Essays

Three pieces, on leaving lightly. What about all my stuff? is the physical baggage of moving. Owning your identity is the digital version of the same problem. The fediverse is where to land socially when you’ve gone.

• What about all my stuff? Why most relocation guides have it backwards. The stuff isn’t the obstacle to moving — it’s the reason you haven’t. A frank look at storage, the menaje de casa, and what to actually bring.
• Owning your identity A custom-built personal website and email at your own domain. Designed to read like a well-made book — no templates, no tracking, no rented space. For people who want a home online that is theirs to keep.
• The fediverse A short explainer of the fediverse — the open, federated social web that Yolicali’s small Mastodon-compatible community lives on.