It's well understood that diversity and inclusion unlock innovation and drive market growth. Learn how the open source community is working to bring people with varying backgrounds, knowledge, and experiences into its fold.
During the past few weeks, women in computing have been posting photos of themselves on Twitter along with the hashtag #ILookLikeanEngineer. The posts are in response to an…
Open source communities have been paving the way for innovation for years, and recently they've been paving the way for diversity in the IT fields, too. For some women, the…
In this week's Top 5, our readers loved stories about LibreOffice 5, Priyanka Nag's My Linux Story, a tutorial for the KDE file manager Dolphin, patent trolls, and our…
Alicia Gibb has a passion for hardware hacking—she founded and is currently running the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA). Also a member of the ADA Initiative Board…
Why is it that tech companies can't seem to find talented people who aren't white males? It's the biggest question being asked by those interested in seeing more under…
I've used Perl for several years, beginning in 2002 on Solaris, then moving to Debian and working on Koha in 2008. Surprisingly (bafflingly, in retrospect), I had not…
