[ad_1] About the author Jason Baker – Jason is passionate about using technology to make the world more open, from software development to bringing sunlight to local governments. Linux desktop enthusiast. Map/geospatial nerd. Raspberry Pi tinkerer. Data analysis and visualization geek. Occasional coder. Cloud nativist. Follow him on Twitter. Explore what’s happening this week in OpenStack,…

[ad_1] About the author Joshua Allen Holm – Joshua Allen Holm is a Grand Rapids, Michigan, based writer and technology consultant. As one of Opensource.com’s community moderators, he writes articles about open access, open education, and open source software. You can find Joshua on GitHub and Zotero, or email him at: holmja@opensource.com. In this edition…

[ad_1] In this week’s Top 5, we highlight a review of the Orange Pi tiny computer; Cozy for personal clouds; how to improve your online security; staying organized with a desktop wiki; and Linux containers and performance. We’ll be back with a video next week! Top 5 articles of the week 5. Performance made easy with Linux…

[ad_1] Openness invites greater participation and it takes advantage of the shared energy of collaborators. The strength of openly created educational resources comes paradoxically from the vulnerability of the shared experience of that creation process. One of the leaders in Open Educational Resources (OER) is Billy Meinke, educational technologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The…

[ad_1] Thus far in the Community Metrics Playbook column, I’ve discussed the importance of setting goals to guide the metrics process, outlined the general types of metrics that are useful for studying your community, and reviewed technical details of available tools. As you are deciding which metrics to track for your community, having a deeper…

[ad_1] When you think of the word “wiki,” examples like MediaWiki or DokuWiki probably come to mind. They’re open source, useful, powerful, and flexible. They can be great tools for collaborating, working on your own, or just organizing the piles of information in your life. On the other hand, those wikis are also big. They need…

[ad_1] Branding is an integral part of marketing. When it’s done right and makes an impact, a simple logo (like a Nike swoosh) becomes a powerful advertisement in of itself. Just drive down any interstate in America and you’ll see symbols that tell you about a brand. Like, the golden arches. Even certain color combinations can be identified with a…

[ad_1] Leadership is power. More specifically, leadership is the power to influence the actions of others. The mythology of leadership can certainly conjure images of not only the romantic but also the sinister side of the human condition. How we ultimately decide to engage in leadership determines its true nature. Many modern understandings of leadership…

[ad_1] Every year, Opensource.com awards people from our community who have excelled in contributing and sharing stories about open source. These stories reflect how we use open source in our everyday lives as well as how it helps us build a better future with open technology. What we do on Opensource.com would not be possible…

[ad_1] Performance for an application determines how quickly your software can complete the intended task. It answers questions about the application, such as: Response time under peak load Ease of use, supported functionality, and use cases compared to an alternative Operational costs (CPU usage, memory needs, data throughput, bandwidth, etc.) The value of this performance…