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

Navigating the challenges of international teamwork

Letting people work where they want shows how much you value them

Allowing people to work from any location demonstrates that you care about their preferences—a gesture toward greater inclusivity.

What's new in OpenStack in 2016: A look at the Newton release

How 2018 learned to do the cloud right

Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of more clouds.

tools in the cloud with security

The mantra for this year's sysadmin: Work smarter, not harder

These top articles cover containers, monitoring, networking, and more. Plus, learn how to be lazy.

hand holding lit sparkler

5 resolutions for open source project maintainers

No matter how you say it, good communication is essential to strong open source communities.

How far should openness extend?

Calling for some compassion with our transparency

Weaponizing secrets makes people reluctant to share. We need an even-handed approach to transparency.

Lots of people in a crowd.

More than 46k people participate in Hacktoberfest 2018

The fifth-annual event marks solid growth in participants, pull requests, community events, sponsors, and more.

Authored Comments

2 Jan 2020

10 articles to enhance your security aptitude

I'm glad this will help. Thanks for reading and good luck!

2 Oct 2019

7 Bash history shortcuts you will actually use

Wow, this is great. I knew about the first one but the other six are going to save me so much swearing under my breath!