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I’m excited to be a part of the new Software Stewardship Lab, which is launching today! The Software Stewardship Lab is a new organization dedicated to funding research on open source sustainability, a topic very near and dear to me that I’ve been focused on for the past few years. The entire technology ecosystem relies Continue reading Launching the Software Stewardship Lab
Regular readers of this blog know that helping organizations demonstrate the value of their open source efforts is something I ve been focused on for a while, and it s one of the consulting services that I offer. I recently summarized some of my thoughts on this topic into a single blog post where you can learn Continue reading Measuring OSPO Value: A new Linux Foundation Report
I’ve blogged before about how not every open source software project can or should live on forever: priorities change, technologies evolve, and interests shift over time. You don’t want to have neglected or abandoned open source projects with security vulnerabilities owned by your organization. However, responsibly sunsetting an open source project is more than just Continue reading From Active To…
I’ve been fortunate to be able to attend the UN Open Source Week event again this year at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City where they bring the open source community together with government and policy folks to facilitate collaboration and information sharing. For these first several days, the overarching theme is around Continue reading United Nations Open Source Week
Having good open source project governance allows us all to collaborate and work together to build more sustainable, healthy and successful projects. It’s something I’m particularly passionate about, and I’ve frequently written about it here on this blog. I collected all of those links in this post: Good Governance for Open Source Projects. Writing those Continue reading Thoughts on Governance
OSPOs and other open source teams often struggle to demonstrate the value of their work in a way that resonates with the people in leadership positions within their organization. The topic of demonstrating open source value is one that I’ve been blogging about and giving presentations about frequently over the past year, so this blog Continue reading A Strategic Approach to Demonstrating the Value…
So much of the critical infrastructure that we all rely on contains open source projects that are under-resourced and struggling. One (of many) ways to help these projects is by funding development and maintenance so that contributors can focus on this work, but times are tough. Organizations and OSPOs are feeling the pinch, and it Continue reading How OSPOs can Measure the Impact of OSS Funding
The lovely folks from CURIOSS (Community for University and Research Institution OSPOs) invited me to join them in March as part of their Deep Dive series of talks. I gave a quick overview of CHAOSS before diving into one of my favorite topics: demonstrating the value of open source efforts. This is the first time Continue reading CURIOSS: Demonstrating Open Source Value
TL;DR version: As planned, my time as the CHAOSS Director of Data Science has come to an end, but I’ll still be around the CHAOSS community as a board member and Working Group (WG) lead. I’ll be taking April and most of May off before transitioning into open source strategy consulting starting in June. The Continue reading Transitions
FOSS Backstage is one of my favorite conferences, and again this year, I had an amazing experience. I saw interesting talks, caught up with friends, met new people, and still missed talking to a few people! As with most conferences in Europe, digital sovereignty was a hot topic with quite a few talks touching on Continue reading Reflections from FOSS Backstage 2026