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Johannes Ernst
Technologist, founder, organizer.
I believe the world is better if people are in control of their own destiny. In technology, that means we need to control our data, freely choose the software we use with our data and fairly negotiate the terms by which we interact with others, including which data is and isn't shared. Not a fan of overlords, in politics and in technology.
Very excited about the opportunities on the resurging open social web / the Fediverse.
Also: Facts matter. Empathy, inclusion, opportunity.
Recent appearances:
- Quoted in the Washington Post's Tech Brief: "Why Threads is opening up to other social networks" (October 2024).
- FediForum, September 12-14, 2024, the unconference for the people who move the Fediverse forward. Organizing and running a few sessions.
- Quoted in The Verge: "Meta just showed off Threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time" (March 2024).
- "Moving the Fediverse Forward at FediForum and Beyond". Guest on the Dot.Social podcast hosted by Flipboard CEO Mike McCue (March 2024)
- Quoted in Wired: "Meta’s Threads Could Make—or Break—the Fediverse" (July 2023).
Meet me next at:
Main accounts
- This home page
- j12t.org
- Blog
- reb00ted.org
- Main Fediverse account (NEW)
- @j12t@j12t.social ← follow me here
Other accounts
- Bluesky
- @j12t.org
- linkedin.com/in/jernst
- Github
- github.com/jernst
- Gitlab
- gitlab.com/j12t
- Lemmy
- @j12t@lemmy.world
- Old blog
- upon2020.com/blog
- Threads
- @johannes.ernst@threads.net
- facebook.com/johannes.ernst
- X/Twitter
- It's over.
- Matrix
- @jernst:matrix.org
- Signal
- j12t.49
Main projects
- Dazzle Labs Inc.
- Startup at the intersection of the Fediverse, identity/personal data and personal AI.
- FediForum
- The unconference for the people who move the Fediverse forward.
- Fediverse Developer Network
- Where ActivityPub and Fediverse developers meet and collaborate.
- FediTest
- Open-source test framework for complex, heterogeneous, decentralized systems like the Fediverse.
- UBOS.net
- Open-source software for a thriving social web of peers, the way e-mail works.
Other/previous projects
- Social Web Foundation
- I'm an advisor.
- Project Springtime
- My open-source backyard hydroponics system.
- Indie Computing Corp.
- Where I incubate and try out new ideas. Like home servers.
- Light-Weight Identity (LID)
- The original, decentralized, user-centric digital identity scheme for the web. Invented ca 2004.
- OpenID
- The most widely deployed internet identity protocol. Founding board member.
- Yadis.org
- Metadata discovery for URLs. Predecessor of WebFinger and DID resolution.
There's more on my LinkedIn.