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GitHub Principles for Awesome

GitHub Principles for Awesome

A presentation I gave at Mozilla's NYC Game Jam about lessons from GitHub that are great for open source projects of any kind.

Scott J. Roberts

December 14, 2012
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  1. GitHub Principles for
    Awesome
    Monday, December 17, 12

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  2. Scott (@sroberts)
    Bad Guy Catcher
    more than
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  3. Anything added
    dilutes everything
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  4. Favor focus over
    features
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  5. Approachable is
    better than simple
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  6. Encourage flow
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  7. Design for failure
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  8. Open Source Company
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  9. No one has a manager...
    Everybody is one
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  10. Be classy
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  11. Make it easier to work
    together than to work alone
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  12. Questions?
    Scott
    github.com/sroberts
    @sroberts
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