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Thu, Oct 11, 2007 18:54 EDT
An Open-Source Project with a Marketing Team. Imagine That.
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: ApplicationsBlog: You're the Boss
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Many open-source projects begin with a techie who has an itch to scratch. None of the existing tools do exactly what he wants, so he builds his own solution—then makes the source code available to
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Plone Sprint: the Wrap-Up
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: You're the Boss
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I started this series of blog posts with the intent of sharing with IT managers (and perhaps-someday managers) the process and experience of participating in an open source sprint. I have no idea
Read more »Thu, Jun 28, 2007 10:36 EDT
Plone Sprint: Exploring Developer Preconceptions
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: You're the Boss
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Yesterday's day at the plone sprint was somewhat of a slogging day. Everyone seems to have a task to do, and is busy doing it. That's good from a project progress point of view, but it makes for dull
Read more »Wed, Jun 27, 2007 14:16 EDT
Plone Sprint: Quietly Making Noise
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: You're the Boss
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At the end of the day, yesterday, the #getpaid team compared notes about what each person had accomplished. They went around the circle: Kapil had set up the workflow for finance and fulfillment, and
Read more »Tue, Jun 26, 2007 11:10 EDT
The Plone Sprint: Come Over to the Doc Side
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: You're the Boss
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Writers and developers essentially work alone. No matter how much consultation a writer does with other people, at some point it's just you and a blank screen that needs to be filled. Working on the
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The Sprint Experience
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: You're the Boss
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Open source contributors largely work alone and remotely. Every so often, though, it's worthwhile to gather in person. Just as runners "sprint" to cover as much distance as possible in a
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