Rob Lanphier
Engineering Program Manager for General Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation

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Rob Lanphier is a seasoned community manager who has launched two major open source initiatives: Linden Lab’s Second Life client source release and RealNetworks’ Helix initiative. During his nine years at RealNetworks, Rob was a key contributor to two important multimedia standards (RTSP and SMIL). He’s also worked at a number of companies, including Microsoft, Asymetrix, Conjungi, and also worked as an independent consultant specializing in MediaWiki development.

Sessions

11:30am Wednesday, 07/21/2010

Financial Incentives in Open Source

Business
Location: E145/E146

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Moderated by:

Rob Lanphier (Wikimedia Foundation)

Panelists:

Todd Crowe (Todd Crowe Web Design & Development), Leslie Hawthorn (Red Hat), Stormy Peters (GNOME Foundation), Donald Smith (The Eclipse Foundation)

Average rating:

(2.33, 3 ratings)

Many contributors to open source projects do so without financial motivation. It's still reasonable to believe that given the right financial incentives, development communities could achieve more. This panel will explore the different methods for motivating communities with financial incentives and other goodies, and discuss the thorny issues that arise when commerce collides with community. Read more.

1:40pm Thursday, 07/22/2010

Great User Interfaces in the Terminal Window

Python
Location: D136

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Rob Lanphier (Wikimedia Foundation)

Average rating:

(2.44, 16 ratings)

There are a number of toolkits available that make it much easier than ever before to design delightful, intuitive user interfaces for the terminal window. This talk will explore several options for Python, including cmd, curses, newt/snack and urwid. I'll compare the different approaches for different application domains, and show some shortcuts for the impatient. Read more.

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Rob Lanphier Engineering Program Manager for General Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation