When does a son become his father?

Most articles you come across on the internet and read are interesting, but they pass into memory and beyond rather quickly.  There are a few however that stay with you forever, and in some cases, change your life.  I ran across one such article a few years ago. The images capture the essence of the…

Birthday 2019

This is excerpted from a Facebook post here – https://www.facebook.com/toddlew.  I liked the end result, so I’ll “go with it” here also. It’s terribly late but a sincere thank you for the birthday wishes from two (2) days ago. I really can’t thank everyone enough. The day was once again lived with purpose, and it was…

Why I’m pursuing B Corp certification

I’ve been hosting open source conferences and events for more than a decade now. I chose open source because of the technological and collaborative opportunity it provides to so many people around the world. I chose conferences and events because they often serve as a gateway to the technology industry for those very same people.…

Thrilled to be a speaking at CLS 2017

I received great news from Jono Bacon at the Community Leadership Summit (CLS) a couple of weeks ago.  I was chosen to be one of the keynote speakers at the event this upcoming May 6-7. I was honored, primarily because I have such great respect for the event and the open source community as a whole. The Summit by…