[ad_1] If there is one area in which open source has never suffered it is a lack of events. From your big professional conferences right down to your friendly, local meetups, there is just something so delightfully fun about getting together in person to share ideas, learn from each other, and have fun. One of…

[ad_1] After over a decade of ownership of the product, Google announced just a few weeks ago that they will be closing the shutters for good on Picasa, a cross-platform photo viewer and organizer with basic editing capabilities. In the official announcement, Google has set March 15 as the end of support for the desktop…

[ad_1] Last month, D Ruth Bavousett wrote about creating sheet music with the Lilypond “music engraving program,” and it got me thinking about MuseScore—which she also mentioned in the article, but in passing—and what a powerful tool it is for musical notation. Therefore, in an a continuation of an unofficial musical notation series, I present…

[ad_1] “It’s important to recognize that informal leaders do emerge. And in less structured, less hierarchical organizations, they are a key part of the overall management system.” —Jim Whitehurst, The Open Organization When considering just how an open organization functions, one must think about governance structures that allow for decentralized leadership and decision making. The…