Michael Connor Buchan<p>4 years using and championing the <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> full time and I've never written a <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introductions</span></a> toot. Well, or I have and can't find it.</p><p>I'm a <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> guy from 🇬🇧 with a passion for <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> and <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>, particularly <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/lowLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowLevel</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/systemsProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemsProgramming</span></a> in <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a>, <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a>++, <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a>, etc.</p><p>I've been a huge <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/freeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeSoftware</span></a> / <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openSource</span></a> advocate for the majority of my life. I run <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and I love open, <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/decentralised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralised</span></a> technologies like <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a>, <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a>, <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/bitTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitTorrent</span></a> etc.</p><p>In my view, technology is built to make our lives easier, and in many ways, it isn't these days. It is truly my opinion that the only way <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> can be sustainable is if it's built using <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>, and does not give ultimate control to any 1 entity, individual or corporate. If technology is to help the people, it must be built *for* the people.</p><p>Currently working on <a href="https://odilia.app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">odilia.app</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, various projects with the rest of the Lower Elements gang at <a href="https://lowerelements.club" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lowerelements.club</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, and a Computing Science BSC at the <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> of <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/stirling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stirling</span></a></p>