by Jono Bacon | Aug 29, 2016 | Free Software, Linux, Open Source
Last week a bun-fight kicked off on the Linux kernel mailing list that led to some interesting questions about how and when we protect open source projects from bad actors. This also shone the light on some interesting community dynamics. The touchpaper was lit when...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 29, 2016 | Community, Reddit
Just a short reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday 30th August 2016 at 9am Pacific (see other time zone times here) I will be doing a Reddit AMA about community strategy/management, developer relations, open source, music, and anything else you folks want to ask about. Want...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 25, 2016 | Community, Community Management, Social Media
Social media is everywhere. Millions of users, seemingly almost as many networks, and many agencies touting that they have mastered the zen-like secrets to social media and can bring incredible traction. While social media has had undeniable benefits to many, it has...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 18, 2016 | Clients, data.world
Earlier this year when I was in Austin, my friend Andy Sernovitz introduced me to a new startup called data.world. What caught my interest is that they are building a platform to make data science and discovery easier, more accessible, and more collaborative. I love...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 17, 2016 | Reddit
On Tuesday 30th August 2016 at 9am Pacific (see other time zone times here) I will be doing a Reddit AMA about my work in community strategy, management, developer relations, open source, music, and elsewhere. For those unfamiliar with Reddit AMAs, it is essentially a...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 15, 2016 | Clients, HackerOne
A few weeks ago I flew out to Las Vegas with HackerOne to help run an event we had been working on for a while called H1-702. It was a hackathon designed for some of the world’s most talented security hackers. H1-702 was one piece in a picture to ensure...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 12, 2016 | Creative Commons, jonobacon.com
Earlier this week I was asked this on Twitter: An entirely reasonable question given that I had entirely failed to provide clarity on how my content is licensed on each page. So, thanks, Elio, for helping me to fix this. You will now see a licensing blurb at the...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 11, 2016 | Events
Update: my talk has been moved to 1.30pm on Friday 19th August 2016. Just a quick note to let you know that I will be zooming my way on the reddest of red eyes to Pittsburgh, PA to speak at Abstractions next week. I first heard about Abstractions some time ago and I...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 10, 2016 | Travel
I spend a fair bit of time traveling. Like many of you, this involves catching planes, trains, and automobiles, schlepping around between airports and hotels, figuring out conference centers, and more. Some years back I shared a room with my friend Pete Graner and was...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 1, 2016 | Education, Technology
Earlier this week, @naval (CEO and co-founder of AngelList) asked a question on Twitter: At the heart of his question is an interesting observation. As automation and artificial intelligence replaces manual jobs, how do we retrain people in the new knowledge economy...
