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
This year, I attended the second edition of the Sustain Open Source Summit (a.k.a. Sustain OSS) on October 25th, 2018 in London. Sustain OSS is a one-day discussion on various topics about sustainability in open source ecosystems. It’s also a …
- How Five Queen Songs Went Mainstream in Totally Different Ways
Originally published on the MusicBrainz blog. Making graphs is easy. Making intuitive, easy-to-understand graphs? It’s harder than most people think. At the Rochester Institute of Technology, the ISTE-260 (Designing the User Experience) course …
- Wikipedia Is a Privilege
Originally written as an essay response for ENGL-450 Free and Open Source Culture at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Growing up with easy access to the Internet grants the privilege of experiencing effortless knowledge and high availability of …
- Keep Your Open Source Project Organized With GitHub Project Boards
This article was originally published on Opensource.com. Managing an open source project is challenging work. The challenge grows as a project grows. Eventually, a project may need to meet different requirements and span across multiple repositories. …
- 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 …
- How I Accidentally Wrote a Wikipedia Page on a Layover in Dublin
One of the most unusual but wonderful experiences happened to me on a return trip from Europe to the United States. A series of heavy noreasters hit the US east coast over the last couple weeks. This coincided with my travel dates back to Rochester, …
- Inside Facebook's Open Source Program at RIT
Originally published on Opensource.com. Open source becomes more common every year, where it appears at government municipalities to universities. More companies turn to open source software too. However, some companies try to take it a step further, …
- 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 …
- 2017 - My Year in Review
I can’t remember how writing an annual reflection became a tradition, but after writing them for the last two years, it is now a habit. Every time I look back on all that the last year brought into my life, it is surreal. Many things that happened, I …
- Raspberry Pis and Open Source at Rochester Mini Maker Faire
This article was originally published on Opensource.com. The Rochester Mini Maker Faire is an annual event at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, NY. Each year, makers, creators, artists, and more from all over upstate …