This website was my personal blog from around 2012 to 2017, when I started arete-publica.com for my consultancy work. At the time, I thought that “from time to time I may post here some personal observations and comments as well as links to events and noteworthy news about the Information Society, Internet Governance, and ICT for Development (ICT4D).” But in the end, I really am not that kind of person to keep a personal blog of any kind. 

As in the past, I still prefer to work more quietly, mostly behind the scenes, without the need for a public website. I have over the years been fairly visible through my Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter presences. Since some of my professional colleagues and friends had by 2014 started to leave Facebook over privacy concerns, this blog was originally intended to become my publicly visible Web presence. However, I realize there is no escaping from social networks, which is why this blog here never really became that big of a thing.

If you are interested in what topics I have spoken about publicly over the years, please visit my “About” pages, where you will find speeches and publications for download. So, in the end, this website is intended primarily as a depository of my previous and some current work that I didn’t feel like migrating to arete-publica.com.

In April 2017 I formed my own consulting company Arete Publica Associates® in Munich, Germany. You will find a few more current topics about me there. 

Anyway, enjoy, and please leave a comment. 🙂

Peter H. Hellmonds

(last edited: 07 April 2023)