Open Technologies
Free software or open source related posts.
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Grow your [engineering] brand while putting privacy first
At the last DevOps meetup in Prague, I stepped on stage with a clear goal: to help others grow, not just technically, but professionally. As I spoke, I walked the audience through why building a personal brand matters in today’s industry, especially as many of us rely on platforms that don’t always align with our … Read more
Why I donate and volunteer, and why you can do it yourself.
I am sharing a story about donating, volunteering, and supporting the things I believe in to show you that there is something you could do with your skills or financial assets to turn the world in a better direction. It’s not a secret that I donate more than $3000 a year for projects that align … Read more
Openstreetmap: Let’s fix the urls
I have created a small challenge via MapRoulette to fix something that is bothering me: The usage of http only url’s. The effort would give me the chance also to review non-existing urls as well. The OSM database is pretty old and some update with the correct location could be necessary! If you want to … Read more
Thunderbird Mobile now speaks Bulgarian
I finished with the translation of the Thunderbird mobile into Bulgarian. We are now at 100%. The next steps are to see how it fits into the beta and then do some changes if the strings are too long or don’t make any sense, given the way the translation is done. In the future if … Read more
Thunderbird Council, FOSDEM, OpenStreetMap, KDE Plasma6.
The following two weeks will be filled with free and open-source software (FOSS) activities for me. Thunderbird Council I am running for one of the seats of the Thunderbird Council – the governing body for the Thunderbird project. If you have voting rights for the project, please look at the mailing list, see what I want to … Read more