Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Please join Leonard and me in donating to the Ada Initiative. Why? Let me tell you a story, and then a surprise. My parents came to the US from Karnataka, in south India, in the …
Three tips to help new Google Summer of Code applicants and interns, some of which all remote workers could stand to remember: Never let yourself get stuck on a technical question or problem for more …
Yesterday I delivered a reasonably well-received talk at Open Tech NYC in which I introduced the crowd to their New York open tech neighbors. That is, I explained the four freedoms that define what make …
I hope you'll read two blog entries I just wrote, whether you consider yourself a "techie" or not. They're meant to explain why the recent Wikimedia data center migration was difficult and took a long …
Wikimedia Foundation is hiring, a lot. We need your help to: help more poor people access Wikipedia for free via SMS (mobile engineer) get from deploying every two weeks to continuous integration, so everyone benefits …
I arrived in San Francisco yesterday in just enough time to speed to Wikimedia Foundation headquarters and present: Watch, live, via screensharing as a developer fixes a bug, including investigation, git commit, getting it reviewed …
I decided to transcribe the speech in which newly reelected US President Barack Obama thanks his campaign staff and reflects on his own experience as a community organizer. I hope this helps nonnative English speakers …
Why is open data important? Here's an example from the Wikimedia chapter in Hungary. For context: every year people all over the world participate in the "Wiki Loves Monuments" contest, taking photos of monuments and …
Leonard and I met because of the open source movement. We owe our livelihoods to open source, and its values -- inclusiveness, compassion, empowerment, equal and fair treatment for all -- help make us who …
Leonard is listening to the History of Rome podcast and tells me the best bits. Lessons include: An emperor is a single point of failure. Be proactive about answering your mail (paging Caracalla). If the …