🎤 In 2030 onafhankelijk van Big Tech? Nolda Tipping-Griffioen (CIT): 'Ik vind het een morele plicht van een universiteit om hierin te pionieren. Ik ben wel een beetje een idealist.’

ℹ️ Lees het hele interview in De Ingenieur: https://deingenieur.nl/artikelen/onze-data-onze-waarden-onze-keuze

#bigtech, #digitalautonomy

Nextcloud is part of “Amsterdam’s Multiyear Digital Autonomy Strategy 2026-2035” 🧠

As one of the early steps of the strategy, the city will test collaboration in Nextcloud with a first group of 150 employees to explore more flexibility, greater autonomy and potential cost savings.

https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/amsterdam-chooses-open-source

#DigitalAutonomy

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @[email protected]

#communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 16 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @[email protected] (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @[email protected] (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @[email protected] (new shows!) #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

Into #DigitalAutonomy and looking for non #bigtech tools?

Take a look at 🇫🇷 https://framasoft.org/en/
(of PeerTube fame) and their #foss services and tools.

Confessions about #DigitalAutonomy - sharing my progress, hint: it's collective.

10 years ago with @fkinstitute we figured that moving off of Google's drive required a collective effort, so we assembled an alliance and initiated CommonsCloud.coop @ @femprocomuns

So my/our email and files are under control through the cooperative.

Video conferencing we organised through meet.coop, also a cooperative service.

My computers run Ubuntu Linux. My phone in the past I flashed with @LineageOS and later with @efoundation It became much easier when @murena and @Fairphone started to sell Fairphones with e/OS on it.

And we collectively operate our little part of the Fediverse with @SocialCoop

Being user members of the cooperative @somconnexio we get our internet connection and mobile network coverage.

The same with @SomEnergia for the 100% renewable energy usage.

But there's still lots to do.

@neil

https://minvws.github.io/beleidsontwikkeling/

First that came to mind, most in Dutch. It’s about Open Source, where #DigitalAutonomy can also be done (imho, only up to a certain degree) through proprietary software.

My current take is that most of the investments, short and long term, should go towards companies and organisations that use, support and fully comply with open standards, from blobs to APIs.

This breaks vendor lock-in/dependency, promotes a healthy ecosystem, and creates the freedom on the buyer/investor side to say “no” at any time and move away.

TL;DR: Digital Autonomy through investing in Open Standards.

Amsterdam chooses open source | Interoperable Europe Portal
https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/amsterdam-chooses-open-source

#foss #amsterdam #digitalsovereignity #DigitalAutonomy !

Reworking @publicspaces Spoelkeuken self-assessment into Limesurvey CE - a self-hosted survey tool.

https://www.limesurvey.org/

My experience so far: it's easy to create a simple survey, but it becomes a lot harder to calculate values, hide/show questions and allow respondents to download their answers.

#UX #UI #Design & #Documentation could all use more attention. A bit surprising since this tool is already 23(!) years old.

#OpenSource #Tech #SelfHosting #DigitalAutonomy #DigitalSovereignty