Michael Downey 🇺🇳 @downey@floss.social

It's far from lonely at the top: At Dayton #Hamvention today, I finally earned (upgraded) my Amateur Extra radio license, with big thanks to my (amazing!) tutor Gordon West WB6NOA.

#AmateurRadio

Last couple weeks at @purism be like

#purism #fail

As seen during #LinuxFestNorthwest 2019, the Four Freedoms!

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource #LFNW #LFNW2019 #t

So FLOSS.social is turning one year old this weekend.

What started as a simple fun experiment has turned into (I hope) a useful resource for a rapidly-growing number of people with similar values and interests.

Thanks to our dedicated and brilliant community of #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource supporters for joining in on the journey! And thanks for supporting distributed social networking through #Mastodon!

#FLOSS #FOSS

Every time I can nudge someone to add a #FreeSoftware license to an existing GitHub repository, I smile real big & get a nice warm feeling inside.

You should try it, too.

https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/

#OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #t

"It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it."

— Hans Selye

#quotes #t

I still LOL every time some self-proclaimed "expert" thinks that it's a fatal "newbie mistake" when someone understands that the #FreeSoftware movement can peacefully coexist with #OpenSource.

Signed,
FSF member since May 2004
OSI individual member # 003

That's a wrap on #FOSSASIA year 10! Here's to another decade of working together to use technology & #FreeSoftware to make the world a better place!

Big thanks to so many who worked so hard to make it happen.

#OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

"Children do not have ingrained prejudices. Therefore we have made this game to expose them to different cultures early so they can create a cultural bridge."

-- Indigenopoly hi-tech board game hackathon team at #FOSSASIA team

#SDG10 #GlobalGoals

At #FOSSASIA Duane O'Brien reminds us that more than half of #opensource lives in places other than GitHub.

Think twice before you rely on proprietary platforms for your #FLOSS work. And before you judge people based on GitHub profiles.

#FreeSoftware #FOSS

"By helping other people, we can learn new things ourselves."

- "#FOSS around the world" panel at #FOSSASIA

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS

#FOSSASIA main booth has some geeky ways to hack your name tags. Don't miss it!

Great #FOSSASIA talk with @cybette: "Manage a community like conducting an orchestra - with a lot of hand waving"

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

At #FOSSASIA, we're listening to experts from UNESCO talk about the 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages. Kicking off a hackathon for the next 3 days!

#ICT4D #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

"If we the #OpenSource collective fail, we let down all of those who came before and brought us here, and those who will come after us."

-- @harishpillay at #FOSSASIA

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

#FOSSASIA lead organizer Hong Phuc Dang highlights the power of community in #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource. People make innovation happen!

Live video stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pZYCXxeHr4

#FLOSS #FOSS

Want to build #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource solutions that make a global impact?

The Digital Impact Alliance at the United Nations Foundation is hiring software developers from around the world.

Apply today! https://bit.ly/2F9QsOF

#FLOSS #FOSS

Good morning #FOSSASIA! Looking forward to the next 4 days of learning from and with the brightest people in #FreeSoftware! #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

💰 🌍 💻

My team just activated our next round of $100,000 USD for #OpenSource projects that support work at the nexus of humanitarian action, development, and peace.

Please spread the words to #FreeSoftware projects working to make the world better.

Read more and apply by 15 April: https://www.osc.dial.community/catalytic-grant-round-3.html

#FLOSS #FOSS

The International Date Line—that's how I #SpringForward.