OK, so we’ve got this interesting, upstream, canonical, referenceable community to write cleverly and talk about the principles of the open source way. Also, hey, let’s gather some details on how to implement these principles! But *yawn*, pardon me, even a genius can’t make that prose very interesting. It needs some stories. A big part […]
Category Archives: Open Source
A checklist for organizing a community
18-Apr-11This is something that The Open Source Way has needed for a while, some checklists to follow when seeing where you are in implementing the various principles. Since the principles meld the narrative a bit, there may be a few checklist items in one principle. Also, a short checklist is just plain easier to follow, […]
First fall textbook sprint
05-Nov-10This Monday 8 November from 1600 to 2200 UTC we’ll be having the first writing sprint for the next version of the Practical Open Source Software Exploration textbook. Anyone interested in helping or watching should meet in #teachingopensource on irc.freenode.net (webchat interface.) You can attend all, some, or none of the sprint. 🙂 I’ve been […]
Big weekend in Utah
05-Oct-10It’s the last day flurry around here as we get ready for Utah Open Source Conference (UTOSC) this weekend. On Wednesday, my girls and Larry and his girl are catching a train in Emeryville, CA. It’s a 19 hour journey to Salt Lake City, which seems long but is only 7 more hours each way […]
Hey! Do you want to help us write the next version of the first textbook that teaches open source participation? We need writers, editors, reviewers, and researchers to find or create content on: Testing code in FOSS communities. Working in open communities. Different types of open source community cultures. Open communities and diversity. Licensing FOSSÂ […]
This is a very exciting opportunity where free and open source software (FOSS) and other organizations meet for mutual benefit and the advancement of open source participation. Who might get to take advantage of this? Perhaps some people who do not yet even know how they can, as a part of their day job in […]
Yay! More new people to play with
09-Aug-10This morning I caught Simon Phipps’ dent about a 451 CAOS Theory report by Matthew Aslett, “The golden age of open source?“ In that report, Aslett describes our arriving at a fourth stage of commercial open source. This fourth stage is highlighted by a return to community and collaboration. Examples given are ones where different […]
The season is clipping right along for Fedora Summer Coding. Â The projects are set and running, and we’re approaching the mid-term evaluation period 05 to 12 July. A quick look at the numbers: 15 students and projects. 20 primary mentors, with 15+ more general mentors (includes mentoring the mentors) Three funding sources (two from Red […]
This Thursday, 27 May, I am going to be closing out a day of awesome talks in an online seminar called Open Your World Forum. This is a production from opensource.com, and if the quality of the line-up this time is any indication, the producers have some great talent at drawing together a wide range […]
Working on the next evolution of my talk “Being a Catalyst in Communities – The science behind the open source way” for Open Source Bridge next week in Portland. It was originally given as a SCALE 8X keynote, and it’s mostly me representing Red Hat. I’m busy reworking the slides based on feedback I got […]