14 Apr 2010

How to start an Open Source project

Written by Brian Teeman
How to start an open source project

Earlier today I read a tweet that led me to a web page that led me to another web site that finally dropped me into spending 25 minutes watching a video on Vimeo.

Now I'm not usually a great watcher of online videos, especially when I'm travelling and on a dodgy 3G internet connection but something about this presentation grabbed my attention.

If I could be bothered I would spend some time summarising the video and abstracting the key points. But as you should know by now I'm lazy and don't like to repeat things if I really don't have to.

So grab a coffee, some nice biscuits, settle down in a comfortable seat and watch the presentation.

Oh and don't forget to have a pen and paper ready for the copious notes you will be taking throughout the video as Jeremy Ruston, Head of Open Source Innovation at BT, goes through the steps of creating an Open Source project.

It's one of those presentations that's full of concepts and ideas that just make sense when you hear them out aloud.

Don't give up before the end as there are some classic insights right at the very end.

Video

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About Brian Teeman

  • As a co-founder of Joomla! and OpenSourceMatters Inc I've never been known to be lacking an opinion or being too afraid to express it.

    Despite what some people might think I'm a shy and modest man who doesnt like to blow his own trumpet or boast about achievements.

    But it seems that no blog exists without an "About" page so rather than talk about what an amazingly great guy I am and list all the things I've achieved (and failed at) in life from my Cycling Proficiency Test in 1976 to winning an award for the "UK Individual Contribution to Open / Source" in 2005 here are some links.

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