The State of Openness
A quick project update that has been somewhat overdue: Openness has been a core building block and underlying philosophy of the web since its earliest days. However, the…
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Working with D64 – Zentrum für Digitalen Fortschritt
A quick transparency update: I’m happy to share that I’ve recently started working with D64 — Zentrum für Digitalen Fortschritt, a large German digital rights membership organization. As…
3 years of working with Stiftung Mercator — some personal highlights
For the last 3 years, I worked with Stiftung Mercator‘s Digital Society program as an advisor. My mandate there is coming to a natural end point — I was…
New report out now: Digital Civil Society — A Maturing Field
We just published a new report about the state of digital civil society in Germany: Digital Civil Society — A Maturing Field (PDF)Published April 2024. Copyright Stiftung Mercator. Author…
Some thoughts after Mercator Forum
I’m on my way back home from Essen where I attended Mercator Forum, the foundation’s annual convening of its stakeholders, communities and grantee partners. This year it was…
Thanks and Happy Holidays: That was 2023
This is end-of-year post #16 (all prior ones here). Turns out I’ve been writing these end-of-year posts for over a decade and a half! Who knew… Anyway, what…
Some thoughts on balancing leadership and care work
Here’s a thing I’m trying to navigate for myself: I’m working a demanding full time job and I have a young kid. I very much like my work,…