- CHAOSS DEI Review: Midyear Reflection
Since February 2021, the CHAOSS Project is conducting a funded, long-term review of its governance, practices, and processes in a diversity, equity, and inclusion (D.E.I.) “audit.” I originally joined as an internal community liaison and initially …
- XPOST: Spurring New Digital Public Goods
Originally published on 27 September 2022 via unicef.org. This year, the UNICEF Venture Fund celebrates five graduating companies from a recent investment round. For the first time, many of these companies are exiting from the Venture Fund having …
- 4 Metrics to Measure Sustainable Open Source Investments.
How do we understand value when we talk about sustainability? What does investing in open source mean? The meaning is different for many people because of an implicit understanding of what open source means. This post is a reflection on the past year …
- Three Predictions for Free Software in the 2020s
From January to May 2020, I completed an independent study at the Rochester Institute of Technology on Business and Legal Aspects of Free/Open Source Software. This was the final credit for my completion of the Free and Open Source Software and Free …
- Facilitation, Collaboration, and Webcams: A Story About Principles of Authentic Participation
This is the story about the facilitation of the Principles of Authentic Participation. This post does not describe what the Principles are (click that link to learn more about them). This post describes the story behind the Principles, and how our …