If I’m honest with myself, I don’t really need access to an off-grid, fault-tolerant, mesh network like Meshtastic. The weather here in New Jersey isn’t quite so dynamic that ther…

October is here, which means it’s time for Hacktoberfest, the annual celebration of Open Source contributions hosted by DigitalOcean and friends. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is proud to be once again a community partner of Hacktoberfest this year, helping to amplify participation and welcome new contributors to the Open Source movement.

OpenFlexure is featured in this month’s Raspberry Pi magazine thanks to Jo Hinchliffe! I think you need to buy a copy to read it, or wait until next month for it to be freely available. Jo also w...

Part 4 of my conversation with Haris Shekeris, and is the last in this series. Haris and I wrap up our conversation about epistemology, democracy, open science, how people work together toward a common goal, and what Haris envisions as a potentially better system for all these things. I have found Haris to be a very open-minded person, who is interested in discussing these topics, and many others. Please reach out to him if you would like to discuss these ideas more.

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

creating tools for ocean science, education, and conservation.

This is part 3 of a conversation with Haris Shekeris. This episode will make the most sense if you listen to part 2 first, but it can be listened to stand-alone as well. Haris talks more about democracy, gives his “elevator pitch” for why democracy is important, talks about the importance of transparency and active participation, and explains the “democratic moment”. This conversation was recorded via Jitsi, and there were some technical issues leading to things like echo and a few drops during the conversation. Those have been cleaned up as much as possible and my hope is that it will not detract from the information being shared by Haris. This conversation was originally recorded in the summer of 2024.

KiCon Europe 2025 Get different formats: curl https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2025/schedule/\?format=table (default) curl https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2025/schedule/\?...

A conversation with Haris Shekeris about his thoughts on epistemology, open science, open source/hardware, and how humans work together. This is part 2 of a multi-part conversation in which Haris talks about democracy, hawks and doves, and a possible healthy ratio of those in societies. This conversation with Haris was recorded during the middle of 2024.

An introduction to Haris Shekeris and his thoughts on epistemology, open science, open source (and open hardware), and how humans work together. This is part 1 of a multi-part conversation with Haris which was recorded during the middle of 2024. Future parts of the conversation will be released over time. Ways to connect with Haris: Research Gate Academia.edu LinkedIn

It’s hard to overstate the impact desktop 3D printing has had on the making and hacking scene. It drastically lowered the barrier for many to create their own projects, and much of the protot…

You don’t have to be a Snow Crash or Tron fan to be familiar with the 3D craze that characterized the rise of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular. From phrases like ‘surfi…

YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is excited to announce the availability of a new API service providing access to the canonical list of OSI Approved Licenses®. This service is fully public and free to use.

A lot is happening on the software side. The biggest things are on the server, please do try the alpha release of the new OpenFlexure Server/OS We have also updated OpenFlexure Connect! v5.0.0-beta1 ...