I've previously written about the multi-app platform of my dreams as a community professional: The Community OS stack. While undeniably ...
Community OS stack — Open Indie
The Great Untangling: Part 1 – Shaping the foundations. To sufficiently express my identity as a netizen I require: global group messag...
The Philosophy of Open Source in Community and Enterprise Software
Open Source Initiative (OSI) Logo The idea behind open source software is a simple one. Developers decide to make the source c...
Indiegraf: The Operating System Built for Independent Newsrooms
Manage, publish, monetize and grow with Indiegraf—supporting 180+ independent media outlets and covering all your publishing needs in one place.
Open Source Explained — Open Indie
Musings on the concept of ‘open source’, in the broadest possible definition of the term. Also an invitation to become a participant in ...
👋 Introducing Roundabout: built for neighbors, with neighbors
New_ Public’s app for local communities enters closed beta in five pilot communities
👋 Introducing Roundabout: built for neighbors, with neighbors
New_ Public’s app for local communities enters closed beta in five pilot communities
Sustainable Indie Software — Helftone
We have seen a large shift in the app economy over the past 7 years which has had a huge impact on indie software. In many ways, we have regressed to state which is simply unsustainable in the long term. If you only look at the highly publicised successes, you might assume independent developers are rolling in cash. Do not be fooled, the situation on the ground, especially on iOS, is actually very different – many indies are struggling to make a living.
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first community should help build it
Your community’s cloud, run together
Most communities that want to leave Big Tech hit the same wall. The tools exist. The values are right. But someone has to install everything, keep it updated, wire the login together across a dozen apps, and be on call when something breaks — and for a volunteer-run association or a small collective, that someone usually does not exist.
Creating and growing healthy community open source projects [PLoP 2020]
Abstract: This article presents a succinct and minimal handbook of best practices of how to create and grow community open source projects. We start with the assumption that the handbook’s user has…
Reimagining OSS Licensing and Commercialization with Fair Source - Adam Jacob, System Initiative
The Community Lifecycle: From Launch to Legacy
Serious community builders know that communities are ecosystems; they have a lifecycle that needs adaptive strategies. That lifecycle stretches from Inception – which begins well before the free platform trial stage
microcosm: atproto building blocks
Open-source atproto services and resilient community infrastruture to launch your next app
microcosm: atproto building blocks
Open-source atproto services and resilient community infrastruture to launch your next app