The new WordPress Foundation is a great thing! But perhaps not for the reasons stated on their site.
More Google – The Tao of Open
Business Strategy // 12/23/2009Google does a lot of good stuff. But I still wish Google was more comfortable with the truth about why they do all that good stuff.
You’re Not Gonna Make A Zillion $ – Deal With It!
Business Strategy // 12/11/2009Some hard truths about the nature of the software industry, courtesy of Matt Asay and Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation.
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Is Community In Your DNA? Should It Be?
Google’s Chromium project isn’t yet part of Fedora. The reasons illuminate some of the challenges of participating in an open source ecosystem.
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Instant (Bad) Karma
Want to know how to send your karma quotient into the cellar? Turns out it is startlingly easy to blow your foot off.
Case in point: the Symbian Foundation, established by Nokia as an independent entity to manage the open source Symbian mobile OS code base.
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Huh? What does eastern religion have to do with platform adoption? Karma is the idea that what you do drives cause and effect – your deeds today determine your future. With developers, it really is the case that what goes around, comes around. What you do will shape your reputation with developers, and your reputation determines whether they use your software.
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Where’s Rich?
You can find Rich Sands at the following upcoming events/locations:
- Innovation Breakfast – Waltham, MA, January 22, 2010
- WordCamp Boston – Cambridge, MA, January 23, 2010
- MassInnovationNights – Waltham, MA, February 10, 2010
- Innovation Breakfast – Waltham, MA, February 19, 2010
- Web Innovators Group – Cambridge, MA, March 1, 2010
- MassInnovationNights – Waltham, MA, March 10, 2010
- SXSW Interactive – Austin, TX, March 12-16, 2010
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