This shit was never about eggs. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

"But it's all communication!" Yes. It is. But there's a difference between conversation and information. Know it. Appreciate it.

A fantastic overview of the recent Community Over Code event in Halifax, from the folks who put together the Groovy track. groovy.apache.org/blog/communi... #ASF

Super proud to be listed as one of the contributors to the release of Apache Flink 1.18 -- flink.apache.org/2023/10/24/a... Also, very impressed that Flink goes out of their way to acknowledge every contributor, no matter how (in my case) trivial the contribution.

The evening plane rises up from the runway, over constellations of light. I look out on a million houses and I wonder what you're doing tonight. #rush #atlanta

github.com/Everything-O... Open source communities in Africa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/rep... Republicans attacking their speaker for looking out for America tells you everything you really need to know about the Republican party.

I have a serious email hoarding problem. I have deleted more than 100,000 email messages so far today while attending a view-only meeting. And I still have almost 50gb of email remaining.

After being involved in open source community for 25 years and writing about for almost as long I'm finally reading @jonobacon.bsky.social 's "art of community." It's interesting so far. I also recommend Charles Vogl's "Art of community." Same title. Different book.

About to take the stage at Airflow Summit. Looking forward to hearing what I have to say.

LEX ✈️ DTW ✈️ YYZ for Airflow Summit! Will miss all y'all in Bilbao.

I'm looking forward to Airflow Summit in a little more than a week. I'll be talking about how to talk to your manager about open source - airflowsummit.org/sessions/202... - but mostly I'm looking forward to the conversations. Hope to see you there.

I'll be at the Airflow summit in Toronto in a few weeks to talk about Open Source communities and how to nurture them. airflowsummit.org/sessions/202...

When I read an article like this I always, always wonder whether the people involved see the irony or if they are really this stupid. https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/alabama/2023/08/08/alabama-says-creating-two-black-districts-would-be-unconstitutional/70541614007/

Alas, time to pick up a new kernel.

So ... I'm on Twitter, Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon now. I feel like I'm probably missing a few.

Just got done with a "dress rehearsal" of a presentation I'll be giving in a few weeks. I've been public speaking for 25 years, and I still get stage fright and sweats every single time I am on stage - even when it's just in front of my laptop camera.

The highest rated book in each country. https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/highest-rated-books-in-each-country

How is it that I always get into the line behind the people who have never flown? The lady in front of me agonized for several minutes over whether to put her banana in a separate bin.