Jack Gangi is a writer, technologist, and self-hosting advocate. He co-founded New Jersey's first hackerspace, ran a comic book store for twelve years, and has been part of the hacker community for most of his life. He publishes The Grist, a digital publication covering technology, privacy, politics and civil liberties. He also runs zinedrop.com, a free repository for zines and small-press work along with stickertop.art, a showcase for laptop sticker culture.
Jack has spoken at HOPE conferences on third spaces and community fragmentation, and paneled for Comic Con's professional programming. He maintains a collection of self-hosted services from his homelab. He is based in Central Jersey. But lives outside the lines.
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