GNOME Marketing Hackfest
gnomeEight of us from the GNOME Marketing team got together in Chicago for a hackfest earlier this week. We had a lot of great discussions, came up with some good …
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How to plan a hackfest
gnome open sourcehackfest n. A meeting where developers gather together in person to work on a free software project. Hackfests are one of the ways that things get done on free …
Read more →Why you shouldn't do it all yourself
Career gnomeOne of the hardest things to learn in management is how not to do it all yourself. People often call this a problem with “delegation”. But the …
Read more →Book Review: Managing the Nonprofit Organization
Books Business gnomeIf you follow any of the links to Amazon in this post, any purchases you make will send a referral fee to the GNOME Foundation. Peter Drucker’s Managing …
Read more →The GNOME Foundation Is All About People
gnome womenOne of the most common questions I get asked, right after “What do you do?”, is “What does the GNOME Foundation do?” I wrote an article …
Read more →What would you say about the State of GNOME?
gnomeAgainst my dad’s best advice, I’m going to admit that I don’t feel like I’m the best person to give a “State of GNOME” talk. …
Read more →Open source enables companies to collaborate
gnome open source*Dave Neary gave me his speaking slot at OSiM USA. I have two challenges, make a talk to fit his title and abstract (although you can almost always safely …
Read more →5 types of company open source relationships
gnome open sourceCompanies and communities is a topic I’ll speaking on at SCALE. I welcome any feedback or points to consider! First off, there is no ideal …
Read more →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 …
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