6 lessons we learned building Measure, a contributor relationship management system
At its core, Measure is, for lack of a better term, a contributor relationship management system. Measure consists of easy-to-understand widgets that can be arbitrarily displayed to build dashboards. It allows you to visualize and understand how people, both as individuals and as organizations, are interacting with open source projects on GitHub. It produces metrics that focus not only on code but also on contributors. read...
Two graphical tools for manipulating PDFs on the Linux desktop
With the way I talk and write about PDFs and tools for working with them, some people think I’m in love with the format. I’m not, for a variety of reasons I won’t go into here. I won’t go so far as saying PDFs are a necessary evil in my personal and professional life—rather they’re a necessary not-so-good. Often I have to use PDFs, even though there are better alternatives for delivering documents....
Announcing the 2018 Open Source Yearbook: Download now
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What Return of the Jedi taught me about open leadership
No matter where you are in an organization, you can benefit from observing others and learning from them. We can all learn lessons from someone else. I like to look for leadership lessons wherever I go. Sometimes I learn a few tips on public speaking by watching a skilled presenter. Or I’ll learn how to improve my meeting management style by reflecting on meetings that go well. read...
Programming languages to learn now, network monitoring tools, backup solutions, and more must-reads
Unsurprisingly readers had great interest in—and strong opinions on—which programming languages you should learn, which brought in almost 15,000 page views to Marty Kalin’s article recent article. read...
