My name is Robert Ismo. I am based in Chicago, Illinois. I am originally from Louisiana. I am an advocate of community and individual tech ownership. I will be posting long form content on this blog about a variety of things, please subscribe if interested. I spend most of my days working on expanding adoption of interesting and open technologies like email and RSS. have worked as a software engineer for a couple startups, particular focusing on machine learning. I am currently a board member and president of the non-profit organization Agency Economy. I am also the founder of Machine Telecom, an Email company. I use GNU Emacs for most of my work. I use Debian 13 trixie for all of my devices and machines except for a macbook I own, and my phone.