Community Leadership Summit 2009 Retrospective

Community Leadership Summit 2009 Retrospective

*This blog entry is a little delayed after a crazy week of the Community Leadership Summit, then OSCON, then a weekend away for some much needed decompressing*. Last weekend the very first [Community Leadership Summit](https://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/)...
Launchpad is now Open Source

Launchpad is now Open Source

I just want to offer my congratulations to the [Launchpad](https://www.launchpad.net/) team for their excellent efforts in Open Sourcing the whole project. I would also encourage everyone to pass on their thanks to Mark Shuttleworth for this incredible gift to the...
Learning To Listen

Learning To Listen

One of the attributes in the Free Software, Open Source and Free Culture world that I am most proud of is the seeming openness and accessibility in the patch-work of communities that form this inspiring landscape. Every day we hear wonderful stories of people joining...
VMWare: Rock and Roll

VMWare: Rock and Roll

In a world where most companies would give their hind teeth to get your email address into their marketing database, it was refreshing to see this from [VMWare](https://vmware.com/): > Thank you for your past interest in VMware. As part of our routine scheduled...
Art Of Community Reviews

Art Of Community Reviews

Recently I have been sending the completed [Art Of Community](https://www.artofcommunityonline.org/) manuscript out to a number of people who are well respected in various communities to get there feedback on the completed book. Some of these quotes are...