Fedora, Red Hat, and open brands
A Twitter friend asked me the other day if I had been doing any more thinking about open brands. Turns out I have. Two weeks ago, she and I had a conversation where we discussed how Red Hat had opened...
View ArticleBanking your community karma for a rainy day
Ms. Piggy Bank sez: community karma no longer requires a deposit slip. At lunch today, I sat in on a presentation by Red Hat community architect Karsten Wade about open source community-building best...
View ArticleTen people from Red Hat you should follow
Most Twitter users have probably heard of the Twitter tradition of Follow Friday, where you take time on Fridays to introduce your friends to some folks they should be following. Well, I’m lucky to be...
View ArticleThree tips for escaping the creativity peloton without giving up on...
If you’ve ever watched a road bike race like the Tour de France, you know the peloton is the big group of riders that cluster together during the race to reduce drag. It’s a great example of...
View ArticleIs Jaron Lanier just a hater, or should we be paying attention?
Last week, my friend Greg DeKoenigsberg posted an article about Jaron Lanier’s negative comments regarding open textbooks. At almost very same time, I happened to stumble upon an article Jaron wrote...
View ArticleCan truly great design be done the open source way?
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about Apple and open innovation. The discussion in the comments about Apple’s success, despite their non-openness, was pretty interesting. Greg DeKoenigsberg started...
View ArticleWant to reinvent management? Start with the managers.
Maybe some day we’ll look back on the role of the manager in our organizations and laugh. Such a quaint trend. Kind of like having The Clapper in every room of your house, or wearing multiple Swatch...
View ArticleSome words of thanks from a new author
The first copies of The Ad-Free Brand showed up at the house on Friday afternoon. So I guess that means, after nine months of work, it is finally out. Awesome. This book is the work of many people. It...
View ArticleGreg DeKoenigsberg’s Law of Institutional Idiocy
Every organization has people who act or work in ways that are detrimental to the brand. Often, if these people get results (meaning they make financial targets or otherwise achieve the goals that have...
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