A little update from Stack Overflow
When I saw Stack Overflow Chief Product Officer (CPO) Teresa Dietrich on the list of speakers at the All Things Open conference this year, I jumped at the chance to get an update. We all know the value of Stack Overflow: the information that’s been created there over the past twelve years is nothing short of vital for programmers, developers, and other technologists. Just the other day one of our contributors shared how critical...
Setting a standard for digital public goods
In June 2020, the Secretary-General of the United Nations published a “Roadmap for Digital Cooperation.” In this report, he expanded on recommendations made a year before, calling on all actors, including the Member States, the United Nations system, the private sector, and others, to promote digital public goods. He says to realize the benefits of increased internet connectivity, open source projects in the form of...