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So I’ve been using open source for a long time. I’m a huge fan of Linux, Ruby, Rails, Audacity, Firefox, Adium, Pidgin, OpenOffice, etc. That said, I haven’t really given much back to any of those projects. I just kinda mooch. Which is cool, it’s what almost all of us do.

Recently, however, I’ve started playing more on GitHub and have started writing a lot more code for public consumption. While right now it’s just been Rails plugins, it’s been a lot of fun starting to work through the Rails codebase and start seeing how other people think.

Anyways, I … Continue Reading

This might be my most confusing post title to date. My apologies.

The subject of transparency and social networking in the workplace has come up a few times in different blogs. In a related topic, I read a post by another twitter-er about self censorship a few weeks ago that has closely reflected my sentiment from time to time.

I tend to swing (to an extent) back and forth between a conservative and liberal posting policy, and this seems to tie closely with my job security and job searching. If I’m looking for a job, you can bet that my facebook has … Continue Reading

I work at a company that helps other companies employ Web2.0 concepts (wikis, presence, IM, and other avenues of collaboration) to enrich their business, both internally and externally. I’m incredibly lucky, because I get to read some of the smartest people’s blogs on the subject (they work here). One of the problems that it seems everyone is trying to solve (including our company, and I’ll try to avoid parenthesis for the rest of this post) is how to explain the value of collaboration to customers.

Few people will say that collaboration is bad. But is it worth paying for? In terrifying … Continue Reading