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The no-excuses guide to introducing yourself to a new open source project
Getting started in an unfamiliar open source project seems intimidating because it is intimidating...
Mel Chua
16 Jul 2013
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How to do open research: 5 basic principles
Some folks at UNICEF asked me to help them articulate a process for how to make their research...
Mel Chua
21 Mar 2012
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Typing at 255 WPM shouldn't cost $4000: Plover, the open source steno system
"Imagine if programming required a special computer that couldn't connect to the internet or run...
Mel Chua
13 Jan 2012
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The making of Arduino, an open source electronics prototyping platform
IEEE Spectrum, the flagship publication for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,...
Mel Chua
06 Dec 2011
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Saddened and bewildered by academic copyright assignments
Karl Fogel reminded me to check the copyright assignment for the scholarly papers I'm starting to...
Mel Chua
30 Sep 2011
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29 Apr 2011
Red Hat, opensource.com, and the high road
Stand against problems, not companies or people. After all, it's not the companies or people we dislike; it's what they're <em>doing</em>, and if they were to turn around and change their actions,...
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29 Mar 2011
Can the open source way help nurture passion in classrooms?
Be around passionate people. When I see other people going for the things they love, it inspires me to do the same on the things I love, even if they are completely different. It's almost like being alive gives those...
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