Adam Lang is civically and politically active in Philadelphia, especially in his neighborhood of Brewerytown - Sharswood in North Philadelphia.

Currently Adam has a column, The New Commonwealth, at pa2010.com.

Adam has been a member of the Brewerytown - Sharswood Community Civic Association since 2005 and a board member since 2008 where he has been deeply involved in several projects, including acting as their representative to the West Girard Supermarket Coalition with the goal of returning a grocery store to the neighborhood.

Adam has also been the Chairman of the Republican 29th Ward from 2007 to 2010, interim Ward Leader in 2010 as well as a founding board member of The Loyal Opposition, a local political messaging group in Philadelphia oriented around solutions to make Philadelphia a better place. Since April of 2010, Adam has moved on to found and Chair the policy group Reform League of Philadelphia.

In 2008 Adam ran for Congress filling a ballot vacancy created by the withdrawal of the previous candidate.

For a profession, Adam was originally a tool machinist and for more than the last 12 years has been a computer network engineer and programmer.

The site is being maintained to have a central location for his writings on policy, society and other topics. The name, Utor, non Abutor (to use, not to abuse), is on the idea that government, information and tools exist to be used to help others, not abused for one's self.