Simon Phipps @webmink@mastodon.cc

#alreadyhere-troduction

I'm Simon Phipps, an older geek lucky enough to have worked on significant tech at some well-known companies & in several open source communities. Too many things to list here, see my About page.

I now work on standards & policy for OSI and help communities with governance things. I also co-host the FLOSS Weekly webcast.

I post about anything that fascinates me - usually music, politics, travel and food as well as about open source.

Progressive, unaligned, he/him

I still believe in micro-lending as a way to improve the world. Join the #OpenSource team at Kiva with me so we can empower people to change their own lives. https://www.kiva.org/invitedto/open_source/by/webmink/for/2339539

If you would like to share with the European Commission your views on Standards Essential Patents and FRAND licensing, you have a week left. For more details see my post at https://blog.opensource.org/lets-get-open-source-voices-heard-by-the-eu-on-standards-essential-patents/

OK, it's time to experiment with my own host. I'll stay here for now (not least because of https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18033) but I've a new company-news account if you want to follow along, at @meshed

Well that was cool. Debian on this Chromebook just auto-upgraded to Bullseye.

#alreadyhere-troduction

I'm Simon Phipps, an older geek lucky enough to have worked on significant tech at some well-known companies & in several open source communities. Too many things to list here, see my About page.

I now work on standards & policy for OSI and help communities with governance things. I also co-host the FLOSS Weekly webcast.

I post about anything that fascinates me - usually music, politics, travel and food as well as about open source.

Progressive, unaligned, he/him

@leo Do you have show accounts on your server? I note on Twitter a viewer complaining that FLOSS Weekly stuff was not posted on the Fediverse.

"Declaration For The Future Of The Internet" launched yesterday and signed by 60+ countries.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Declaration-for-the-Future-for-the-Internet_Launch-Event-Signing-Version_FINAL.pdf

How do you celebrate the completion of your new, gigantic urban sewer tunnel?

This is the best way.
https://youtu.be/Aa5Fu28C9e0?t=50

The best treatment for patent trolls is to take their patents away, we need a way to do this earlier.

https://blog.opensource.org/gnome-patent-troll-stripped-of-patent-rights/

This is a useful set of reflections as I explore my options for finally hosting an instance.
https://chaos.social/@rixx/108210230795084295

“Very often people ask who is Zelensky’s speechwriter,” says Dasha Zarivna, a communications adviser. “The main one is him,” she says. “He works on every line.”

Worthwhile feature on Zelenskyy
https://time.com/6171277/volodymyr-zelensky-interview-ukraine-war/

I had the opportunity to finally meet @ethanz last night, interviewing him for FLOSS Weekly #678.
https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/678?autostart=false

We covered lots of ground on federation, the diversity of microblogging systems, the Fediverse and Mastodon, why Twitter is so hard to replace and more. I had a great time, albeit finding we were only starting discussions rather than getting to their meat, and you may enjoy it too!

I mentioned this ISOC paper on FLOSS Weekly yesterday. It outlines considerations for and against mandating open interfaces. t;dr: it's a good thing but easily weaponized. https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/12/new-white-paper-considerations-for-mandating-open-interfaces/

/cc @ethanz @leo