Hi friends, I'm Josh. I'm a software engineer and Ruby developer at heart. I love open source and the open web and currently build tools for developers at a company that I cofounded. My Mastodon claim to fame is that [I made the little keyboard shortcuts legend](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/5823) that you see when you type `?`.
I love books and consider myself a lifelong learner. At this moment, I'm particularly concerned about information literacy, online disinformation and conspiracy theories, and violent extremism. I'm actively studying and exploring constructive solutions to those issues in my spare time.
My favorite things are books, computers, photography, and musical instruments (piano and bass mainly). My favorite people are my family, friends, colleagues, and you (you there, behind the screen).
#introductions #ruby #opensource #foss #mastodon #books #reading #photography #piano #bass #science #criticalthinking #informationliteracy #disinformation #misinformation #extremism #conspiracytheories #fundamentalism
@Exsangus thank you!
Welcome to the 'verse @wood !
> I’m particularly concerned about information literacy, online disinformation and conspiracy theories, and violent extremism. I’m actively studying and exploring constructive solutions to those issues in my spare time.
This has been an obsession for me for about 20 years. I highly recommend skimming this recent report from the Change Minds team:
@strypey thanks, I'll check it out. Great to connect!
@wood Welcome!