Setting up a computer lab in Mexico, how it all came about
PersonalSome friends and I are setting up a computer lab in an elementary school in Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico. You can read about our project on a new blog I set up. …
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What do I do as Executive Director of GNOME?
gnomeI get asked a lot what I do, exactly, as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. First off, I want to say I’m really glad I work for an organization …
Read more →Sneak preview of my talk next week: "GNOME as the computing platform for the future"
gnomeNext week I’m speaking at the South Tyrol Free Software Conference where the theme is “free software for innovative business.” If you are in …
Read more →2.4 million more open source desktop users
open sourceAccording to Stephen Vaughan-Nichols there will be 2.4 million more Linux desktop users by the end of the year. And that’s only counting Eee PC users. To …
Read more →Does money kill good motivations?
open source Would you do it again for free?I get asked a lot about my “Would you do it again for free?” talk. (“Would you do it again for free” was about the question, if you take …
Read more →GNOME Marketing Interview
gnomeSandro Groganz interviewed me at OSiM - his questions were all about GNOME Marketing. (I even got to show off the GNOME Annual Report.) If you find it …
Read more →What does a nonprofit board do?
Career gnomeI now work for a nonprofit board of directors, so when one of my friends told me that she just joined a nonprofit board and took a class on what it means to be …
Read more →How I'm learning to create effective presentations
Books CareerCreating effective presentations is really hard. Here’s a short summary of my journey and the two books that helped me. (This started out as a book review …
Read more →Social Norms vs Market Norms
Books open source Would you do it again for free?Social norms govern whether you are willing to help a friend move or cook dinner for your family. Market norms govern what you are willing to do for how much …
Read more →501(c): (3) versus (6)
Business501(c) organizations are US non profit organizations. 501(c) is actually the name of the IRS tax code that defines non profits. There are actually 28 kinds of …
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