The world lost a great math teacher this week. Mimi Geier not only loved math, she loved teaching math and delighted in watching kids discover solutions. If I …
I was writing a post about why you must work in the open to get more volunteers and I ended up writing this post about why I don’t work in the open.
The …
Traditionally, open source software has relied primarily on asynchronous communication. While there are probably quite a few synchronous conversations on irc, …
Kids on Computers is planning a trip to the Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico area in June. If you can, please join us! If you can’t, please consider donating to …
I 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 …
When 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 …
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 …
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few weeks talking about why we have so few women in open source and web development and how to encourage more women …