# Pierre Mesure | Tech for democracy

This is the website of Pierre Mesure. Digital activist working to improve democracy through openness, participation and innovation

You can find [more information about the author here](https://pierre.mesu.re/about/index.md).

## Contact details
- [email](mailto:pierre@mesu.re)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/in/pierremesure)
- [github](https://github.com/pierremesure)
- [huggingface](https://huggingface.com/pierremesure)
- [medium](https://medium.com/pierremesure)

## Projects
- [PolitiX](https://pierre.mesu.re/projects/politix/index.md)
- [Whisper-Web](https://pierre.mesu.re/projects/whisper-web/index.md): Whisper-Web is a privacy-focused web application that allows you to transcribe audio files using OpenAI's Whisper models directly in your browser. By performing the transcription locally, your audio data never leaves your device.
- [g0v.se](https://pierre.mesu.re/projects/g0vse/index.md)
- [Hej Ulf!](https://pierre.mesu.re/projects/hejulf/index.md)
- [Jag vill ha vaccin!](https://pierre.mesu.re/projects/jagvillhavaccin/index.md): Finding a vaccination time was chaotic in Sweden. Each region opted for its own solution, often discriminating against vulnerable groups who struggled to navigate inaccessible and complex webpages. In France, a group of hackers built a national platform in a few days that greatly simplified the process, and I set out to replicate their success.
- [Din Riksdag](https://pierre.mesu.re/projects/dinriksdag/index.md)
- [OpenRemiss](https://pierre.mesu.re/projects/openremiss/index.md)

## Articles

### 2024
- [Swedish government's old domains are taken over (on Webperf.se, Swedish only)](https://webperf.se/articles/domainsquatting-svenska-myndigheter/): A deep dive in the world of government domain squatting
- [Keeping track of Swedish government agencies](https://pierre.mesu.re/posts/myndighetsdata/index.md): Creating the ultimate registry for government agencies

### 2023
- [5 years exploring democracy](https://pierre.mesu.re/posts/digidemlab-end/index.md): A short text about my first years in Sweden and my time at Digidem Lab
- [When even the government struggles with the rules (on Webperf.se, Swedish only)](https://webperf.se/articles/regeringskansliet-och-cloudflare/): Regeringen.se is one of Sweden’s most important websites. What are the implications of hosting it in the USA?

### 2022
- [Law and order, except for privacy laws? (on Webperf.se, Swedish only)](https://webperf.se/articles/hej-ulf/): Can a prime minister candidate send half a million personalised videos to people without their consent?
- [Are we all just waiting for Privacy Shield 2.0? (on Webperf.se, Swedish only)](https://webperf.se/articles/privacy-shield-2/): There are better reasons than GDPR to keep our data in the EU.

### 2021
- [Almedalsdata, diving into the data of the world’s biggest political festival](https://pierre.mesu.re/posts/almedalsdata/index.md): Political trends, buzzwords and the impact of lobbying on our democratic debate. What will you find in the data?

### 2020
- [10 tips before HackTheCrisis Sweden](https://pierre.mesu.re/posts/10-tips-hackthecrisis/index.md): Advice for hackathon participants on how to make a meaningful contribution

### 2019
- [5 ideas for Sweden’s new open data portal](https://pierre.mesu.re/posts/dataportal/index.md): Can a better portal save our lack of ambition with open data?
- [Disrupting public procurement with open data in Sweden](https://pierre.mesu.re/posts/openup/index.md): Sweden chose a peculiar approach to public procurement data and it’s costing us billions every year.