Traditionally, open source software has relied primarily on asynchronous communication. While there are probably quite a few synchronous conversations on irc, …
The Starfish and the Spider compares two types of organizational structures. Spider organizations have a central command structure, like a CEO. If you detach …
High context cultures value personal relationships over process. You have to know someone before you can trust them and work with them. They also tend to be …
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Can forking a free software project enable you to regain your internal motivation to work on a project? My current theory is that if you work on free software, …
Planning 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 …
Recently I met someone who insisted on describing every department in his organization, all the acronyms and what they stood for. By the time he got around to …
In 2003 I gave a talk in Malaysia. What I noticed immediately is that my audience was well over half women. This was really noticeable because they were all …