit foundation working on #opensource and #openstandards.
Our mission remains to make the core of the Internet a better, safer place by developing open-source software, through applied research and by promoting and contributing to open standards.
Have you been along for the ride as a user of our #DNS or #routing software, worked with us on #IETF standardisation, applied research or policy advocacy? Share your story!
Hi there! I'm Matt. This is my #introduction.
I have been in #SoftwareDevelopment since 2001 and spent most of my career working with #PHP and #JavaScript.
I also dabble with languages like #Lisp and aspire to learn more about #FunctionalProgramming.
I love #OpenSource, #OpenStandards, and #ComputerScience.
When not coding, I enjoy reading (#SciFi / #SFF in particular), writing, singing / #karaoke, and story- and strategy-focused #gaming.
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"NGOs, grassroot orgs and bottom-up structures like #opensource #openstandards #openhardware and similar will replace the gap that #corporate structures left in the 5th economic revolution that is happening now. They can handle #decentralization, #regenerative, #mesh #networking and #federations. Fossile structures can't handle that and therefore become parasitic, see #musk"
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Build local networks with decentralised solutions that are #OpenSource #FreeSoftware and based on #OpenStandards not because you want to fight BigCorp, but because you want to help your neighbours. Focus on solutions, not on problems you can't really solve. Build bridges, not walls. Deal?
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Join us on 3 July for our Report launch and the output of OpenUK’s 4th annual survey on open source software in the UK at Digital Catapult.
We'll be joined by Will Hutton, Prof Neil Lawrence, OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock and Dr Jennifer Barth.
Sing up free! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openuk-state-of-open-the-uk-in-2024-report-day-tickets-905940391097?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
#openuk #opensource #opensourcesoftware #opendata #opensourceai #opensourcehardware #openstandards #openuksurvey
🆕 blog! “.well-known/avatar”
Hot on the heels of a post I wrote 4 years ago, wouldn't it be useful to have a well-known URl for user avatar images? When I sign up to a web service, I don't want to faff around uploading an image to use as my avatar. I want that service to look at my […]
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/well-known-avatar/
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#avatar #IETF #openstandards #standards
Here's my #introduction:
I live in The Netherlands, Europe. I work as a self-employed tech consultant & software developer. I like to tinker & have way too many interests :)
Likely to toot about:
#technology #techpolicy, #opensource #openstandards #opencontent #publicdomain #creativecommons #copyright #sustainability #diy #infosec #security #data #privacy #accessibility #ui #ux #interactiondesign #ethics #webdevelopment #devops #sysadmin #climatecrisis #food #music #linux #debian #ubuntu
Let's get prepared to elect our first Governing Board and take the next big step in open governance for Matrix 🚀
Also: we're pleased to introduce a couple new tiers of membership, for open source projects and foundations, who will be represented on the Governing Board.
Learn more in our latest blog post: https://matrix.org/blog/2023/12/electing-our-first-governing-board/
Today's question for a resilient #Fediverse is whether various different initiatives are willing to collaborate and cross-pollinate, while keeping their independence.
There's great opportunity to increase the cohesion of the #GrassrootsFedi #ActivityPub developer community and creating strong joins:
1. @w3c #SocialCG working on #OpenStandards improvements
2. @fedidevs documenting existing fedi
4. #SocialHub as forum