How Open Source Communities Work
gnome open sourceSeveral happenings over the weekend are case studies in how open source software communities work. The Dev Behind a Hugely Popular GNOME Extension Just Quit …
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7 reasons asynchronous communication is better than synchronous communication in open source
gnome mozilla open source PlanetGNOMETraditionally, open source software has relied primarily on asynchronous communication. While there are probably quite a few synchronous conversations on irc, …
Read more →How to have hallway conversations when you can't see the hallway
Business Career gnome mozilla PlanetGNOMEI recently listened to a talk by Michael Lopp about how to be a great manager. During his talk, he stressed the importance of hallway conversations. Hallway …
Read more →How to hire an Executive Director
gnome mozilla PlanetGNOMEWhen I told the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors that I was leaving my job as executive director, I told them my number one priority was to hire my …
Read more →How do I raise enough money to work on my project full time?
Business Career gnome open source PlanetGNOME“How do I raise enough money to be able to spend all my time working on my favorite free software project?” is a question I hear often. I have a few …
Read more →Putting all the Hackfest pieces together
gnome open source PlanetGNOMEPlanning a hackfest is not an easy process. You need an: organizer - someone willing to put some time into making the whole thing happen topic - what are you …
Read more →How does a free software project do marketing?
gnome PlanetGNOMETypically free software projects have lots of very smart developers. Large projects like GNOME might also be lucky enough to have lots of great translators, …
Read more →More Women in GNOME Now!
gnome open source womenThe GNOME community is extremely diverse when it comes to nationality. But we don’t have many women working on GNOME. We want to make sure that women …
Read more →Should you ask developers for money? And other interesting fundraising dilemnas.
Finance gnome open source Social NetworkingChris Blizzard introduced me to Clay Johnson. I had such an interesting time talking to him about social networking, free and open source software, governments …
Read more →What's your vision of GNOME?
gnome open sourceThe GNOME Foundation’s mission is to provide a free desktop accessible to everyone. Accessible regardless of their ability to pay, their physical ability …
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