Category: OpenSource

  • Deeplearning4j founders on growing an AI community

    [ad_1] Deeplearning4j is an open source, distributed neural net library written for Java and Scala. It is also one of the most active communities on Gitter, the chat service I created. Interested in how they built a thriving open source community, I reached out to get their thoughts on the lessons they learned. Maybe you’ll find some tips for your project in my interview…

  • LibrePlanet begins with Snowden, ends with DRM protest

    [ad_1] LibrePlanet is a yearly gathering of free software activists, users, and contributors—and, it’s my favorite conference of the year. Here’s why. LibrePlanet is run by the Free Software Foundation, and has steadily evolved from a yearly members’ meeting with presentations from staff and board members, to a full blown two-day conference with speakers and attendees from…

  • Understanding the limits of hierarchies

    [ad_1] Sometimes, the fastest route to solving a problem isn’t necessarily the best route. That’s something I’ve learned while leading an open organization. Top-down organizations can certainly excel at achieving efficiency—and if efficiency is your ultimate goal, then constructing a hierarchy is a valid way to go. Quite often, a command-and-control-style structure can produce the…

  • Where do you back up your data?

    [ad_1] Opensource.com is a place where we share stories about how people around the world are exploring an open source universe. See how the principles of open source software and the open source way are being applied to different disciplines including business, education, government, health, law, and life. Follow us on Twitter @opensourceway. [ad_2] Source link

  • Top 11 project management tools for 2016

    [ad_1] For the last three years, I have rounded up the most popular open source project management tools for Opensource.com readers. As there continues to be major reader interest in this area, I decided to take a look back at the tools we covered in 2014 and 2015, and give you updates on all of these projects.…

  • SxSW Mr. Robot TV panel on using real code on the show

    [ad_1] Do you know the American TV show Mr. Robot? It aired in June 2015, and at SxSW Interactive this year, a panel convened to talk about “Coding of Camera: Mr. Robot and Authenticity on TV.” The panel consisted of Sam Esmail, Rami Malek, and Christian Slater. I watch the show and am amazed at their realistic portrayal of programming, technology, open…

  • 4 open source alternatives to Dreamweaver

    [ad_1] Looking for an open source alternative to Dreamweaver or another proprietary HTML/CSS editor? Let’s round up some of your options. Not all that many years ago, pretty much every webpage on the Internet was, at some level, designed painstakingly by hand. It was tough, and before CSS really took hold and became well supported…

  • How Georgia prioritizes enhancements for their Drupal 7 platform

    [ad_1] Nearly five years ago, my team at GeorgiaGov Interactive began a journey to migrate our enterprise web platform (hosting over 50 state agency websites at the time) away from a self-hosted model with a proprietary content management system to Drupal 7 and a cloud hosted environment. We were the first state to make such…

  • How Georgia prioritizes enhancements for its Drupal 7 platform

    [ad_1] Nearly five years ago, my team at GeorgiaGov Interactive began a journey to migrate our enterprise web platform (hosting over 50 state agency websites at the time) away from a self-hosted model with a proprietary content management system to Drupal 7 and a cloud hosted environment. We were the first state to make such…

  • 5 tips every open source project manager should consider

    [ad_1] In a 2013 survey, 11% of contributors to free and open source software identified as women. But perhaps the future looks brighter? We can answer this question by examining the participation of women in Google Summer of Code, a program that provides a stipend for post-secondary school students to contribute to open source software…