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 [...]

Posted on June 15, 2010 at 10:14 pm by herlo · Permalink · One Comment
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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, [...]

Posted on June 8, 2010 at 10:14 pm by herlo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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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 [...]

Posted on June 1, 2010 at 12:41 pm by herlo · Permalink · 3 Comments
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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 [...]

Posted on September 3, 2009 at 8:50 pm by herlo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Hack Night Reborn: UTOS-ConMan needs some features

So, you don’t know what I am talking about?  Not sure where this is all leading?  Well, if you are interested in learning Python and Django or are an artistic hacker, we need you. Last year, we started a project called utos-conman.  This project in about 3-5 months became the system that ran the speaker [...]

Posted on May 27, 2009 at 4:20 pm by herlo · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Craziness: LFNW, OLPC and UTOS, oh my!

It’s been a crazy month here in my little part of the world. My favorite organization, the Utah Open Source Foundation announced it’s conference theme, dates and location. I’m really excited about this year’s possibilities and I keep hearing good things that people want to do during UTOSC 2009. Now: Life has been hectic, but [...]

Posted on April 25, 2009 at 6:52 am by herlo · Permalink · Leave a comment
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UTOSC 2009: Theme, Venue, Dates Announced

So we finally announced the theme, dates and venue for the Utah Open Source Conference 2009.  Looks to be fun to see what people will think of it and the presentations that will result.  The theme, Affordability, Scalability, Reliability seemed appropriate.  I hope others will see the value in it as well. Looking forward, I’m [...]

Posted on April 8, 2009 at 8:29 am by herlo · Permalink · One Comment
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Mind Maps: The Utah Open Source Foundation

The Utah Open Source Foundation “Mind Map” After creating the Fedora Project Mind Map, I was better able to understand how UTOS was currently structured.  I was able to put together the main pieces pretty quickly, although it seems there are several gaps in my thought process still.  For that reason, I’m opening the UTOS [...]

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 7:55 am by herlo · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Mind Maps: The Fedora Project

Recently, I’ve been plagued with trying to come up with an organizational model for the Utah Open Source Foundation and it’s relationship to the Utah Open Source Conference.  This is in addition to the new Non-Profit structure we’re building. To that end, I created a very shabby hierarchical structure which I passed around a week [...]

Posted on November 21, 2008 at 10:14 am by herlo · Permalink · 6 Comments
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Over the last few days

Quite a bit has transpired this weekend.  Thought I had better get caught up on it before I forget. Missing Teeth My Son Shaun lost his fourth tooth this past week.  He was so excited about it, he called me as soon as it happened.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t there to experience it, but I’ve been [...]

Posted on September 8, 2008 at 6:42 pm by herlo · Permalink · Leave a comment
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