Citizen, dad, entrepreneur and engineer in computer science. Climate activist.Passionate about using technology to empower citizens to do things that only a few could do before, and in doing so, free them from wage slavery. I want to contribute to the transition from top down hierarchies that optimize for profit and efficiency to bottom up decentralized networks that optimize for wellbeing and regeneration of local communities.I moved to San Francisco in 2009 where I started Storify.com, a platform to write stories using what people post on social media. It has been used by publishers, brands and organizations around the world (CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, BILD, The White House, The United Nations, Ford, IBM, TED, ...). Acquired by Livefyre in 2013, acquired by Adobe in 2016 which eventually sunset it in 2018.In 2015, I started working on a new lightweight and transparent form of association to enable the Internet generation to fund communities in full transparency: https://opencollective.com.I moved to NYC in 2016 then moved back to Belgium in 2019 where I've been an active member of Extinction Rebellion. This lead me to start allforclimate.earth with Leen Schelfhout, a shared non-profit that grassroots initiatives for the climate can use to collect and spend money without having to go through the pain of setting up their own non-profit and accounting.In 2020, with covid, I focused my activism effort with my partner in crime Leen to the street level with the Citizen Garden, the Citizen Bike Garden and the Citizen Corner, in Schaerbeek, Brussels (https://citizenspring.earth)