Hi, I'm Kevin

I’m a Libre Software Craftsman.

About

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My name is Kevin Ottens and I live in France. In general, I love to learn new things regularly which can be technical or about soft skills. Because of that depending who you talk to, you can get a very different picture:

  • Software Craftsman, since I’m a developer by trade and I like to share new insights on the job with others;
  • Free Software Hacker, since I’m involved in several projects, most notably with KDE;
  • Community Whisperer, since I study communities and help with their stewardship when I can;
  • Graphic Facilitator, since I like to do sketchnotes or help meetings using live scribing or innovation games;
  • Researcher, since I also have an academic background in general and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence in particular;
  • Aikidoka, since I’ve been practicing this martial art for years.

But really even in the different facets above, I always feel like there’s more to learn and more progress to be made. In fact I’m just a mere explorer.


If you want more exhaustive and professional information, you can also download my formal resume.


Projects


Latest Post

Oct 3, 2025

Web Review, Week 2025-40

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2025-40.


Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It

Tags: tech, web, history

Excellent profile of Tim Berners-Lee.

Go and read it! It’ll give a lively impression of the Web early history. It’s amazing how, back then, he managed to fend of the greed of corporate interests in order to make sure his original vision would survive. Of course not everything materialized, most notably the Semantic Web (sadly).

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Contact

To get in touch with me you can use email, Mastodon or IRC (’ervin’ on the freenode network).

When possible I sign my messages using my GPG key ID 8DEC C9E2.

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