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- Digitalism: An Engineer's Poem
"Digitalism" is a poem I originally wrote in August 2022. the poem's birth came from being stuck between the analog and digital worlds.
- "I Am the Wilderness": On Trust & Community
Brené Brown suggests seven elements to trust in her book, "Braving the Wilderness". You can remember these elements as an acronym: "BRAVING".
- Three Great Examples of Open Source Product Roadmaps
Recently, I came across three product roadmaps from Proton. They did a great job creating transparent product roadmaps. Here is what they did.
- Write Yourself Into Obsolescence.
A brief meditation on why you should write yourself into obsolescence and also what kind of writing matters most when documenting yourself and your responsibilities.
- Scrub Gently: On Data Scrubbing in a Community Survey.
Should we be too quick to discard negative, harmful responses in a community survey? This short review considers a time when an Open Source community is evaluating its community with a survey. What did we decide to do in the end?
- CHAOSS DEI Review: Midyear Reflection
In 2021, CHAOSS initiated a review of its diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. This post summarizes progress made by the team in 2022.
- 4 Metrics to Measure Sustainable Open Source Investments.
How do we understand sustainability when we talk about open source investments? Here are four CHAOSS metrics to help you measure it.
- On Free Software, Red Hat, and Iran
A story in which I visit the Fedora Council ticket tracker and find an important opportunity to advocate for contributors from Iran.
- 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.
- 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?