Stormy Peters

I love giving talks that explore big questions — the kind that are facing all of us right now and that nobody has fully figured out yet.

Your one-on-one meetings with your manager aren’t just another meeting.

Participation in online collaborative sites is decreasing, and the numbers are striking.

Successful open source software leaders are great communicators.

There are two widespread beliefs about AI that I’m certain are wrong: 1.

The debate over open source AI continues to rage after years of discussion.

Doing research for my Grow an Organization by Planting Volunteers at SCALE, I ran across Dirk Riehle’s article on the Five Stages of Open Source Volunteering.

AI is killing open source software.

I’m curious how AI coding assistants will change open source software development.

The United Nations is encouraging the use of open source.

This post is one of a series of posts about what open source software projects can do (if they wish to) to make it easier for companies to participate in their projects.

If you are looking for an open source governance model, there are two resources to explore.

Several happenings over the weekend are case studies in how open source software communities work.

Do you remember those 4 brave, little, black kindergarten girls who were the first to attend a desegregated school?

This article was originally published on Medium.

I recently read Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust , Why that is a Problem, and What to do About It.

[caption id=“attachment_2270” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”] Photo by A Healthier Michigan[/caption] I’ve been watching kids sports for 12 years now and I’ve seem some crazy behavior from parents.

I just listened to Mike McQuaid’s FOSDEM talk, Why People Don’t Contribute to Your Open Source Project.

One of the challenges of public speaking is timing your talk.

Every time I rate a book, I struggle with what I’m rating it on.

It’s become unacceptable to not know it all.

I read the Four Burner theory and I call bullshit.

I was watching Guardians of the Galaxy, Part 2 and I realized that while baby Groot was making me laugh, it was Rocket that I understood.

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships was an interesting book that sparked many interesting conversations in my life.

The best way to handle difficult conversations is to prevent them from ever starting.

Open source software communities, like companies and cities, can come in all sizes.

Community managers must make sure their projects are healthy.

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I just finished my first week at Red Hat!

A decade ago, I researched and gave a talk called Would you do it again for free?

While I don’t agree with everything Sebastian Junger writes in Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, I love the way he manages to articulate some things that I’ve noticed but never been able to describe.

Our digital infrastructure is all open source.

When my grandmother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, we were all told to come visit immediately.

I am not an expert in poverty nor in economic culture.

First published on Medium.

First published on Medium.

First published on Medium.

I hate introducing myself.

Developer relations is the combination of activities, programs and tactics to get developers using or developing for your organization’s product or ecosystem.

The best jobs in life are not the easiest ones.

The world lost a great math teacher this week.

I was writing a post about why you must work in the open to get more volunteers and I ended up writing this post about why I don’t work in the open.

Traditionally, open source software has relied primarily on asynchronous communication.

Kids on Computers is planning a trip to the Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico area in June.

With an unprecedented number of friends visiting New Orleans in the next couple of months, I put together my top list of things to do.

The Starfish and the Spider compares two types of organizational structures.

“Where there is no competition, there is no market.

I recently listened to a talk by Michael Lopp about how to be a great manager.

When I told the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors that I was leaving my job as executive director, I told them my number one priority was to hire my replacement.

I hear a lot of people worrying about getting more visibility.