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OpenStack ATL Recap to the 11s: the danger of drama + 5 challenges & 5 successes
I’ve come to accept that the “Hallway Track” is my primary session at OpenStack events. I want to thank the many people in the community who make that the best track. It’s not only full of deep...
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DefCore Advances at the Core > My take on the OSCON’14 OpenStack Board Meeting
Last week’s day-long Board Meeting (Jonathan’s summary) focused on three major topics: DefCore, Contribute Licenses (CLA/DCO) and the “Win the Enterprise” initiative. In some ways, these three topics...
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Share the love & vote for OpenStack Paris Summit Sessions (closes Wed 8/6)
This is a friendly PSA that OpenStack Paris Summit session community voting ends on Wednesday 8/6. There are HUNDREDS (I heard >1k) submissions so please set aside some time to review a handful....
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7 Open Source lessons from your English Composition class
We often act as if coding, and especially open source coding, is a unique activity and that’s hubris. Most human activities follow common social patterns that should inform how we organize open...
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OpenStack Goldilocks’ Syndrome: three questions to help us find our bearings
Action: Please join Stefano. Allison, Sean and me in Paris on Monday, November 3rd, in the afternoon (schedule link) If wishes were fishes, OpenStack’s rapid developer and user rise would include...
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Self-Exposure: Hidden Influencers become OpenStack Product Working Group
Warning to OpenStack PMs: If you are not actively involved in this effort then you (and your teams) will be left behind! The Hidden Influencers (now called “OpenStack Product Working Group”) had a...
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OpenStack PSA: Individual members we need more help – Please Vote!
1/17 Update: We did it! We reached quorum and approved all the changes! Also, I am honored to have been re-elected to the Board. Thank you for the support. I saw the latest report and we’ve still...
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All About That Loop. Lessons from the OpenStack Product Mid-Cycle
OpenStack loves to track developer counts and committers, but velocity without A Feedback loop to set direction is unlikely to get us anywhere sustainable. Last week, I attended the first day of the...
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Infrastructure Masons is building a community around data center practice
IT is subject to seismic shifts right now. Here’s how we cope together. For a long time, I’ve advocated for open operations (“OpenOps”) as a way to share best practices about running data centers. I’ve...
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