Category Archives: open source

Journalists don’t understand Wikipedia sometimes

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Liz Henry

This morning I saw some pissed-off twitters that led me to articles about Wikipedia’s sexist bias. Always up for a little early morning smash-the-patriarchy outrage, and well aware of some of the clusterfucks that often play out in Wikipedia admin … Continue reading →

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File a bug: the missing manual, now with unicorns

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Liz Henry

At countless conference talks I have heard standard advice on “how to get involved in an open source project”. It goes something like this: Step 1. File a bug! Step 2. Submit a patch! (repeat steps 1 and 2 for … Continue reading →

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Noisebridge! Best thing ever!

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Liz Henry

On April 2nd and 3rd I am going to spend several hours teaching at least 70 high school physics students how to solder and some alluring information about contributing to open source software! They are doing a project to design … Continue reading →

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CodeTriage looks very cool!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Liz Henry

André Klapper showed me a nifty tool called CodeTriage yesterday. I really like its simplicity, its friendliness, and what it conveys about open source bug management. Once you sign into CodeTriage with your github account you can browse code repositories … Continue reading →

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Bugs and sheriffs in London

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Liz Henry

Travelling Bugmaster update! I am in London with a bunch of the automation tools team for a work week. Ed, jeads, Chris, Ryan, dave, and mauro have been neck deep in making decisions about the structure of a new version … Continue reading →

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First day at Mozilla!

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Liz Henry

I spent yesterday in the San Francisco Mozilla office, meeting people, setting up my laptop, and getting a general orientation. It’s in the Hills Brothers Coffee building across the plaza from Google, so I went past a hilarious statue (too … Continue reading →

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Changing the World with Open Source

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Liz Henry

Today I was on a panel, Changing the World with Open Source, for the Women Who Tech Telesummit. I came away feeling charged up and inspired at the thought that the other panelists and I were really on the same … Continue reading →

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Support open data and defend Aaron Swartz

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Liz Henry

I fully support Aaron Swartz as he fights unjustified charges from the U.S. government, and hope that my readers will support him too. Aaron is a researcher who works with huge datasets and has worked on many open data projects. … Continue reading →

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Small press in a box

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Liz Henry

I met David Merritt at linux.conf.au in Wellington, New Zealand earlier this year. He had a table in the exhibitor’s hall on Open Day and was making tiny books there with his son. He was carrying around Landrover Farm Press … Continue reading →

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