Category Archives: volunteer work

FOSDEM 2018 Community DevRoom Recap: Brian Proffitt & Jeremy Garcia

For those of you who missed the talks live or on the livestream of the FOSDEM 2018 Community DevRoom, my co-chair, Laura, and I are doing some follow up posts on each talk to bring you the video and the … Continue reading

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FOSDEM 2018 Community DevRoom Recap: Deb Nicholson & Mike McQuaid

Another year, another fabulous FOSDEM. This year, I had the honor of once again co-chairing the Community DevRoom with Laura Czjakowski. We welcomed 16 fantastic speakers on topics ranging from open source in government to technical writing for non-writers. We … Continue reading

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Meet the Community DevRoom Speakers (vol. 6)

Laura and I are continuing our interview series with the FOSDEM Community DevRoom speakers on why they submitted their particular talk, thoughts on their ideal audience members and what else they plan to see at the conference. If you missed the … Continue reading

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Meet the Community DevRoom Speakers (vol. 5)

Laura and I are continuing our interview series with the FOSDEM Community DevRoom speakers on why they submitted their particular talk, thoughts on their ideal audience members and what else they plan to see at the conference. If you missed … Continue reading

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Meet the Community DevRoom Speakers (vol. 2)

In case you missed it, you may enjoy our first speaker interview post, featuring Deb Nicholson and Mike McQuaid. Laura and I are continuing our speaker interview series with the FOSDEM Community DevRoom speakers on why they submitted their particular … Continue reading

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Meet the Community DevRoom Speakers (vol. 1)

Introducing two speakers for the FOSDEM 2018 Community DevRoom, Deb Nicholson and Mike McQuaid Continue reading

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Why I am a Member of the Open Source Initiative

And you should be, too. Full disclosure: I sit on the Board of the Open Source Initiative and am running for reelection in 2015. My board seat is a volunteer position and I receive no financial compensation for this work. … Continue reading

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Grace Hopper Open Source Day 2013: Mentoring Projects Application Period Open

Well, technically it has been open for awhile now, but you see how often I get around to updating this blog. Grace Hopper Open Source Day will reprise for the 3rd time this year at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration … Continue reading

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Join Us for Open Source Day at Grace Hopper 2012

This post is lightly adapted from the original, which appeared on the Best of Systers Blog. Systers is the world’s largest email community of technical women in computing. It was founded by Anita Borg in 1987 as a small electronic … Continue reading

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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

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