- Why FOSS Is Still Not on Activist Agendas
In 2006, Bruce Byfield asked why open source was not on activist agendas. Have things changed in 2019? What did Byfield get right? What did he leave out?
- Throwback Draft: Integral of a Community
What is a community and what does it mean to belong to one? What makes a community so important to someone? Read more to understand what community is.
- Why Did Fedora Modularity Fail in 2017? a Brief Reflection
Since June 2015, Fedora is working to ship modular versions of packages, known as Fedora Modularity. This article analyzes why Modularity failed in 2017.
- 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.
- Fedora Appreciation Week: Tribute to a Legacy
I learned more about a man named Seth Vidal by chance. For Fedora Appreciation Week, I wanted to share a personal story surrounding his life and passing.
- What Does It Mean to Be an American?
What parts of our culture make us proud and content or disappointed and shameful? I started to wonder about my identity and what it means to be an American.
- 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!
- 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