About Jon

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Jon Lebkowsky is a prominent figure in the realms of digital culture, activism, and technology. He is an internet pioneer and writer who has been actively involved in discussions around technology and society since the early days of the web. Lebkowsky co-founded the influential company FringeWare and the its publication, FringeWare Review, which focused on cyberculture, fringe technology, and digital activism during the 1990s.

Jon is an authority on, and evangelist for, computer-mediated communications, virtual communities, and online social networks. He has been a writer, editor, publisher and digital culture maven. He also worked in various capacities as a project manager, systems analyst, technology director, and online community developer. He’s a greybeard, a meditator, and wishes he could play the sax.

He is also known for for advocating the potential of the internet to foster positive social change. Lebkowsky has written extensively on topics like the digital divide, net neutrality, and the implications of emerging technologies. He has also been involved with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other organizations dedicated to defending digital rights.

Today, he continues to be active in online communities, exploring the intersection of technology, culture, and social activism.

Jon is cofounder, co-host, editor and sometimes blogger at Plutopia News Network, which is a freewheeling independent media organization co-operated with cofounder Scoop Sweeney.

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Other current projects…

  • Cofounder of the Plutopia News Network. Cohost of Plutopia News Network Podcast, Radio Free Plutopia, and Plutopia Live.
  • Cofounder, former President, and member of the Board of Directors of EFF-Austin, an organization that’s been supporting digital freedom in Texas since 1990. EFF-Austin was originally founded to become a chapter of the national Electronic Frontier Foundation, but when EFF decided not to have chapters, the already robust local organization continued as an ally of EFF, but with no formal connection.
  • the WELL (as community host)

Past projects…

There’s more information at Wikipedia.

“Folding the Fringes” – TeamHuman conversation with Doug Rushkoff:

Future Fossils #0033: Jon Lebkowsky on Pluralist Utopias & The World Wide Web’s Wild West

Jon Lebkowsky