My Kickstarter campaign to update my book Producing Open Source Software has passed the funding threshold — thank you, backers! — and now is
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Kickstarter Campaign for “Producing Open Source Software” 2nd Edition.
I meant to announce this last week, but some very sad circumstances intervened (see the previous blog entry). Now there
Continue readingRemembering Aaron Swartz.
By now anyone reading this blog has already heard the news about Aaron. I already posted an obituary and remembrance
Continue readingThe IRC Curmudgeon.
This post is only here so I can refer others to it from IRC (or from Zulip or any similar
Continue readingHappy 40th Birthday, Ben Collins-Sussman!
Ben Collins-Sussman turns 40 years old today! Do help us celebrate by linking to his birthday page. It’s especially effective
Continue readingIn Memoriam Carl Woese
On the second to last day of 2012, Carl Woese died at the age of 84. I knew it was
Continue readingGabriella Coleman’s “Coding Freedom”
Got my copy of Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking by Prof. Gabriella Coleman: If you’re a hacker
Continue readingNYC Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays start this Dec. 17th.
Something I’ll be at when I’m in New York City on the 3rd Monday of a month: From the description
Continue readingMy Kickstarter campaign is blocking on the Amazon Payments tax interview process.
I’m about to launch a Kickstarter campaign, which means I need to complete the Amazon Payments online tax interview process
Continue readingGlobal Database of Public Wireless Networks?
I’ve been traveling and spending a lot of time in cafés, hotels, etc, recently. So I’m on a lot of
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