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Running an OpenSource Project - Sean Cribbs

Sean Cribbs led a very wide ranging talk on how to manage and contribue to an open source project at last weeks Raleigh Ruby Camp.
Some things really stuck out to me:
1. The move to Github quieted the number of people who thought they were heavy handed as they could just fork whenever they wanted.
2. [...]

By Michael Buckbee | 24 Oct 08 | Also published in How To, OpenSource, Startups, Strategy, System Administration | Comments (0)

Nelson’s RSS Problem

Nelson Minar was helping a friend sort out why: “Google Reader was sending folks to his own domain rather than directly to the link destination.”
Turns out it is because of the differences between guid and link elements in an RSS Feed. You can tell he’s really frustrated with the time and effort this cost him [...]

By Michael Buckbee | 10 Apr 08 | Also published in RSS, Syndication, User Interface | Comments (0)