About Emma's Notes

This is an independent publication about the human side of openness in this moment of rapid innovation and change. A moment largely possible because we wrote and shared (code, ideas, data, science) openly.

I write about trust and value exchange. About whether the technology being built in this moment serves humans, their right to participate in it, to drive it, not just to have their work consumed by those who already hold the power.

I cover openness in all its forms and my experiments to learn and find my own footing - open source, open data, open AI, and what those words actually mean right now, alongside digital sovereignty, community organizing, and funding, from inside the work.

Every Friday, a newsletter lands in your inbox with my take on what's moving in tech and openness that week.

Paid subscribers also get some Aha Moments every week, short-form, 'Emma's notes' where I capture into the ideas ,insights and - aha moments from conversations I have each week.

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