[ad_1] The demands of modern life can, at times, be overwhelming. Even a super organized person probably needs digital tools to keep track of personal and professional meetings and deadlines. If you were at All Things Open this year, you might have seen Opensource.com’s own Jason Baker and Jen Wike Huger talk about open source…

[ad_1] In recent years, an increasing number of organizations, often non-technology companies, have kept a keen eye on open source. Although they may be unable to use open source to the fullest extent in their products and services, they are interested in bringing the principles of open source within the walls of their organization. This…

[ad_1] The Open Source Hardware Association Certification was created in response to an overwhelming demand for a clearer and more transparent method of identifying and marketing open source hardware products. The purpose of this certification is to provide an easy and straightforward way for producers to indicate that their products meet a uniform and well-defined…

[ad_1] People are natural storytellers. From the moment we learn to speak, we use stories to communicate and to express our needs and desires. Great storytelling happens when the person telling the story is emotionally involved in the story itself—passionate about the narrative and interested in listeners’ responses. Great leaders mirror those dispositions. They are passionate,…

[ad_1] When I was young, Paul Simon released his hit song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Inspired by this song, I’ve collected 50 ways sysadmins and laypeople can avoid getting hacked: “You just slip out the back, Jack” 1. Backup your data. If you get hit with ransomware, you don’t have to pay if…

[ad_1] Some people like Vim as a text editor, and other people like Emacs. Having such different opinions are the way of the UNIX world. I’m an Emacs user through and through. Sure, I spent a few obligatory years in my early days of UNIX using Vim, but once I learned Emacs properly, there was…

[ad_1] The age of open source consumer drones is upon us. DronePan is a mobile-based autopilot app for DJI drones that automates the process of shooting aerial imagery for spherical panoramas. Users fly their aircraft to the desired panorama location and then launch DronePan, which temporarily takes control of the aircraft heading and camera angle.…

[ad_1] One of the problems with becoming a Linux expert is the definition is constantly changing. When I started in the Linux world, to be considered a Linux professional, you had to be able to compile your own kernel. Heck, if you wanted to use Linux on a laptop, you had to compile a custom…

[ad_1] Arts and crafts. Creativity and diligence. Taking the mundane and adding that touch of genius and individuality. A needleworker spends hours creating artwork with simple threads of many colors, and programming is the same—words and numbers woven over hours to create something with a purpose.  Recently, I’ve started learning JavaScript, and around the same…

[ad_1] Tapitoo OpenCart is an open source online store app designed to help online stores increase their visibility and make a greater impact in their most competitive markets. We decided to develop and app that can make the integration with the biggest e-commerce backend solutions, as well as with custom stores, as seamless as possible.…