Handing over
In 2017, I was attending FOSDEM when GNOME announced that I was to become the new Executive Director of the Foundation. Now, nearly 5 years later, I’ve decided the timing is right for me...
Liberal Murmurs Politics, tech and herding cats from Neil McGovern
Further investments in desktop Linux
This was originally posted on the GNOME Foundation news feed The GNOME Foundation was supported during 2020-2021 by a grant from Endless Network which funded the Community Engagement Challenge, strategy consultancy with the board,...
GNOME relationship with GNU and the FSF
On Saturday, I wrote an email to the FSF asking them to cancel my membership. Other people who I greatly respect are doing the same. This came after the president of the FSF made...
GNOME ED Update – April/May
It’s time for another update on what the GNOME Foundation has been up to, this time in April and May. Events We’ve been to a number of events in the last couple of months....
GNOME ED Update – March
It’s time for another update on what the GNOME Foundation has been up to in March. We attended a couple of events this month. Firstly, we were at SCaLEx17, which took place in Pasadena, California...
GNOME ED Update – February
Another update is now due from what we’ve been doing at the Foundation, and we’ve been busy! As you may have seen, we’ve hired three excellent people over the past couple of months. Kristi...
GNOME ED update – October
I’m currently writing this from sunny (but very cold!) Colorado Springs, and tomorrow I’m off to SeaGL. We’ll have a booth there, so come and say hi to me and Rosanna if you’re in Seattle!...
GNOME ED Update – September
We’ve now moved my reporting to the board to a monthly basis, so this blog should get updated monthly too! So here’s what I’ve been up to in September. Recruitment Recruitment continues for our...
ED Update – Week 14
Last weekend, I was at LibrePlanet 2018, the FSF’s annual conference where I gave a talk about Free Software desktops and their continued importance. The videos are currently being uploaded, and there were some...
ED Update – week 11
It’s time (Well, long overdue) for a quick update on stuff I’ve been doing recently, and some things that are coming up. I’ve worked out a new way of doing these, so they should...
Software Freedom Law Center and Conservancy
Before I start, I would like to make it clear that the below is entirely my personal view, and not necessarily that of the GNOME Foundation, the Debian Project, or anyone else. There’s been...