{"code":"3QF8XX","name":"Martin Hamilton","biography":"I'm a freelance computer and Internet consultant, greybeard variety. My claim to fame is that I'm accidentally responsible for [RFC2219/BCP17](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2219) which formalised the use of the \"www.\" convention for website domain names. _I'm very sorry, and I promise it won't happen again._\r\n\r\nAt WHY I'm interested in speaking with people about decentralization of key Internet capabilities like search, so that we aren't beholden to billionaires and our privacy isn't sold to the highest bidder. I'm particularly interested in workable approaches to search in the AI slop era. If this interests you too, [consider joining SearchClub](https://matrix.to/#/#searchclub:matrix.org), where a few of us are thinking big thoughts about this.\r\n\r\nI'll probably have my [LED hat](https://martinh.net/hacks/fun-hat/) and my [CYBER bag](https://martinh.net/hacks/algorave-cyberbag/) with me at WHY, so if you see someone who glows in the dark it could well be me - do say hello! You can also find me on teh Interwebs at https://martinh.net and my fedi handle is [@m@martinh.net](https://martinh.net/@m).","submissions":["FHLCMR"],"avatar_url":"https://program.why2025.org/media/avatars/3QF8XX_MB7ygCV.jpg","answers":[]}