Tag Archives: community

A path to design social apps that don’t suck

Posted on 19 July, 2010 by Stef

Existing social networking apps suck because human social interactions is simply more complex than adding a ‘friend’. This presentation shows quite clearly why Facebook sucks and the email/phone addressbooks suck, too. Take a full 40 minutes to read it carefully … Continue reading →

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First thing: Love your community

Posted on 29 June, 2010 by Stef

I’m glad that Jorg Janke shared his experience of developing a commercial open source business with Compiere because you learn from failures as well as success. His long piece has some interesting parts, but what caught my attention most is … Continue reading →

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Join a community, land a great job

Posted on 14 June, 2010 by Stef

Joining a community not only makes you feel better but can land you a great job. Janet Swisher has been contributing to the online community FLOSS Manuals writing documentation for free/libre software. In a message to the community she wrote: … Continue reading →

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Why I wish I could reject your email attachment

Posted on 31 March, 2010 by Stef

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched a campaign calling on all computer users to start politely rejecting email attachments sent in secret and proprietary formats: for freedom and the good of the web!  I believe that open standards are … Continue reading →

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The New Funambol Phone Sniper Program

Posted on 9 March, 2010 by Stef

After revisiting the Funambol Code Sniper, I thought it was time to adjust also the Phone Sniper program. Funambol Phone Sniper is the easiest way to contribute to the community: participants help by testing the compatibility of their device with … Continue reading →

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Choose a good license and manage well the community

Posted on 11 February, 2010 by Stef

Some of the things that Mike Tienman said in this interview with InternetNews.com I could have said myself. I have come to believe that a license alone is neither a secret to success nor an absolution of sin. Exactly: choosing … Continue reading →

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3 ways to get cash over the holidays with Funambol

Posted on 17 December, 2009 by Stef

The winter holidays are a provide a good opportunity to  do something useful in that downtime between celebrations. Funambol’s community programs provide three ways to have fun and earn some cash, too. 1. Participate in the Code Sniper program: it … Continue reading →

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How To Mix Agile And Software Developed By A Community

Posted on 23 November, 2009 by Stef

Back from Italian Agile Day where Stefano Fornari of Funambol with Marco Abis of Sourcesense animated a debate about mixing Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) and Agile development methods. I used to think that there was no issue because, after … Continue reading →

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Perché ristabilire il senso di comunità porta al successo

Posted on 11 November, 2009 by Stef

Ho tenuto oggi una lezione di tre ore al Social Media Lab dello IULM dal titolo Etica della società digitale, ovvero perché ristabilire il senso di comunità porta al successo. Oggi ho avuto la conferma che il software libero ormai … Continue reading →

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Free Software Debate Antipatterns – robmyers

Posted on 2 October, 2009 by Stef

A collection of fallacious arguments commonly encountered in debates about Free Software. via Free Software Debate Antipatterns – robmyers.

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