by Jono Bacon | Dec 18, 2018 | Community, User Interfaces
Lego is an ingenious invention in that there is value in the individual blocks, but unlimited value in what you can build with them. Sure, you get the instructions with a new set to build the race car, but what really rocks is the super jet-powered drone...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 7, 2018 | Community, Uncategorized
This is an article I wrote for Forbes, which I wanted to share here too. Peloton are a fascinating company. Founded in 2012, they started selling their spinning bikes in 2014. These bikes are not your usual spinning affair though, they have large touchscreen wedged on...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 16, 2018 | Community, Conflict Resolution, Linux
Today, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, which powers everything from smartwatches to electrical grids posted a pretty remarkable note on the kernel mailing list. As a little bit of backstory, Linus has sometimes come under fire for the ways in which he has...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 24, 2018 | Community, Community Leadership Conference, Community Management
Last week I ran the Community Leadership Summit in Portland, Oregon, and also attended the OSCON summit there. It was a fantastic week and I will be following up with more details about CLS soon. While there, my old friend (and editor of The Art of Community), Andy...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 4, 2018 | Community, Community Leadership Conference, Community Management
Earlier last year I announced last year that I was partnering up with the Linux Foundation to create the Open Community Conference as part of their Open Source Summit events in North America and Europe. Well, the events happened, and it was (in my humble opinion) an...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 7, 2017 | Business, Community, Innersource, Jono Bacon Consulting, Leadership
I have be honest with you folks, the last few weeks have been crazy with travel. Since the beginning of September I have been to Hong Kong, Orlando, Charleston, Prague, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and I am about to head to New York. In this time I have keynoted two...
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