This is the guide I wish I had had two years ago when I first heard about "self-hosting"; I would have embarked on this empowering adventure a lot sooner. My wish: that it can prove useful for non-techies who are curious about leaving centralized, proprietary platforms and running their own essential digital...

Hi!I'm Elena, an Italian photographer, filmmaker and writer with very few coding skills. Despite this, for the past year I have been able to self-host many essential services: social media accounts (microblogging, photo sharing, video sharing), a LinkTree alternative for all my links and a powerful private file...

On November 8, 2024 I published an article on my personal site titled: “The rebellion will be federated”:The rebellion will be federated — Elena RossiniThis is how I plan to rebel against the tech barons and kleptocrats for the next 4 years: through activism, education and FLOSSElena RossiniElena RossiniAt the time...

a blog post that chronicles what I've been up to this month: from speaking at a conference in Berlin, to 3 podcast interviews about the Fediverse...

A starter guide for the Fediverse: what it is, how to join and its culture

an update about what I've been up to in August 2025, from things I wrote, to what I'm reading and new projects and goals

Let's normalize sharing the tech we use - and the platforms we purposefully avoid. I'm sharing my tech stack in this post to let you judge for yourselves if I'm "walking the talk" when I discuss resistance to Big Tech.

a look back at the first year of the blog series "The Future is Federated" and what lies ahead

An update about what I have been up in June and July 2025: from the release of my Fediverse promo video in English, French, Italian and Czech, to speaking at #PubConf2025 in Amsterdam, and figuring out other ways to promote the Fediverse

My 4-minute video that celebrates the Fediverse and introduces it to people not familiar with it is available in 3 foreign-language versions (English, French and Italian) as well as over a dozen subtitles in other languages.

A 4 minute video that aims to introduce the Fediverse to people not familiar with it

What I've been up to this month? Work on a promotional film for the fediverse... and preparations to speak at a FOSS conference in Lyon