Evan Henshaw-Plath
Product & Engineering
Innovation to change the world.

I'm Evan Henshaw-Plath, an activist and technologist passionate about building commons-based social media apps that prioritize equity and sustainability. With experience in developing platforms like Twitter, I've explored innovative digital spaces through projects like Planetary on Scuttlebutt and nos.social on Nostr.

Here, you'll find insights into my work and thoughts on creating digital public spaces that foster genuine community engagement, innovation, and sustainability. Join me in redefining the digital landscape and cultivating the utopian energy of new communities.

Product

Engineering

Leadership

About Me

I'm a proven innovator who can take projects from a need through discovery, validation, design, development, and release.

From startups and open source social justice projects through work with the biggest companies, my experience shows me how to build digital products that work and meet the needs of users.

Innovation work is messy and it takes somebody who is comfortable with that while creating a path forward for a team.

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I'm looking for meaningful projects which have an impact on the world. Let's build tools that matter, that make people's live better, that are transformative in empowering people to change their communities and the world.

Contacts

PDX Montevideo Wellington

evan@henshaw-plath.com

@rabble

Projects

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Causes

nos.social

Planetary

Quantstamp

Affinity

Digital Garage's Neo.com

Odeo

Indymedia

The idea of what to create is the easy part. What I do is figure out what should be created and then make it happen. I take a project from the initial evaluation of the space through users and running code.

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Ideation

95%

Business Validation

80%

Team Creation

90%

Sustained Development

70%

Teaching

80%

Testimonials

Roberto Lupi

Senior SRE Google

“Evan is a capable manager well versed both in the technical side of software development and in the logistic "kung fu" involved in setting up a new branch in a developing nation on another continent.”

Dom Sagolla

Founder Ios dev camp

“Rabble is a giant among hackers. His was the final word at Odeo in terms of any technical issue or solution. I'd be honored to work with him again.”

New York TImes

"pretty amazing"

Ray McClure

Founding Team Twitter

"Working with Rabble was a daily lesson in open source technology and hacking. He would constantly amaze me with his innovative ideas and commitment to creating social software that unites people and allows them to express themselves. It would be an honor to work with Rabble again."

Joseph Steig

Director Ecos vc

"I knew Evan back at the beginning of his career. As a leader in a venture development company working closely with start-ups it was clear even then that I should do my best to keep hold of his coat tails. He clearly had even then unusually sharp insights into the interplay between humans and computers."

Álvaro Carballo

Revista Orsai

"A un grandulón un poco friki que recorre los jardines de su universidad, con mil proyectos en la cabeza y todo el futuro por delante."

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Organizations I've worked with