Slides available on SlideShare (I need to fix an embedding bug on the blog, oops).

Most of you know what Open Source Software is and hopefully think it's awesome. Have you ever contributed a patch? A translation? A bug report? Would you like to do any of this?

(If this …

Hello good people who attended my talk on "making your first open-source contribution" for the January edition of the Girl Geek Dinners in Dublin. I hope you enjoyed it!

The slides are available on Slideshare - this version is actually missing a couple of recent updates, the main one being the …

Are you an experienced open-source contributor interested in recruiting new people for your project?

Are you a fan of open-source who would be interested in contributing at any level but isn't sure how to?

Come to Tog's first Open-Source Night on February 20th!

The general view of open-source communities when standing at the edges is probably a vision of endless flames, strong personalities clashing, patches being ripped to shreds on mailing-lists, RTFMs, and the general need to have a thick skin when going in there or being crushed to pieces. The high-profile projects …

I gave my presentation on "making your first open-source contribution" in Tog yesterday evening and I think it went down well; I enjoyed delivering the talk and received positive comments about it afterwards -- although I do need to speak louder. I'm enjoying lightning talks! Now, what to speak about next …