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OSCON celebrates, explains, and demonstrates the power of open source technologies from the inception of languages and frameworks up through their use in the enterprise. We invite you to join us as we bring together a large community of contributors, learners, and users.

Tips for how to plan an open source event

At OSCON this year, Kara Sowles and Francesca Krihely gave an amazing workshop on how to plan and run tech events. So many tech events I've attended have looked completely…

This is why your open source project is failing

At OSCON this year, Red Hat's Tom Callaway gave a talk entitled "This is Why You Fail: The Avoidable Mistakes Open Source Projects STILL Make." In 2009, Callaway was starting…

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Open source software is the only way to keep up

Allison Randal of Hewlett-Packard began her keynote for OSCON 2015 with a quotation I'd never heard: "I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists simply to make…

How to get designers involved in your software project

I attended Una Kravets' OSCON talk, "Open Source Design: A Love Story," after interviewing her recently. To begin, Kravets reminded us that we all gathered at OSCON to be…

The right way to fail

At OSCON this year, Amye Scavarda and Leslie Hawthorn gave a talk entitled "Fear of Failing Fast: How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Success." I just had to attend. Here's a summary…

A quiz to gauge your commitment to open source

At OSCON this year, Jared Smith of Bluehost spoke about how our companies can become good open source citizens. At ByWater Solutions, my job involves engaging in community…

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