Category: 1. Software Industry
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Talk slides: The open-source software developer career and its benefits
Today I held the new version of my “open source software developer career” talk for the first time, at the Karlruhe Entwicklertag. These are the slides and this is the underlying paper. The Entwicklertag collects feedback from the audience. One of the listeners put down “1+” on the feedback sheet, grading this professor with an…
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Upcoming talk: Sustainable open source (in German)
I’ll be keynoting the 2014 Bitkom Forum “Future of Open Source” in Berlin on June 26th, 2014. This is my primary (stock) talk “Sustainable Open Source”, adapted to Bitkom’s needs and current trends. Its new title is “Changing the future of our industry: Sustainable Open Source”. I’m looking forward to meeting you in Berlin!
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Upcoming talk: The open-source software developer career and its benefits
I’ll be talking about the benefits of being an open source software developer tomorrow, at the Karlsruher Entwicklertage (Developer Days). I’ll be on at 10:45am. For those who’ll miss the talk, I just made the underlying paper on the benefits of the open source developer career available on this site. Enjoy!
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This curious word 3D printing
When I first heard about 3D printing, I thought it was a weird choice of words. It is a good word, because it tells a story familiar to people living today, but why not call it home manufacturing or on-site factories, or the like? I’m not sufficiently knowledgable about the history of technology, but is…
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The five stages of open source volunteering [Technical Report]
This technical report was superseded by a republication by Springer Verlag. Please cite and use the later publication. Abstract: Today’s software systems build on open source software. Thus, we need to understand how to successfully create, nurture, and mature the software development communities of these open source projects. In this report, we review and discuss…
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Upcoming public talks on open source
Here are three upcoming talks on open source for the next six months in 2014: I wish I was more consistent in announcing public talks…