Expertise
Big tech, Digital privacy, Open and indie web
- Max loves the indie web and old-school technologies like RSS and static websites that put data back in the hands of people.
- He's a self-taught front-end developer whose writing has appeared in Piccalilli's The Index.
- When he's not writing about technology, Max teaches creative writing and live storytelling. His creative writing center, Write CY, was the first of its kind on the island of Cyprus.
Experience
Max Sheridan is an author and journalist whose writing focuses on consumer tech and digital privacy. From 2020 to 2025, he wrote features for the home security websites safehome.org and security.org. Recently, he's been obsessed with the indie web and open source alternatives to Big Tech. Max is also the author of two novels, "Dillo" and "God's Speedboat", and many short stories.
Education
Max has a Bachelor of Arts in classics from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and a Master of Arts in classics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Computing
By Max Sheridan 1 hour ago
It's time to do something with that drawer full of old USB flash drives. Breathe new life into unused tech with simple, useful tricks spanning an array of uses.
By Max Sheridan 1 hour ago
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