Socio-technical trailblazer. I help civil society organisations use the internet for good: connecting people, processes, data, and technology.
- About me and my work
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New on rolf@drostan.org events watch list: Open Data Conferentie 2026, Jan 22, 2026 Start consultatie van toekomstbestendig open data beleid door het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties <a href="https://www.open-overheid.nl/actueel/agenda/2026/01/22/open-data-conferentie-2026">https://www.open-overheid.nl/actueel/agenda/2026/01/22/open-data-conferentie-2026</a>
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New on rolf@drostan.org events watch list: NOAW: Nodes on a Web fediverse unconference, Mar 19, 2026 The Fediverse in/for Public Institutions, with a report on the 'EU Voice/Video' pilot. <a href="https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference">https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference</a>
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New on rolf@drostan.org events watch list: Palestine Digital Activism Forum, Mar 30, 2026 #PDAF26: "how has control of narrative become control of survival?" by 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media <a href="https://pdaf.net/">https://pdaf.net/</a>
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New on rolf@drostan.org events watch list: 👤 FOSDEM, Jan 31, 2026 Open source software, also available online <a href="https://fosdem.org/2026/">https://fosdem.org/2026/</a>
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New on rolf@drostan.org events watch list: 👤 The Future of AI in Software Development, Jan 28, 2026 <strong>GitHub Universe'25 Recap with Dutch cases </strong><a href="https://github.registration.goldcast.io/events/e619a60a-5c5a-4964-8a58-6965e1731137">https://github.registration.goldcast.io/events/e619a60a-5c5a-4964-8a58-6965e1731137</a>
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Finally!https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/22/british-egyptian-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattah-to-be-freed-from-prison
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New on rolf@drostan.org events watch list: AI for Development and Impact, Oct 21, 2025 hybrid <a href="https://www.ai4development.ai/">https://www.ai4development.ai/</a>
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Back to my web roots: a static website generated from text files. In 2025, allowing me to manage my content with Obsidian 🙂 https://drostan.org/updates/2025/07/digital-gardening/
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New on Rolf's events watch list: TICTeC (mySociety), Jun 10, 2025 Impacts of civic technology (hybrid) <a href="https://tictec.mysociety.org/event/tictec-2025-mechelen-online/">https://tictec.mysociety.org/event/tictec-2025-mechelen-online/</a>
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New on Rolf's events watch list: PublicSpaces conferentie, Jun 12, 2025 PublicSpaces is een netwerk van publieke organisaties die samen strijden voor een internet gebaseerd op publieke waarden. <a href="https://publicspaces.net/event/save-the-date-publicspaces-conferentie-2025/">https://publicspaces.net/event/save-the-date-publicspaces-conferentie-2025/</a>