These are my blog posts which are automatically syndicated to the Fedora Planet, a blog aggregator for content and posts written by Fedora contributors.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 2021 OSI Board of Directors Statement of Intent
This first appeared on the Open Source Initiative Wiki. In light of the election update this year, I am republishing my statement of intent on my personal blog. No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. Mahatma Gandhi I believe in the value of upholding the Open Source