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New Year, New Gig
tl;dr: I’m excited to announce that I have joined AppFog as their new Community Manager. When I decided to move to Portland a year and a half ago, the choice was obvious. I was looking for a city filled with … Continue reading
CASH Music: What, Why and Where You Fit In
So, I’ve mentioned my many side projects. Like in my penultimate post. And the time has come to talk about another one, namely CASH Music. I sit on CASH’s Board and provide guidance regarding outreach to the open source community, … Continue reading
Negotiation: Avoiding the Vale of Suck Starts with You
Ed. Note: This post also serves as my wrap up of all things OSCON 2011. I didn’t give a talk, I had a great time in the OSL Booth, saw lots of awesome people, as usual. Went to Trek in … Continue reading
Why PIE? Oh yes, and startups apply now!
A friend once told me that whenever you want to get something done, you ought to ask a busy person. I’m pretty sure I was also the person he was asking about how to get something done. Over the last … Continue reading
Southern Hospitality and Saving the World: SELF!
I’m also a big fan of sibilance. I’ll be heading back to South Carolina next week to speak at Southeast Linux Fest on Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software: Saving the World One Bit at a Time. I (re)met a few … Continue reading
Going Forth and Doing Good with Sahana
I have recently accepted an appointment to the Board of the Sahana Software Foundation (SSF), a humanitarian free and open source software project. The SSF is dedicated to the mission of saving lives by providing information management solutions that enable organizations and … Continue reading
Notes and More: Press Training for Community Projects
I was fortunate enough to attend Jennifer Cloer’s session at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit earlier this month, and her talk Press Training for Community Projects was incredibly useful. Before I say anything else, I want to thank Jennifer profusely for … Continue reading
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The UMass Amherst ICT Summit
When you’re asked to open an event and the previous year’s special guest was none other than Nolan Bushnell, well, you don’t say no. Attending the summit was a rare privilege – an opportunity to spend the day in an … Continue reading
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Thoughts on POSSCON
Yet another post in the spirit of better late than never. This year’s Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON) was my first time attending, and I have to admit that it was quite different than many conferences I’ve attended in … Continue reading
Feeling the Love: Open Source Documentation Survey
I’ve been a big fan of Dr. Heidi Ellis since we met at the first annual Humanitarian FOSS Symposium. We happened to cross paths last week at the UMass Amherst ICT Summit and she noted that one of her students … Continue reading
