Comments on: Seneca College and open source education http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/15/seneca-college-and-open-source-education/ Trying to unite civility and truth in a few long blog posts Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Z-Wave http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/15/seneca-college-and-open-source-education/#comment-1862 Z-Wave Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:38:24 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-1862 Having worked on several open-source projects myself, I can tell you the one thing that's lacking isn't the talent or the developers passion, it's the coordination. Project management (PROPER project management) is virtually nonexistent and that ends up resulting in many 'cowboy coding' activities. They need to recruit more project managers to these projects, end of store. Having worked on several open-source projects myself, I can tell you the one thing that’s lacking isn’t the talent or the developers passion, it’s the coordination. Project management (PROPER project management) is virtually nonexistent and that ends up resulting in many ‘cowboy coding’ activities.

They need to recruit more project managers to these projects, end of store.

]]> By: The SoftHum workshop on teaching open source « Frank Hecker http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/15/seneca-college-and-open-source-education/#comment-819 The SoftHum workshop on teaching open source « Frank Hecker Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:29:14 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-819 [...] small relative to the major state universities.) This is not surprising to me; as I wrote in my original post on Seneca College, disruptive innovation theory predicts that larger and more research-oriented institutions will be [...] [...] small relative to the major state universities.) This is not surprising to me; as I wrote in my original post on Seneca College, disruptive innovation theory predicts that larger and more research-oriented institutions will be [...]

]]> By: Mozilla and the future of education, part 2 « Frank Hecker http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/15/seneca-college-and-open-source-education/#comment-539 Mozilla and the future of education, part 2 « Frank Hecker Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:22:26 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-539 [...] notably, the Mozilla Foundation has a clear interest in (and has already financially supported) the work at Seneca College to bring open source development methodologies into the classroom. The Foundation could continue [...] [...] notably, the Mozilla Foundation has a clear interest in (and has already financially supported) the work at Seneca College to bring open source development methodologies into the classroom. The Foundation could continue [...]

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