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7 Lessons learned from running an open source p...

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April 25, 2012
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7 Lessons learned from running an open source project.

A 1 minute lightning talk at RailsConf 2012. Seriously 1 minute was way too short.
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April 25, 2012
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Transcript

  1. Lessons learned from running an open source project. 7

  2. @gregbell

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  5. #1: Don’t use this button

  6. #2: Travis is Awesome

  7. #3: Don’t forget Design & User Experience

  8. #4: Depend on Less

  9. Write Half as Many Features and Twice as Much Documentation

    #5:

  10. #6: Build a community

  11. #7: Just make it happen