Sumana Harihareswara

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Sumana Harihareswara

Wikimedia and GNOME

Biography

Sumana Harihareswara manages projects and people, currently as Volunteer Development Coordinator at Wikimedia. She has worked at Collabora, GNOME, and QuestionCopyright.org, Fog Creek Software, Behavior, and Salon.com, and contributed to the AltLaw, Empathy, Miro, and Zeitgeist open source projects. She is also currently editor and release organizer for GNOME Journal and a blogger at GeekFeminism. Harihareswara has presented at Foo Camp and Open Source Bridge 2010, MindCamp Seattle 2008 (“Three Models of Power: A Political Science Lens on Your Organization”), taught several courses at UC Berkeley, and performed at Bay Area stand-up comedy venues. She holds an MS in Technology Management from Columbia University.

Open Source Bridge 2011

Sessions for this user

* Learn Tech Management In 45 Minutes

It took me two years to get a master's in tech management. I save you $40K and give you the short version.
Business
Sumana Harihareswara

Proposals for this user

* Blocker Confessional & Bugbash

What are the three highest priorities for your FLOSS project, what's blocking you, and can we help? A guided discussion, and a hackfest.
Cooking 03/16/2011 09:54AM
Sumana Harihareswara

* Google Summer of Code Problems and Solutions

You're one-third of the way through Google Summer of Code. What's working, what's not, and what to do?
Cooking 03/31/2011 09:28PM
Sumana Harihareswara

Open Source Bridge 2010

Sessions for this user

* The Second Step: HOWTO encourage open source work at for-profits

Even at pro-FLOSS businesses, logistical obstacles and incentive problems get in the way of giving back. I'll show you how to fix that.
Business
Sumana Harihareswara

Proposals for this user

* "Thoughtcrime Experiments": CC/FLOSS Lessons From A DIY Sci-Fi Anthology

Last year, two FLOSS enthusiasts edited a Creative Commons-licensed anthology of original fantasy and science fiction stories and art. We did it to give back, to give readers more choices, and because documenting and sharing are in our blood. Here's how we published a great anthology, why, and how you can do it too.
Culture 03/23/2010 10:48AM
Sumana Harihareswara

* Blocker Talk: confessional-meets-Scrum

What are the three highest priorities for your FLOSS project, what's blocking you, and can we help? A guided discussion.
Cooking 03/29/2010 03:48PM
Sumana Harihareswara