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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.
Also: Facts matter. Empathy, inclusion, opportunity. I have no time for supremacists of any kind.
Recent appearances:
- "Moving the Fediverse Forward at FediForum and Beyond". Guest on the Dot.Social podcast hosted by Flipboard CEO Mike McCue.
- "Johannes Ernst and Tom Brown: The Fediverse". Podcast on the Plutopia News Network (Jan 2024)
- "Meta’s Threads Could Make—or Break—the Fediverse". Quoted in Wired (Jul 2023)
- "New New artificial intelligence: Will Silicon Valley ride again to riches on other people’s products?". Quoted in the San Jose Mercury News (Jun 2023)
Meet me next at:
- Internet Identity Workshop: April 16-18, 2024
Main accounts
- This home page
- j12t.org
- Blog
- reb00ted.org
- Main Fediverse account
- @j12t@social.coop ← 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
- Telegram
- @j12_t
- Discord
- j12t
- Signal
- Upon request.
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
- Test suite for the peer computing systems like the Fediverse
- UBOS.net
- An open-source Peer Computing Platform. Peer computing is an architectural style in which servers interact with each other as peers, the way e-mail works and the Fediverse (more)
Other/previous projects
- Project Springtime
- My open-source backyard hydroponics system.
- Indie Computing Corp.
- Where I incubate and try out new ideas. Like home servers.
- Paradux
- Recover from maximum personal data disaster.
- 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.
- Project App Assay for COVID-19
- What do these COVID-19 mobile apps really do?
There's more on my LinkedIn.