Tag: reflections

Outreachy May 2024: A letter to Fedora applicants

Fedora Linux, Open Source, Red Hat

To all Outreachy May 2024 applicants to the Fedora Project, Today is May 2nd, 2024. The Outreachy May 2024 round results will be published in a few short hours. This year, the participation in Fedora for Outreachy May 2024 was record-breaking. Fedora will fund three internships this year. During the

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A photograph of a warm, sunny road somewhere in Germany. The road seems to be remote, with no cars in sight and evergreen trees standing tall on both sides of the road. The photo seems to be taken in the morning, with the early dawn light breaking and lighting up the entire landscape in a golden light.

this moment

Poems

A short poem that I was inspired to write after a short drive running errands, and I was absorbed momentarily into the beauty of the natural world around me. Read more of my poetry on my blog.

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A bright, vibrant night sky filled with stars is shown. The dark outlines of trees form a skyline, giving an appearance of being in a large forest surrounded by tall trees. Text is overlaid on the photograph that reads, "Eventually, for eternity."

Eventually for eternity.

Poems

A poem to describe love from a constantly suspended state of waiting and wonder. Read more of my poetry on my blog.

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A light-colored wall with bright red neon light letters is shown. The neon lights write out, "We are all made of stories." A text overlay reading "2024: Storytelling" is captioned toward the top of the image.

Storytelling: 2023 was a quiet blog year. In 2024, I recommit to storytelling.

Desk Drawer

2023 is almost over. It was a busy year. When I was a student, I used to write about what I was learning. But after finishing my studies, I stopped writing regularly. Now I want to focus on the future and adopt a storytelling theme for 2024. This post summarizes

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A person holds up a large mirror, covering their face and only showing their arms. Behind them and also reflecting in the mirror, a bright blue sky with several clouds are visible. The image is subtitled, "You cannot be what you cannot see?"

White narrative: You cannot be what you cannot see?

Desk Drawer

Can privilege and identity become superpowers for love and justice instead of weapons for hate and destruction? If I can’t wait for that story to be told, maybe I have to take the step of writing the first chapter.

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Shells.

Desk Drawer

Friend, are you okay?

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A valley in the mountains is brightened by the sun as it peeks behind the clouds. Vast forests are warmly glowing in the fading sunlight. The image is subtitled, "I am the wilderness: On trust and community."

“I am the wilderness”: On trust & community

Perspective

There are seven elements to trust. Each element is a resource for being honest, authentic, and genuine. You can remember these seven elements as an acronym: “BRAVING”.

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The shoes and ankles of a person are visible, as they stand in the middle of a road. Their feet are evenly placed and spread across the stripes painted on the road. Decorative text appears in the image, subtitled "Middle path."

Middle path.

Perspective

The answer suddenly appeared that the only way to solve my dilemma of two split paths was to find the middle path. Those two separate paths were my personal life and my career. I walked both paths, but both paths were distinctly separate and isolated from the other.

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The hands of a person is visible on top of a pad of paper. One hand is pointing to a diagram on the top pad of paper. The other hand holds a thick black marker and is adding a new section to the diagram on the piece of paper. A subtitle appears on the side: "Write yourself into obsolescence."

Write yourself into obsolescence.

Open Source, Perspective

A brief meditation on why you should write yourself into obsolescence and also what kind of writing matters most when documenting yourself and your responsibilities.

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A banner image with a white background. Text shown: CHAOSS D.E.I. Review. Supported by the Ford Foundation.

CHAOSS DEI Review: Midyear reflection

Open Source

In February 2021, the CHAOSS Project initiated a review of its diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. This post summarizes the progress made by the review team in 2022 and looks ahead to Justin’s aspirations for 2023.

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