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Thank you for accepting the Tuit Challenge

By Kathy Lussier | by Kathy Lussier

It’s been two weeks since the 2023 Evergreen International Conference, and I am just getting around to posting the final tuit fact that was supposed to be posted shortly before the conference. In the weeks leading up to the conference, my attention was suddenly diverted by two major family life decisions, making it difficult to also bake cookies, practice karaoke, prepare a keynote presentation, and write a blog post in time for the conference. Concerned…

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Happy hackfest day!

By Kathy Lussier | by Kathy Lussier

I seem to have overextended myself with pre-conference activities that involved baking cookies, practicing karaoke, and preparing my Friday morning keynote talk. As a result, I am delaying the post with my final fun fact about tuits until this weekend. But I can’t delay posting the results of my 2023 Evergreen Conference Tuit Challenge since today is hackfest day! Many thanks to the 17 people who signed up for my Tuit Challenge and committed to…

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Purposeful Abandonment in Open-Source Projects

By Kathy Lussier | by Kathy Lussier

With less than a week until the deadline to submit hackfests commitments for the 2023 Evergreen International Conference Tuit Challenge, Rogan is just three commitments shy of getting the opportunity to pick my karaoke song. If somebody commits to working on the next OpenSRF release, he just needs two more people to step up. I am beginning to think I’ll be able to pick my own song. It’s a good thing too, because the song…

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Taking risks in an open-source community

By Kathy Lussier | by Kathy Lussier

With a little prodding from Rogan, several Evergreen community members stepped up over the past week to commit to working on a project during the hackfest day, pushing us over the threshold where I am required to sing karaoke sometime during the 2023 Evergreen International Conference. I am now researching sites where the karaoke will happen. If you know of any good karaoke bars in the downtown Worcester area that can accommodate a large group…

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Fun facts about tuits & the importance of bridges in OSS communities

By Kathy Lussier | by Kathy Lussier

It’s been four days since I issued my Tuit Challenge for the upcoming 2023 Evergreen International Conference, and two people have already signed up to try out my tuit cookies on hackfest day! Many thanks to Andrea Buntz Neiman and Jason Stephenson for their commitments for contributing during the day! We are also well on our way to giving conference goers the opportunity to permanently damage their hearing by listening to me sing karaoke. On…

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