For those of you who dont recall what im doing at fog creek. Software in person by sumana harihareswara model view culture. Sumana harihareswara is an open source software contributor and. She was most recently senior technical writer at the wikimedia foundation, where she worked in the engineering community team formerly tldr. In addition to paying your salary, fog creek pays your tuition and reimburses all educational expenses for a masters degree in technology management. Thanks for the images, fog creek, we are ny tech, wikimedia commons, state records nsw, and cliff1066. The moment that i say nonchalantly, i work for a small software firm in midtown called fog creek software, eyebrows shoot up and the name joel is pronounced.
We interviewed many great candidates for the role, but decided the role would be best served by wmf continuing to work with sumana on a contract basis. When i was at fog creek software doing sales and customer support, we used fogbugz as our internal bug tracker to manage todos for our products, and. While reading leonards retrospective of the future, i had reason to ask, whats a catenary. Ada initiative welcomes sumana harihareswara to our board of. Inessential weirdnesses in open source conferences oreilly. Mar 27, 2017 glitch is made by fog creek software trello, stack overflow, fogbugz whose new ceo is user number 508, metafilters own anil dash. Software carpentry, another learning outreach 324 00. View sumana harihareswaras profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Fog creek software, behavior, collabora, the gnome foundation, and the. First, recognize that people participate in open source for many reasons. We develop and implement sustainable processes, write documentation, sift out useful bug reports and. I am a trainee in the fog creek software management training program, which means that around the office i am known as an smtp, which amuses us all. Sumana harihareswara, founder of changeset consulting, is a floss software contributor, programmer and project manager with over a decade of experience in the software industry. Sumana harihareswara, an open source software contributor github and project manager with over a decade of experience in the software industry. With open tech strategies, she has worked on the provider screening module, streetcrm, and other projects.
Sumana harihareswara, asheesh laroia, and igal koshevoy. Her past leadership in nonprofit, academia, industry, and volunteer organizations earned her an open source citizen award in 2011. Im the founder of changeset consulting, providing project management services to open source software projects. I support software freedom conservancy and hope you will too. The code4lib 2014 keynote speakers committee is excited to announce the selection by open vote of this years keynote speakers.
The ada initiatives governing board of directors, responsible for running our organization, welcomes our new director sumana harihareswara, as of april 29. This is stuff they developed in the 70s, to teach kids about their religions. When i was at fog creek software doing sales and customer support, we used fogbugz as our internal bug tracker to manage todos for our products, and as our customer relationship manager. Mar 30, 2010 sumana harihareswara manages projects and people. She is currently an editor for gnome journal and a blogger at geekfeminism. She was keynote speaker at open source bridge in 2012, code4lib in 2014, and wiki conference usa in 2014. For instance, a project might have a mailing list where users discuss bugs in an unstructured way, and project insiders distill those discussions into bug. Python programmer, manager, tech writer, mentor, release manager for hire. Sumana is a senior technical writer at the wikimedia foundation, where she works in the engineering community team, engaging volunteer developers within the wikimedia movement, and rocking hackathons.
She blogs at cogito, ergo sumana and microblogs at identi. Sumana harihareswara left at wikimania 2011 im sumana harihareswara, and i was an employee of the wikimedia foundation, but this is my personal account as of 24 september 2012, and for wikimedia foundation stuff you. She has also managed projects at collabora, gnome, fog creek software, behavior, and. Sumana harihareswara engineering community manager, wikimedia foundation. Since 2007 ive been contributing to and leading open source software communities. Hospitality, jerks, and what i learned retroactive title. She has led and organized several hackathons, taught several courses at uc berkeley, and performed standup comedy at comedy clubs and open source conferences. Emails into the relevant email addresses landed in fogbugz, so it was easy for me to reply directly to help requests that i could fix myself, and easy for. Sumana harihareswara is the founder of changeset consulting, and an open source software contributor and project manager with over a decade of experience in the software industry. Sumana harihareswara brainwane python programmer, manager, tech writer, mentor, release manager for hire. When i felt that rush of humiliation, id try to actively say, i love you, sumana, and send myself some compassion.
Hospitality, jerks, and what i learned wikisource, the. In addition, sumana harihareswara, of fog creek software, came onboard to talk about the recent addition of mac support to their remote access service, fog creek copilot. Canonical, upgrading gnome bugzilla, and commercial sponsorship. By sumana harihareswara april 23rd, 2012 get connected. Sumana harihareswara introduces you to your open tech neighbors. Emails into the relevant email addresses landed in fogbugz, so it was easy for me. Fog creek software software management training program, jan 2006jun 2007 tested software and wrote bug reports wrote technical white paper and directed informational video for product release provided technical support via email, online discussion groups, and phone posted regularly on corporate blog. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover sumana. Her past leadership in nonprofit, academia, industry, and.
Sumana harihareswaras keynote will close libreplanet 2017. Jun 10, 2010 sumana harihareswara manages projects and people. Since then, she has contributed to a number of projects including gnome, mediawiki, zulip, and gnu mailman, and become a leader, speaker, and advocate for free software and communities. Welcome, sumana harihareswara, volunteer development.
Leonard went into the bedroom and emerged, holding one end of a cell phone charger cord high in each hand, like a mad scientist about to show them, show them all. Fog creek software software management training program, jan 2006jun 2007 tested software and wrote bug reports. Some of us are lucky enough to get paid to work on it, others are doing it for a school project, and others are doing it just for. Ive organized or run hackathons, sprints, summits, and allhands meetings for open source projects and businesses and if i never have to worry. Im thrilled to welcome sumana harihareswara to wmf engineering. Ict4d meetup focuses on opportunities for women in technology. Changeset consulting leads and collaborates with open source software development projects. Sumana harihareswara has contributed to several open source projects including mediawiki, mailman, and altlaw, and worked at wikimedia foundation, fog creek software, and. Jan 25, 2017 sumana harihareswara first started using gnulinux in the late 1990s. Leonard gave it to me to read on the planes back from ba. Sumana harihareswara and maria naggaga gave backtoback talks at oscon 2016 on how we can build our open source communities in such a way that contributors feel safe and loved first, recognize that people participate in open source for many reasons. Ada initiative welcomes sumana harihareswara to our board. Wikimedia foundation selects nine students for summer software projects. Hospitality, jerks, and what i learned wikisource, the free.
Google summer of code just announced the 207 mentoring organizations open source projects seeking participants for. Julia rios wrote most of the text, and sumana harihareswara wrote the rest and messed with graphics. From 20142015, she served as a member of the ada initiative board of directors. As far as the paracast is concerned, this week david biedny and jeff ritzmann delivered an exclusive indepth analysis of a pair of cameraphone photos purportedly depicting. Open tech nyc 20 is sold out, but you can still join the waitlist below.
Apply for the fog creek software management training program in new york. Jul 24, 2016 hospitality, jerks, and what i learned retroactive title. Sumana harihareswara is an open source programmer and teacher. Photo of sumana harihareswara speaking at libreplanet 2016. Ive kept an online diary, cogito, ergo sumana, since late 2000, and an. Wikimedia conferences and performances deliverables open source and free culture open source and free culture. Canonical, upgrading gnome bugzilla, and commercial. The free software foundation announced that sumana harihareswara will be a keynote speaker at libreplanet march 2526 in cambridge, ma. Jul 23, 2018 sumana harihareswara left at wikimania 2011 im sumana harihareswara, and i was an employee of the wikimedia foundation, but this is my personal account as of 24 september 2012, and for wikimedia foundation stuff you should look at user. Sumana harihareswara, who is an extremely deep thinker and with a blog to. It helped me avoid going into a complete spiral of selfloathing, but it didnt stop the memories from coming back, unbidden, every so often. Since then, she has contributed to a number of projects including gnome, mediawiki, zulip, and gnu mailman, and become a leader, speaker, and advocate for free software. Sumana harihareswara and maria naggaga gave backtoback talks at oscon 2016 on how we can build our open source communities in such a way that contributors feel safe and loved.
Sumana harihareswara founder changeset consulting, llc. View sumana harihareswara s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Despite feints to the contrary, neither leonard nor i has read the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay by michael chabon. Apr 19, 2019 when i was at fog creek software doing sales and customer support, we used fogbugz as our internal bug tracker to manage todos for our products, and as our customer relationship manager. We interviewed many great candidates for the role, but decided the role would be best served by wmf continuing to work with sumana on a. She joins valerie aurora, mary gardiner, rachel chalmers, alicia gibb, caroline simard, and marina zhurakhinskaya on the board. When i was at fog creek software doing sales and customer support, we used fogbugz as our internal bug tracker to.
Sumana harihareswara, founder of changeset consulting, is an open source software contributor, programmer and project manager with over a decade of experience in the software industry. Glitch is made by fog creek software trello, stack overflow, fogbugz whose new ceo is user number 508, metafilters own anil dash. By sumana harihareswara september 28th, 2012 technology. Moss video, bssw honorable mention, and the maintainership book i am writing.
Sumana harihareswara and maria naggaga, oscon 2016. This work by sumana harihareswara is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. The word she meant was feminist which we had just plastered all over the website for adacamp, the ada initiatives conference for women in open technology and culture. Sumana is a longtime member of our advisors group, having joined in june 2011.
Sumana harihareswaras web presence sumanas journal about me. Sumana will be filling the role of volunteer development coordinator. Google summer of code just announced the 207 mentoring organizations open source projects seeking participants for this years round, and outreachy s 9 mentoring orgs also announced open internship projects. Ict4d meetup focuses on opportunities for women in. Fog creek software software management training program, jan. Previously, harihareswara worked at or with the wikimedia foundation, collabora, gnome, fog creek software, behavior, and salon. Sumana harihareswara is an open source software contributor and project manager. Sumana harihareswara first started using gnulinux in the late 1990s. Sumana harihareswara is the founder and principal of changeset consulting, which provides shortterm project management services to free and open source software projects. Sumana harihareswara, changeset consulting filed under. Sumana harihareswara s web presence sumana s journal about me. Whos making open source software, open data, open hardware.
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