OPEN SOURCE
EVERYDAY
Adam Butler / @labfoo
Bristech - May 7th 2015
What is open source
software in which the original source code is
made freely available and may be
redistributed and modified.
public code != open source
Licence your code
http://choosealicense.com/licenses/
Open source is everywhere
http://lab.io
*As you might be able to tell this graph is very much not to scale
1999
207 days
& counting
checkem
tech_talks
bristoljs
rails-bootsrap
public_holidays
poll
qTip2
chirp
riotjs-rails
flappy.xyz
chirp
dial-a-drone
bar-chuck
node-launcher
meetup
osxjs
atom-prttify
blog
extjs-rails
canvas-rotate
generator-gulp-angular
triangulator
carrierwave
wedding-on-rails
wedding-on-rails-gem
pushitrealgood
io
spaaaccccce
teapot
node-sms-drone
node-rolling-spider
node-pi-security
camtrap
vuejs-rails
pi-power
ldapkit
kevlar
wwad
bristol-node-school
conduct
theaterjs
diy.js
jsbin
24pullrequests
device-orientation
paperclip-meta
chart-js-rails
momentjs-rails
touchstonejs
select2-rails
focusable
learn.github.com
textteaser
skrollr-rails
ruby-golf
node-launcher-client
bathruby.github.io
conduct
whaletonjohn
responsive.js
docker-slanger
opentokrtc
peer-js-devices
alfred-workflow-package-manager-workflow
angular-js-for-data-driven-applications
alfred-workflow-package-manager
stanford-cs193p-ios-swift-calculator
Alfred-Workflow-html2haml
phonegap-facebook-plugin
geo-pusher
Image credit: https://www.fullstackedu.com
18 MONTHS
Vote @ http://poll.lab.io/pm
rule[0]
Do something every day
that is open source or will be open source
$ git init
$ git commit --allow-blank
rule[1]
Leave it better than you found it
rule[2]
Ship early, ship often
rule[3]
if itsBroken {
fixIt()
}
>
Ship early, ship often
What now?
Working on other people's projects exposes you to
new processes & different opinions
Lessons learnt
Don't be afraid to give stuff away...
not everybody wants to steal your ideas.
I've more time for new projects
I have less time for other things
Working on other people's projects exposes you to
new processes & different opinions
Lessons learnt
It's ok to be a generalist
Nothing of significance has changed
The unexpected
The unexpected
207 days
& counting
The unexpected
The unexpected
Questions?
Adam Butler
@labfoo | /adambutler
