A few days ago I joined the Eclipse Foundation as Program Manager, working remotely from Spain.
Tag: open source
Software Product Inventory: what is it and how to implement it.
Software Product Inventory. Tips and tricks to apply this concept in practice.
Interview candidates with an Open Source background
I often say that there are two actions that define the line management role: one-on-ones and hiring people. This is specially true in growing organizations. If you nail these two actions, you have a good chance to truly influence, the ultimate goal, in my view, of any line manager. One of the common strategies to … Continue reading Interview candidates with an Open Source background
OpenSouthCode 2019 recap and new information added to my site
OpenSouthCode 2019 recap OpenSouthCode is a FLOSS event that takes place in Málaga, Spain, every year. I have written about it before: Preview of the 2017 edition (in Spanish). Summary of the 2018 edition, among other events. The event tool place this year in a new venue, significantly better than the previous one, in my … Continue reading OpenSouthCode 2019 recap and new information added to my site
FOSDEM 2019 and CHAOSS EU 2019 report
FOSDEM is over and it is time to recap. Last year I decided to take a break and did not attend to the event. This year I was really looking forward to attend. I will start by thanking Codethink Ltd for sponsoring my trip. It is always a pleasure to work in a company that … Continue reading FOSDEM 2019 and CHAOSS EU 2019 report
BuildStream metrics: exploration
Metrics and telemetry are fundamental in any engineering activity to evaluate, learn and improve. They are also needed to consolidate a culture in which opinion and experience are continuously challenged, in which experimentation and evidence becomes the norm and not the exception, in which transparency rules so co-workers are empowered, in which data analysis leads … Continue reading BuildStream metrics: exploration
Stable: not moving vs. not breaking
There are two terms that brings a heavy controversy in the Open Source world: support and stable. Both of them have their roots in the "old days" of Open Source, where its commercial impact was low and very few companies made business with it. You probably have read a lot about maintenance vs support. This … Continue reading Stable: not moving vs. not breaking
My new gravatar
More and more applications invite you to add a pic in your profile, a gravatar. In some applications and specially in social media the size and position of these gravatars are becoming prominent, too much for my taste. I am not a fan of pictures, I have never been. I do not like selfies, I … Continue reading My new gravatar
A summary of my participation at OSS EU / ELCE 2018
ELCE 2018 has been a key event each of my 3 years at Codethink. It is an interesting conference from the technical and business point of view. This year the event was collocated again with several others, like the Open Source Summit Europe (OSS EU). It took place in Edinburgh, UK, I city I find … Continue reading A summary of my participation at OSS EU / ELCE 2018
Back from Akademy 2018. What an event!
A few days back I wrote about Akademy 2018 and my expectations and duties at the event. This is a report based on that previous post. Akademy 2018 in Vienna, Austria, has been the best one in I've attended to in recent years. We event got a record number of sponsors, Codethink among them, and … Continue reading Back from Akademy 2018. What an event!
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