Reflections on the Early World Wide Web and the Democratization of Online Publishing

A Personal Reflection on Early Computing and the Web's Promise

I consider myself quite lucky to have seen the time when …

The Web's Core Tension: Openness for All vs. the Challenges It Creates

A two day conference about the web, with some time to think between the two days. April 17, 2026, and June 10, 2026.

The Rise and Fall of a 2001 Viral Tech Sensation: A Personal Reckoning

This was an entirely new kind of media frenzy—the birth of virality as we now know it.

Can 18th-Century American Democracy Survive 21st-Century Technology?

Can our 18th-century institutions survive 21st-century technology?

How the Internet Shifted from Liberation to Control: A Critical Analysis of Digital Domination

Replacing human gatekeepers with algorithms backfired but fixes are possible

Leading Through Uncertainty and the Need to Reclaim Internet Freedom