New Year, New Me

One of the big changes I made at the end of 2025 was shaving off my moustache. I've had a moustache since mid-2020; I talked about my reasons for growing one in my post called My Moustache. I think it looked really good, and it made me feel connected to my Middle Eastern heritage -- … Continue reading New Year, New Me →

Writing Recommendations Early

As I mentioned recently, I'm leaving my job at Open Earth Foundation to focus full time on the Social Web at SWF. One of the steps that I took before I left was writing out LinkedIn recommendations for everyone in my tech department at OEF, and many of my peers and others in the organisation. … Continue reading Writing Recommendations Early →

Working full time on the Social Web

In January 2026, I will begin working full time in my role as Director at the Social Web Foundation. I am looking forward to the challenge of growing this young non-profit and fulfilling our mission to make a bigger, better Fediverse. As a refresher: I have been working in the area of federated social networks … Continue reading Working full time on the Social Web →

US DOT Aviation Climate Plan

I am currently on the Amtrak Cascades line between Seattle and Vancouver, returning from the awesome SeaGL 2025 conference at the University of Washington. I decided to cancel the US leg of my flight home because of the airport chaos caused by cancelling 10% of domestic flights. But it got me thinking that reducing air … Continue reading US DOT Aviation Climate Plan →

Birthday Inventory 2025

It's become a ritual for me to take a personal inventory on my birthday. I've done it in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017. If you follow me on social media and details of my personal and emotional life aren't interesting to you, please feel free to skip this post. I'm in … Continue reading Birthday Inventory 2025 →

One year after

Last year, on June 28, I was hit by a truck crossing the street in Healdsburg, California. It was a really life-changing experience; with broken ribs, face, and wrist, I spent a lot of time in a haze of pain, trying to minimize the shooting jabs that would happen if I grabbed something the wrong … Continue reading One year after →

Me on The Vergecast

Another media appearance, this time on one of my favourite tech podcasts, the Vergecast.

How to register just enough domains

I have a problem with registering domains. When I have an idea for a Web site, software project, organization, or sometimes just a pun or joke, I'll go on a domain registrar site and see what related domains are available. I'll brainstorm a bit in the search screen to try some different options for names … Continue reading How to register just enough domains →

Print Version of ActivityPub Book

O'Reilly Media asked me to collect expressions of interest for a print version of the ActivityPub book I wrote. I've added a form to the ActivityPub book page at https://evanp.me/activitypub-book/#print that you can use to let me know that you're interested. Even if you've told me before in person, over email, or on the Fediverse … Continue reading Print Version of ActivityPub Book →

Birthday Inventory 2024

So, it's my birthday on Monday, which means I'm going to do a birthday inventory, as I do every year at this time. I try to do a comprehensive evaluation of where I am in life, what's going well and what's not. This year, Maj and I are travelling to Crete for a week-long trip, … Continue reading Birthday Inventory 2024 →