Recently we had a few discussions on the FLOSS Manuals list about how to increase the quality of documentation for an open source project, and noted that quantity does not always increase quality. And someone noted that bad doc is worse than no doc at all! Naturally, I found parallels between the open source documentation […]
Understanding foundations before tools
I’ve been following the latest Book Sprint at Eyebeam in New York City with interest as it is a bit of a unique project. They took a textbook that used all proprietary software for the exercises and examples, and re-wrote the book so that the exercises can be completed using all free software instead. Think […]
The state of free documentation
That’s free as in freedom, and today’s post includes a link to Adam Hyde’s blog entry of the same title on FLOSS Manuals and some response based on my experiences so far. What motivates people to contribute to documentation projects for free? Is the documentation actually free as in no-cost? I’ll speak from my own […]