Tag: Decentralisation

9 posts

Ewan’s Blog

W Social's Beta Is Live. The Problems Didn't Wait.

I am definitely not touching W.

Jun 17, 2026

Ewan’s Blog

Hit By A Silver Bullet: The Timing of Being Early with W

Damn it.

Jan 22, 2026

Ewan’s Blog

W. What's it Worth?

What a waste of a name.

Jan 21, 2026

Ewan’s Blog

Why Don't More People Use Signal?

There's this thing that keeps happening where I'm trying to organise something with friends – a meetup, a quick chat, whatever – and I'll suggest Signal. And I'll get that look. You know the one. The "why are you making this complicated?" look. The "can't we just use WhatsApp like normal people?" look.

Jan 11, 2026

Ewan’s Blog

Privacy is Important

Don't just tell me to go offline. This is not how that works.

Dec 21, 2025

Ewan’s Blog

Writing in Public: Why My Blog Has No Theme

something that I didn't need to justify, but here's my reasons.

Nov 9, 2025

Ewan’s Blog

An American Werewolf in London: The Streaming Shuffle Nobody Asked For

Ah yes, tempting a werewolf with raw meat into one cage and to the next, surely that won't go wrong!

Nov 1, 2025

Ewan’s Blog

Completing My Leaflet Migration (And Feeling a Bit Dejected About Link Rot)

I've finally done it. The Leaflet migration is complete.

Oct 25, 2025

Connected Places

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Decentralisation as a mental framework

In the Fediverse and Bluesky decentralisation is a very relevant shared mental framework. Communities take on a shared mental framework to understand a technology. This essay shares some thoughts on this shared framework

May 19, 2025