If you are looking for an open source governance model, there are two resources to explore. Don’t forget, a project’s governance needs to evolve as the project evolves.
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Several happenings over the weekend are case studies in how open source software communities work. The Dev Behind a Hugely Popular GNOME Extension Just Quit While the news is about a developer quitting because it’s not “fun”. I think the message – or messages – are deeper than that. Isn’t it awesome that are free
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Do you remember those 4 brave, little, black kindergarten girls who were the first to attend a desegregated school? This is one of those girls, Leona Tate. She went to kindergarten accompanied by US Marshalls. She said the first year and a half wasn’t bad. Her family never let her feel like they were afraid,
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This article was originally published on Medium. How often should you meet with each of your team members if you manage a remote team? How long should you meet? What else should you do? My team spans geographically from the west coast of the United States to the Czech Republic and from as far north
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I recently read Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust , Why that is a Problem, and What to do About It. Dream Hoarders is a book with a good point hidden in a really annoying lecture. The premise: Because of our society and our culture, the upper
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I’ve been watching kids sports for 12 years now and I’ve seem some crazy behavior from parents. Every once in a while, I wonder if there’s some way to channel all this extra energy and support into academics. What if parents followed their kids’ math tests like they follow their kids’ football games? Whenever I
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I just listened to Mike McQuaid‘s FOSDEM talk, Why People Don’t Contribute to Your Open Source Project. Â If you are interested in communities and how they grow, I highly recommend you take a half hour and watch it. Some of the things I got from the talk: I get asked a lot what the difference
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One of the challenges of public speaking is timing your talk. And paying attention to that timing without distracting your audience. Do not mention the time to the audience. Do not say you only have 5 minutes. Do not say you won’t take up too much of their time. Do not point out you finished
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Every time I rate a book, I struggle with what I’m rating it on. Both Amazon and GoodReads use a 5 star system. If I loved the book, that’s easy. However, what if I liked the book except for the ridiculous stereotypical romance that was a minor theme. Do I ding it half a star?
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It’s become unacceptable to not know it all. And in today’s world of information overload, that’s not ok. It’s not doable, so we are fooling ourselves. I find myself silently thanking people who look confused when some famous person is named or some incident is mentioned or a meme is laughed at. Keeping track of
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