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Phil Shapiro

Washington DC-area

Phil Shapiro has been an educator, teaching students from pre-school to graduate school for the past 30 years. He currently works at a public library in the Washington, DC area, helping youth and adults use 27 Linux stations. Between 2007 and 2012, he blogged for PC World magazine on various technology topics and currently writes for Ars Technica, MAKE magazine, FOSS Force, TechSoup for Libraries, and Opensource.com. Visit him at his antique ebook store. For more about Phil, follow him on Twitter and see his videos on YouTube.

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Open Source Champion

Conversation Starter Award 2015

Authored Content

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Why public libraries need to support open source

Wouldn't it be great if you asked an open source question at a library reference desk and was met...

Phil Shapiro 07 Oct 2016 408 votes

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Creating affordable solutions with open source tools

Open source is often the heart of many civic technology solutions because using open source...

Phil Shapiro 05 Aug 2016 257 votes

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When Linux is the face of kindness

When people are experiencing hardship in their lives, Phil Shapiro tries to lessen their burden...

Phil Shapiro 06 Jul 2016 324 votes 10 comments

How I welcomed an immigrant family with a Linux laptop

How to build a Linux laptop to help an immigrant family learn English.

Phil Shapiro 28 Jun 2016 415 votes 14 comments

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Contributing to open source software with Ian Varley of Salesforce

OSCON speaker Ian Varley talks about the nuances and effects of open source culture.

Phil Shapiro 03 May 2016 263 votes

Authored Comments

Commented on 20 Jun 2018

Anatomy of a perfect pull request

Thanks for sharing this wise advice, Hugo. Many people will benefit from this.

Commented on 1 May 2018

CorvOS: A custom, Linux-based solution for the classroom

Someday students and teachers will wonder, "Why didn't we move to open source before?" And the answer to that question, when probed deeply, is - "Because we didn't possess the courage and compassion to do so." No shortage...