We had some new starters join phpList recently, and as is sometimes the case, they did not have a long history with Open Source or a rock solid grasp of its heritage. Therefore I dusted off an old slide deck which I last used in a speech in 2012 in Liverpool, when I was recovering from a car accident (hence the black eye and crutches).… Read the rest
Open Source Underdogs Podcast Interview
It turns out that there’s a fascinating interview series which has interviewed tens of Open Source business leaders (a rare and rarely colocated breed), called Open Source Underdogs. The host and producer is a new friend of mine, Mike Schwartz — CEO at Gluu.… Read the rest
Open Source Product Development: from research to release
Later this month I will be speaking at the OSCAL 2019 conference about Open Source product development. Here’s the abstract:
… Read the restIn 1974 Fred Brooks argued that an app requires nine times extra work to take it from merely being functional, to being a usable product.
Software Freedom Kosova 2019 Conference
One of the most unusual cities I’ve presented in, Pristina in Kosovo again hosted the Software Freedom Conference (SFK), thanks to the youthful, hardworking volunteers at the Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova (FLOSSK) organisation.

This year I participated in a panel, and spoke about Open Source Product Management workflows.… Read the rest
Mentoring in Ghana
An account of two trips to Ghana and one camp in Germany deserves some planning; to avoid delay: without further ado here are a few of the pictures taken by the Enpact Startup Mentoring team.


