Measuring Community

Measuring Community

You know what, I love being a community manager. I love the challenges, I love the opportunities, and I love the diversity of application and work. There are of course some frustrating elements, and one of these frustrating elements is the pre-conceived perspectives...
Keynoting OhioLinuxFest

Keynoting OhioLinuxFest

I am pleased to announce that I will be keynoting at the [Ohio LinuxFest](https://www.ohiolinux.org/). I have heard great things about the show, and never been there before, so I look forward to seeing everyone there. The talk will be brand new, and I am just...
Keynoting OhioLinuxFest

Balancing Respect and Diversity

Just got back home from attending DebConf over in Argentina. I would like to send out a big thankyou to my Debian friends for making me feel incredibly welcome. I was there with a bunch of other Canonical people – Mark Shuttleworth, Jorge Castro, Matthias...
On Potential

On Potential

Regulars of this ‘ere blog will be familiar with my abundant love of all things *community*. In fact, this has been a long running joke in the LugRadio world where I am accused of saying *community* way too often. Guilty as charged, m’lud. To this end, the...
Keynoting OhioLinuxFest

Resource Fetishism

Its funny how the same approximate process seems to happen for many communities, and sub-communities in projects. It happens a little like this: * A new team forms from a small group of enthusiasts. * They create a raft of resources – version control,...