- 2020/2021 in Open Source at UNICEF Innovation Fund
The UNICEF Innovation Fund offers a unique Open Source mentorship programme. This article looks back at the highlights of 2020/2021.
- Better than I knew myself.
There are moments I reflect back on my life when I met someone who interacted with me in an impressive way. Though unknown to me then, I feel now that they perceived my authentic, true self when I was still searching.
- Committee risk: A governance challenge for Open Source
Open Source communities often turn to a committee model for governing their projects. Sometimes it works, but other times it does not. Why?
- Saying no.
This is a story about how I learned to say "no", when the pressure to say "yes" was so great. Learning how to say no became my new superpower.
- Cyclical nostalgia.
Nostalgia is cyclical at times. Nostalgia keeps us in the past but sticks with us in the present, much like blogging and blogs in the 2020s.
- What if Open Source dependencies weren't software?
What if dependencies took a human-centered, or community-centered, approach? We describe dependencies in machine terms, but we miss something.
- A proposal for the end of accommodations
Language is powerful. Words are subtle building blocks to how we imagine the world around us. So, with the goal of pursuing more equitable language, I propose the end of accommodations.
- Përshëndetje nga Tiranë 🇦🇱
Përshëndetje nga Tiranë, or hello from Tirana in Albanian. I am residing for a short time in Tiranë (pronounced Ti·ra·na), Albania.
- Introducing UNICEF Open Source Mentorship
2020 saw the launch of a formalized Open Source Mentorship programme for the UNICEF Innovation Fund. Learn more about it in this reflection.
- Computer human.
Recently a Spotify playlist curated into my feed. The playlist was a perfect match for my soul when I needed it most. This led me to wonder, who or what curated this playlist? What caused it to appear in my feed that day?