📗 Chapter 2 of Approachable Open Source is now available for free.

🆓 Read at approachableopensource.com/read/the_spe...

✊ And to celebrate sticking it to the man, I am again discounting US fulfillment of available paperback copies. Get them nearly at cost, direct from me!

#opensource #booksky

Fresh off @nodejs.org #collabsummit, and in talking to folks about the paradoxical importance and scarcity of #opensource #technicalwriting, #informationarchitecture, and #productmanagement ... I keep thinking about what we can do about it.

The book launch period for approachableopensource.com is now over. I'm so thankful for everyone who purchased.

Paying it forward is the least I can do in these times. Food is a unifying force in this world, and a basic human right.

#opensource is about more than code. It's community. Make a meal.

I was fortunate to work with @abbycabs.bsky.social as part of writing Approachable Open Source. She was kind enough to write a back cover feature, and be interviewed for the last chapter.

#opensource #booklaunch

My writing, I've learned, is my internal monologue laid bare. I often repeat myself for clarity and emphasis. It's how I like to learn concepts, present ideas, debug software, and make sense of things. My wife often catches me talking to myself.

Cost, and value. I write a lot about this within 📗 approachableopensource.com. These two dimensions, always at odds. A matter of perspective, I suggest.

We're at an inflection point—with so much opportunity, and so much at stake. Through it all, we can always do more, together.

#opensource

🆕 JUST RELEASED: Approachable Open Source

Paperback ($19), digital ($9), or bundled ($24).

Head on over to approachableopensource.com to pick up a copy.

Approachable Open Source is a perennial, full-spectrum primer on the OSS landscape.

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