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Author: Evan Prodromou

Director of Open Technology at Open Earth Foundation (OEF). Past founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai. CTO of Breather, TRU LUV and MTTR. Creator of GNU Social and pump.io. Co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of ActivityStreams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus. In Montreal, from San Francisco. Greek, Arab, American, Canadian. Husband, father, cook, gardener.

Honeycrisp

It's so good

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized Leave a comment November 9, 2022 1 Minute

Teddy Perkins

Amita got home late from her job at school, so I put on the next episode of Atlanta for her and I to watch while she ate. It was a great 40 minutes of television.

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized Leave a comment November 7, 2022 1 Minute

Vote to Fight Climate Change

If you are an American and you haven't already voted in the 2022 mid-term elections, please get out and vote tomorrow. Now, more than ever, we need to vote for politicians and parties who will bring down emissions, set aside land for reforestation, and adapt to existing temperature rise. We can do this, but we … Continue reading Vote to Fight Climate Change →

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized Leave a comment November 7, 2022 1 Minute

How to Buy Things Online

I often buy things online. Here's how I do it. I hope my technique is helpful to you! For normal stuff So, let's say you want to buy some chalk for your home chalkboard, where you share notes ("buy milk") with people in your household. We can assume: There's a baseline level of quality, after … Continue reading How to Buy Things Online →

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized 1 Comment November 5, 2022November 5, 2022 7 Minutes

Quit Twitter Now

It's well past time to get off Twitter. One thing that's hard about leaving Twitter is that people look for an identical (šŸ˜‰) experience somewhere else on the Internet. But there isn't an identical experience somewhere else. That's a good thing. The experience you're having right now is bad. It's bad for you and it's … Continue reading Quit Twitter Now →

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized 4 Comments November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 2 Minutes

Fwd

I'm in Ottawa talking at FWD50!

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized Leave a comment November 2, 2022 1 Minute

Ask Me Anything at FWD50

I'll be speaking tomorrow at FWD50, the world's biggest govtech conference, in conversation with my good friend Alistair Croll. The event is hybrid and you can watch and participate remotely; link below! It's an AMA so this is your chance to ask me hard questions I dodge in real life.  As a lot of you … Continue reading Ask Me Anything at FWD50 →

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized Leave a comment November 1, 2022 1 Minute

Training Day

On my way to Ottawa for fwd50. Enjoying the ride through late-autumn Canada on Via Rail.

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized Leave a comment November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 1 Minute

An engineer

Evan Prodromou Uncategorized Leave a comment October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 1 Minute

Regenesis

Regenesis is a remarkable book by the remarkable author George Monbiot. It's about the looming crisis in feeding humans on planet Earth, and what smart people are doing about it. I'm a few months behind on writing up my book synopses. Which is hard, because one of the points of doing so is to better … Continue reading Regenesis →

Evan Prodromou books Leave a comment October 30, 2022January 16, 2023 2 Minutes

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