About me

Hello! Welcome to my website. I am Tirifto, an Esperantist from the Czech republic, a casual writer, and an occasional programmer. I like ducks, tea, anime, power metal, free culture, and free software. Here you will find my published works; however do note that most of my writing has not been translated to English.

I usually publish my works under a free licence, which grants everyone permission to share them and even to create derivative works. I believe that doing so improves their usefulness. Perhaps my most frequent works are short stories, which are usually a bit silly, but from time to time I also draw something and write a poem or an essay; the last mentioned usually touches (or dare I say embraces) the topic of Esperanto, the auxiliary international language.

I started learning Esperanto in 2015 and speak it fluently. I try to cultivate the language, both in my speech and elsewhere, so that it can remain simple and easy to learn. I believe the world needs an easy, neutral language for international communication, and that Esperanto can fill that role quite well. It’s my usual language of choice for creative work; I pay great attention to its grammar in order to understand it as well as possible, and to pass that understanding on to others. Sometimes I translate software into Esperanto.

For a fairly long time, I’ve also been interested in free software, since I believe that computers ought to serve and obey people, not the other way around (as it often happens). No one should forbid or disable you from understanding and changing how your computer works! For that reason, all of my programs (whenever I happen to write and share some) are legible and modifiable for all of their users.

What kind of music do you like?

Here’s a bunch of music videos from some albums I like a lot. Click on some and have a listen!