I'm looking forward to attending the Digital Resilience Forum on October 29 in Madrid! I'm particularly interested in the discussions around digital sovereignty and OSS sustainability. It's free to attend, and you can request your ticket and get other details by visiting digitalresilienceforum.com

At OSSEU, I talked about power dynamics, rug pulls, and corporate impacts on OSS sustainability. The point of the talk was that OSPOs can think strategically about what the power dynamics mean and how to anticipate / mitigate the risks associated with rug pulls. fastwonderblog.com/2025/09/18/w...

My OpenUK blog post, The Shifting Power Dynamics in Open Source: Rug Pulls, Relicensing and Forks, just went live! I hope you enjoy it. openuk.uk/blog-shiftin...

Our Call for Participation for FOSS Backstage is now officially open! Find all the important information you need at a glance in our new blog post. Read the blog post: 26.foss-backstage.de... Submit your proposal: 26.foss-backstage.de...

I wrote a blog post about how OSPOs can take a more strategic approach to conference talks based on some work that I did at previous companies to get the right people speaking at the right events, including improving talk acceptance rates. fastwonderblog.com/2025/09/07/h...

Here's the 5th blog post in my recent series about governance. This one talks about open source project ownership along with the pros, cons, and risks associated with individual, corporate, and foundation ownership. fastwonderblog.com/2025/08/31/g...

I'm looking forward to attending the Digital Resilience Forum on October 29 in Madrid! I'm particularly interested in the discussions around digital sovereignty and OSS sustainability. It's free to attend, and you can request your ticket and get other details by visiting digitalresilienceforum.com

I've decided to do a little more consulting (in addition to CHAOSS) focused on open source strategy, contributor strategy, project governance, and similar topics. I'm only looking for short engagements. If you'd like to pay for a few hours of my time for advice or feedback, visit fastwonder.com

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Anyone know who's behind governance.md? They have templates, but they don't specify a license or any attribution for where the templates came from, which seems odd in the open source world.

I'll be talking about Power Dynamics, Rug Pulls, and Other Corporate Impacts on OSS Sustainability at #OSSummit today at 4:20 in D201. I hope to see some of you there! sched.co/25VtI

I prepped our online grocery order before I left for the #OSSummit and Paul says that I somehow ordered 8 large bottles of ginger beer. So, I’m taking recommendations for not too sweet cocktails that use ginger beer 🤣

Later today! I’m looking forward to talking about Open Source Communities with @aeva.online at the Open Source Summit Europe! Catch us at #OSSEU at 1530 if you’re interested in how we’re thinking about sustainability and continuity for Open Source Communities!

If you're here at the #OSSummit in Amsterdam, I'm on a panel about educating the next generation of open source project contributors at 11:20: sched.co/25Vmi I hope you'll join us! I'll be around all week, so you can also find me if you want some CHAOSS / OpenUK stickers, and I have a few earrings!

You know what never gets old? People in inflatable t-rex suits visiting t-rex skeletons in museums

The next post in my series about open source project governance talks about creating intentional culture with robust governance documentation that can help make your project more sustainable over time. fastwonderblog.com/2025/08/19/g...

If you missed the OpenChain webinar where we gave an overview of the CHAOSS project, you can watch the replay to learn more about what we do and how to join us! openchainproject.org/news/2025/08...

Well, this explains why tater tots are everywhere in Oregon. In related news, I miss good tater tots 🤣

I spent a chunk of the day designing some new earrings / necklaces for 3D printing. Designs are online if anyone wants them: makerworld.com/en/models/17... Paul did a bunch of fish tank maintenance, so we’re rewarding ourselves with martinis while we wait for the sourdough pizza crust to rise.

I loved this book! You should read it :)

If you've heard about CHAOSS and want to learn more, we'll be giving an overview of the project at today's OpenChain Webinar. I hope to see some of you there! openchainproject.org/news/2025/07...

My third post in a series about governance talks about ways to grow your contributor base and reduce maintainer workload by using a contributor ladder to define pathways into leadership for contributors to your open source project. I hope you enjoy reading it! fastwonderblog.com/2025/08/12/g...

In an attempt to spend less time doomscrolling, I’ve started playing Pokemon Go again. If anyone wants to friend me for pints and gifts, here’s my trainer code 414999043487 😁

Finished my family tech support good deed for my Ohio vacation. My parents had been sharing an Apple account - 1 account and 2 phones, which means that they randomly got text messages via iMessage intended for the other. I finally got them separated into their own accounts.

Fun thing about visiting my parents is seeing them wearing T-shirts that I’ve given them over the years for tech from days gone by .. MeeGo, Sun era OpenOffice, and Pivotal.

So far today: 1) I ran 3 miles 2) I walked 2.5 miles with mom 3) I’m on vacation I think I deserved those potato chips and dip that I just had for my late breakfast. Don’t worry, I also had some watermelon to make it healthy. 😂

Enjoying a few days in Ohio with sweet corn for dinner every evening. Yesterday we had it with Thai slaw and tofu with peanut sauce, and tonight it was with pad Thai. I’ve also had delicious watermelon margaritas, puzzles, and quality time with friends. 💖

The second blog post in my series about governance talks about documenting your existing project governance, starting with something simple, and a few key elements that should be included in your governance docs. I hope you enjoy it! fastwonderblog.com/2025/08/03/g...

That's how you can tell human authors from AI. AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off. Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.

If you're at #fossy, my talk about power dynamics, relicensing, and forks starts at 11:45 in the Science of Community room (333), and even if you aren't here, you can still have a look at the slides: fastwonderblog.com/wp-content/u... #fossy2025

I really enjoyed the #fossy keynote this am where they talked about defining governance as like a prenup where you need to specify what happens if things go wrong. This analogy aligns really well with how I talked about governance in a recent blog post: fastwonderblog.com/2025/07/29/g... #fossy2025

I’m here at #fossy and have a few CHAOSS earrings and stickers. Find me if you’d like some. With my bright purple hair, I’m not hard to find 😂 #fossy2025

I wrote a short blog post about why open source project governance is important, and it's the first in a series about governance! Being proactive about governance before something escalates into a crisis can make your projects more sustainable and reliable. fastwonderblog.com/2025/07/29/g...

Join me at the Digital Resilience Forum in Madrid on October 29. It's a great opportunity to talk about different approaches to digital sovereignty from across the EU, UK, & beyond + how OSS fits into these approaches! Register now to get the early bird rate of €100.00 at digitalresilienceforum.com

We just launched a CHAOSS Practitioner Guide about Demonstrating Organizational Value. A huge thank you to @mrbobbytabl.es, since his presentations were the inspiration for the guide and they were the starting point for the content in the guide. fastwonderblog.com/2025/07/22/d...

For those of you waiting patiently for some 'Porcupine eating a slice of banana' content in order to get your week off to the perfect start, your patience is about to be rewarded.......

Paul and I had a fun weekend in Bristol! We used the Gromit statues as an excuse to explore various parts of Bristol. We also saw 2 Banksys and had delicious food and cocktails. Now we’re back at home relaxing with happy hour martinis.

Nominate yourself or a colleague in the OpenUK Awards 2025 Open Data category sponsored by @odihq.bsky.social 💫 openuk.uk/awards Shortlist September #opendata #openukawards #opensource 🏆🌟

Traditional pathways into open source don’t work for everyone, and we need to expand our contributor pipelines beyond the usual audiences if we want to have more sustainable open source projects where everyone can feel comfortable participating. #OSSummit fastwonderblog.com/2025/07/14/f...

Homemade melon margaritas with a tajin rim on a warm afternoon!

If you’re having a bad day, here’s a cute bunny eating...

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May I offer you a small duck in these trying times?

My favorite event of the year! Don't forget to nominate some amazing UK individuals, projects, and organizations across our 9 categories of awards!

I was on a panel with @georglink.bsky.social, Alyssa Wright, and @andrewnez.bsky.social at #OSSummit on the impact of funding for sustainable OSS projects. I wrote a little blog post on the topic to go along with the video from our panel. I hope you enjoy it! fastwonderblog.com/2025/07/08/t...

I really enjoyed doing this interview with Anita Ihuman as part of her #OpenSourceDiaries series of video podcasts! She's also done some other great interviews, so you should check out her YouTube channel for others in this series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQLA...

I got to hang out at the House of Commons in Parliament this evening! I had a great time at the OpenUK launch for our most recent AI Openness update report “From Agentic to Public Good in 2025”! Visit openuk.uk/stateofopen/... to read the full report!

You should hire Celeste, an awesome human with excellent tech writing / dev rel skills.

The fun of having a partner with very different cultural references (he grew up in the UK, me US). Talking about Ron Howard and he acts as if he’s known as Richie from Happy Days. I ask, but what about Opie from the Andy Griffith Show, which he’s never even heard of. Also never heard of Don Knotts 🤪

It’s good to be home after almost 2 weeks of travel! I’m enjoying a watermelon and mint margarita with a tajin rim while we wait for Paul’s homemade sourdough pizza crust to finish doing its thing.