Rebecca Fernandez

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Raleigh, NC

Rebecca Fernandez is a Principal Program Manager at Red Hat, leading projects to help the company scale its open culture. She's an Open Organization Ambassador, contributed to The Open Organization book, and maintains the Open Decision Framework. She is interested in the intersection of open source principles and practices, and how they can transform organizations for the better.

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Authored Content

Poll: Are bloggers journalists?

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Can hierarchy and sharing co-exist?

I'm usually a fairly upbeat person, but there's something that never fails to depress me: the misappropriation of ideas. Don't misunderstand; I'm all about sharing. But I also…

Buying credibility: A look at the FTC's transparency-in-blogging regulations

Recently Bob Sutton, author of Good Boss, Bad Boss, received a suspicious request via email: My name is Samantha and I work for a management consulting firm. We are currently…

The democratization of comics

While the print comics industry has been slowly shriveling, an interesting new world of comics has emerged on the Internet. Known as webcomics, these new comics range from…

Resources for learning about open innovation

It seems like everyone is talking about open innovation lately, but not very many people are actually doing it. So whether you're a fascinated newcomer or a seasoned open…

Building a positive meritocracy: It's harder than it sounds

When Michael Young coined the word in 1958, he never thought that meritocracy would be idealized 50-some year later. Young's book, The Rise of the Meritocracy, was a satirical…

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Rebecca

9 Oct 2012

Scratch, a programming language for kids

I was introduced to Scratch recently, and it has been a big hit with my 6 year old and even 3 year old. The interface is very intuitive and the commands are things that kids can put together in all sorts of interesting ways. It's quite the step up from LOGO or BASIC, which I taught myself as a kid.

Rebecca

18 Jan 2012

January 18 captured: A SOPA blackout gallery

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