The success of an open source project is strongly tied to the community that supports and contributes to it. Our community management articles explore common problems, solutions, and tactics to create vital, productive open source communities.
In an open organization, measuring performance for particular roles like community managers may not be straightforward, especially when comparing those roles to others with…
A short while ago I was reviewing one of my Twitter lists and I happened upon a tweet that led me to NethServer, an open source project that featured a product the likes of…
My favorite part about our open source project, PencilBlue, is that I get to interact with people from all over the world. When we first started, there were just two of us…
It's time to begin making plans for the Community Leadership Summit in Portland this summer, just before OSCON. Last year I gave a lightning talk called "What's an adult look…
Building and participating in communities is the one of the oldest ways humans interact with other people of similar interests. Even today, we take pride in being a member of…
Open source developers can create an immense amount of value for any company that relies on open source software by giving it the ability to direct and influence aspects of…
