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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
Heading to POSSCON & UMass Amherst
March has been the month of many travels. Thinking back on things, it seems March is always a busy month for travels, but it’s been quite the month. Not to mention that I’ll be starting off April with a trip … Continue reading
3rd Annual Humanitarian FOSS Symposium
I had the privilege last week of attending the 3rd Annual HFOSS Symposium in Dallas, TX, meeting up with many old friends and making some new ones. The event brought together some of the most well known figures in the … Continue reading
Research Into Recruiting and Retention in FOSS Projects
I was recently contacted by Andreas Schilling, a PhD student at Bamberg University, regarding his research into recruiting and retention for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects. Andreas and I did a one hour interview, and he was kind … Continue reading
The TechWomen Program
I was recently invited to be on the Selection Committee for the TechWomen Program, and completed the review process with my fellow committee members on Thursday. For those not familiar with TechWomen, it is a mentoring and exchange program funded … Continue reading
Empowering Women in STEM at OSU
When I joined the OSU Open Source Lab, I knew I wanted to spend some of my time working with students outside of the Lab to help them accomplish their educational and career goals, but I didn’t have a good … Continue reading
Students: Submit Poster Sessions to the Upcoming Humanitarian FOSS Symposium
Just a quick note to let all my student friends know that the Humanitarian FOSS Symposium is providing travel grants and registration fee waivers to students whose posters are accepted for presentation at the conference. Instructions and poster submission form … Continue reading
