Tag: FLOSS
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An event organizer’s duty of care: from Codes of Conduct to Health and Safety policies
If you’ve been organizing events in tech over the last couple of decades, you’ve seen significant improvement in the way organizers think about inclusion. There was the #CoCPledge movement that made it mainstream for our events to have Codes of Conduct (CoC), and increasingly we see events offering childcare, providing financial aid, and incorporating live…
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Stop defining people by what they’re not: on “non-code contributors”
I’ve been outspoken about my dislike of the term “non-code contributors” for a while now. I mentioned it again on my socials recently, beginning: “I suggest that if you find yourself about to use the phrase “non-code contributors” or “non-technical contributions,” you should stop, remind yourself of your goals, and use entirely different language.” The…
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New possibilities as I cut ties with Meta
This week, I am ceasing my use of Instagram. Over the course of 2023, I will cease use of Messenger. My timeline for departing Facebook is less clear, but it is a certainty that I will leave the platform. I’m not interested in persuading others to follow, but I will explain: For-profit social platforms will…
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The deep end of the Fediverse, and a blog
From an imploding Twitter to a profusion of federated and self-hosted platforms, including this blog. A few years ago I started the work to reclaim my digital and online footprint, to bring more of it within my own control using open source software and privacy-minded services. At the time that meant trading Gmail for Fastmail…