There were a lot of reasons I started writing a newsletter back in 2016. Having worked at a few organizations whose business was sending millions of emails a day, one thing is for sure: Mail is hard and not for the faint of heart. Using a service that handles mail delivery is step one, in my opinion. After that, I figured a newsletter is, “sending an email every week.” Anyone can do that, right? ...
CIQ Open Source Under Attack In March 2022, when the US Federal Reserve System ended its Zero Interest Rate Policy, or ZIRP era, interest rates began rising, marking the end of the “cheap money period.” Almost all major tech companies conducted layoffs in the following months, citing various economic pressures, including higher borrowing costs. This shift significantly impacted open source contributors across multiple projects. Combined with the recent AI boom period, where AI has undergone a dramatic shift in the enterprise arena from a nascent technology to an indispensable tool, maintainers and organizations are being forced to rethink their processes and procedures for the AI era. The impacts on open source software communities are unfolding right before our eyes, demanding coordinated responses rather than isolated reactions. ...
I was helping to staff the Cloud Native Computing Foundation booth at ChefConf 2018 when the topic of encouraging folks to write articles about what they’re doing with Kubernetes came up. One common problem often encountered is convincing folks that what they’re doing is interesting work. The next problem is convincing folks that writing is not too difficult. Breaking down the task of writing into three steps is helpful: Outline Proofread Formatting Having an outline is important when writing any work. It doesn’t have to be fancy if the topic is straightforward for the writer. But, it should exist regardless because it simplifies the writing process. For example, here’s the outline for this article: ...
What is a blog? Blog is short for weblog. Blogger.com defines a blog/weblog as, “a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically - like a what’s new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly - from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction.” Blogs are essentially evolution of Internet communications. E-mail, instant messaging, newsgroups and forums are all great forms of communication but a weblog or blog offers unique, personal communication on a global scale. Also, blogs have become increasing simple to implement and there are numerous “turn-key” solutions to creating a blog. The weblog’s ease of use is a key factor in their increasing popularity. Not only can blogs be easy to setup they are easy to maintain and update. Once a blog is created adding content can be as simple as typing and sending an e-mail. The ease of use of blogs is probably the key reason for their rampant popularity. However, their ease of use could be their demise. ...