Ben Cotton

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Lafayette, Indiana

Ben Cotton is a meteorologist by training, but weather makes a great hobby. Ben works as the Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat. He is the author of Program Management for Open Source Projects. Find him on Twitter (@FunnelFiasco) or at FunnelFiasco.com.

Open Sourcerer People's Choice Award Moderator's Choice Award 2017 Python SysAdmin Community Manager Creative Commons Developer Fedora Contributor Club Author Comment Gardener Cloud Linux Open science Open Organization Ambassador

Authored Content

10 tips and resources for combating impostor syndrome

When I saw the Opensource.com April preview call for articles about Impostor Syndrome my first reaction was: "Oh wow, I'd love to write a post for that. Too bad I don't have…

Purdue's IronHacks series puts unique spin on hackathons

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Open source geeks in a world of silos

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Technology so easy a lawyer can do it

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NY bill would provide tax credit for open source contributors

For many years, the open source software community has made the distinction between "free as in freedom" (the software can be used or modified as the user sees fit) and "free…

Documentation should be concise, consistent, and simple

"Words mean things" is one of my favorite expressions. I often use it in jest, but it's an important consideration when writing documentation. I'm normally one to sling words…