[ad_1] My first brush with open source came while I was working for my university as a part-time system administrator in 2001. I was part of a small group that created business case studies for teaching not just in the university, but elsewhere in academia. As the team grew, the need for a robust LAN…

[ad_1] Need a design for a garden bed you can print and construct yourself? Or, perhaps you live on an urban farm and are looking for a small run for your chickens? AKER provides these modular designs and others to help build “ecologically resilient, healthy communities.” And, as a member of a community-supported agriculture project myself,…

[ad_1] There are a lot of great geographic information systems (GIS) that run in web browsers and mobile apps, thanks in large part to the introduction of new web standards in 2010-11 and recent improvements in mobile devices. And yet, most existing GIS systems are half-built systems that require setup by the users, which can be…

[ad_1] One question I get often is: “How can I build a business around something I’m giving away for free?” So, I wanted to attend the panel at SxSW this year called Don’t open source like a n00b, focused on how to make a project or product open source. We’ve seen many projects successfully do open source—like Linux, WordPress, and Koha—but how does a company like Booz…