This category broadly covers any and all topics to do with Free and Open Source software (FOSS). Topics include software, Open Source, sustainability, community management, experiences from specific communities, contemporary issues, and more.
- Sustain OSS 2018: Quick Rewind
A quick recap of the Sustain OSS 2018 conference, covering topics such as human aspects of governance, financial sustainability models, diversity, and more.
- How Five Queen Songs Went Mainstream in Totally Different Ways
What was Queen's secret to success? With help from MusicBrainz, a team of students from the Rochester Institute of Technology try to answer the question.
- Wikipedia Is a Privilege
What is a world that goes with or without? A world of access to free information like Wikipedia? What does privilege afford and take away from all of us?
- Keep Your Open Source Project Organized With GitHub Project Boards
Managing an open source project is hard work. Learn how to make your open source project more transparent and organized with GitHub project boards.
- Stepping Out of Fedora: May to August 2018
Similar to last year, I am putting forward a note of planned absence from the Fedora Project community from May to August 2018. Transparency is important to me. I wanted to make this announcement ahead of time to set clear expectations for the upcoming months. I am returning to Chicago,
- How I Accidentally Wrote a Wikipedia Page on a Layover in Dublin
My flight to NYC from Dublin was canceled and I had an extra day to spend in Ireland. I didn't know it yet, but I would learn about the influence of Irish women in medicine and write a Wikipedia article on one of them. What a layover!
- Inside Facebook's Open Source Program at RIT
Facebook developer advocate Christine Abernathy attended the Rochester Institute of Technology in November to talk about the Facebook open source program.
- Humanitarian Open Source Work: My Internship at UNICEF
In December, I received the happy news of an offer for a internship position at UNICEF in the Office of Innovation. The Office of Innovation drives rapid technological innovation by rapid prototyping of new ideas and building full-stack products to make a positive impact in the lives of children. This
- 2017 - My Year in Review
2017 was a fully-packed year for me. This post walks through my last year and reflects on the experiences I had. Would you believe my passport is running out of pages?
- Raspberry Pis and Open Source at Rochester Mini Maker Faire
FOSS@MAGIC and the RIT Linux Users Group (RITlug) teamed up to exhibit at the Rochester Mini Maker Faire in 2017. See what we brought with us!