[ad_1] This year’s API Strategy and Practice (known as APIStrat)—to be held in Boston on November 2-4—has a strong open source component running throughout the event, and with little wonder. Successful API strategies more often than not either contribute new open source projects, or draw on the rich source of tools already built by the…

[ad_1] One of the great strengths of the Perl community is CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. If you’ve written a module for Perl that might be useful to others, the community encourages you to release it on CPAN. Given that the Perl community also encourages experimentation and play, part of the CPAN namespace is…

[ad_1] While I typically go all out for Halloween decorations every year, I’ll admit I’m feeling tired this year. I still wanted to delight the neighborhood kids with simple details, so I decided to make lighted bags for my front porch railing this year. If you are someone who has a paper cutting machine like…

[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. He is particularly interested in data visualization/analysis, DIY/maker culture, simulations/modeling, geospatial technologies, and cloud computing, especially OpenStack. Follow him on Twitter or Google+. Every time you turn…

[ad_1] This month on The Queue, hydrurga from LinuxQuestions.org asks: How can I phrase my technical question well in order to increase the chances of having it answered? The answer Another great question that I frequently see asked. Keep filling The Queue with quality submissions. I think some people underestimate how much the quality of…

[ad_1] Gene Kim thinks he has at least one thing in common with George R.R. Martin: They both take their sweet time writing highly-anticipated sequels. In Kim’s case, however, the wait is over. Kim’s particular song of fire and ice—or rather, two equally opposing forces, “dev” and “ops”—continues this month. Fans of 2013’s The Phoenix…

[ad_1] Read Part 1: Automating repetitive tasks for digital artists with Python If you’ve done digital artwork for any appreciable amount of time, then the importance of good file management should be apparent to you. This is even more true if you’re collaborating with other artists. Everyone has their own favorite naming conventions and project…

[ad_1] Smartphones put a wealth of games at users’ fingertips, but many of the proprietary games are loaded with advertisements, in-app purchases, and other features that create less-than-stellar play experiences. While the open source world is not exactly known for the quality of its games, there are a wide variety of open source games available…

[ad_1] A picture might be worth a thousand words, but a video demonstration can save a lot of talking. I’m a visual learner, so seeing how to do something has been very helpful in my education. I’ve found that students benefit from seeing exactly how an application is configured or how a code snippet is…

[ad_1] Chris Riley is Head of Public Policy at Mozilla, where he works on open Internet policy initiatives and developments. I had a chance to catch up with Chris about a new effort launched at Mozilla called the Secure Open Source Fund. The goal of the Fund is to support security audits and remediation for open source…