How to find files in Linux
If you’re a Windows user or a non-power-user of OSX, you probably use a GUI to find files. You may also find the interface limited, frustrating, or both, and have learned to excel at organizing things and remembering the exact order of your files. You can do that in Linux, too—but you don’t have to. read...
Getting started with Vagrant
If you’re like me, you probably have a “sandbox” somewhere, a place where you hack on whatever projects you’re working on. Over time, the sandbox will get crufty and cluttered with bits and pieces of ideas, toolchain elements, code modules you aren’t using, and other stuff you don’t need. When you finish something, this can complicate your deployment, because you may be unsure of the actual...
How to create an impact map for teams
There are plenty of tools that can help you develop and implement great ideas—a user story workshop, story map, value proposition canvas, business model canvas, or even simply making a backlog of things to do. In this article, we will discuss a tool called impact mapping. Impact mapping is a strategic planning technique designed to clearly communicate assumptions of your product or service’s interdependent, dynamic...
Who really owns an open project?
Differences in organizational design don’t necessarily make some organizations better than others—just better suited to different purposes. Any style of organization must account for its models of ownership (the way tasks get delegated, assumed, executed) and responsibility (the way accountability for those tasks gets distributed and enforced). Conventional organizations and open organizations treat these issues...
