Combating Apathy in [Free and Open Source] Communities — Part 3
This article is a part of a three part series, if you haven’t read the first part and second part, you really should. How do we address this problem? Who does it? In other words, how do small to medium communities battle Apathy? In all honesty, I don’t have the answer for this question. If [...]
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Combating Apathy in [Free and Open Source] Communities — Part 2
This article is a part of a three part series, if you haven’t read the first part, you really should. Why don’t more people actually volunteer 2-3 hours per month? One word, Apathy. Yes, apathy. I believe apathy is what kills communities around the globe. They don’t have to be any specific type of community, [...]
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Combating Apathy: How to Keep a [Free and Open Source] Community Alive
This June will mark the fourth anniversary of the creation of the Utah Open Source Foundation. In October, we will be hosting approximately 500 attendees at the fourth annual Utah Open Source Conference. What started out as a simple idea in my backyard in Springville, Utah has blossomed into something much larger, a community of [...]
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UTOSC 2009: Breakfast is served!
As part of my effort to help out folks coming in for the Utah Open Source Conference 2009, we have filled up our household with out-of-towners. However, when I asked my awesome sweetie , Jennifer, about food, she had this reply: 21:37 <herlo> did you say you were willing to cook breakfast for us during [...]
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I’m Going to FUDCon
So it looks like my whining and moaning paid off! I didn’t expect that anyone could help me, the money had been spent, things were cancelled and I was screwed! I recieved a comment on my blog from Mo inviting me to stay at her and halfline’s place for the weekend of FUDCon. So nice, [...]
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Fedora, Getting Involved Guide (GIG)
Recently, I’ve been very interested in getting involved more and more with the Fedora Project. In fact, the latest project in which I’m involved, the Getting Involved Guide (GIG). I started with this guide because my so-called friend Jared Smith (hi Jared!), introduced me to the original creator of this document, Paul Frields at FUDCon [...]
