A talk presented by Tyler Patterson for the 2018 UW-Eau Claire T3 (Tomorrow's Technology Today) conference on how to get started with Open Source for an audience of college students.
2. TYLER
PATTERSON
2009 graduate of UW-Eau Claire
Co-Chair IS Industry Advisory Board
IT Engineering Manager @ C.H. Robinson
https://pattertj.github.io
3. WE TACKLE SOME OF THE
BIGGEST SUPPLY CHAIN
PROBLEMS…DAILY.
14,000 Supply Chain Experts
280 Offices
107,000 Contract Carriers and Suppliers
113,000 Active Customers Worldwide
13.1B in Total Revenue, 2016
5. WHO USES
OPEN SOURCE?
EVERYONE.
Open Source is everywhere. It powers business, entertainment,
and schools. It's used by technologists, legal teams, marketing
departments, hobbyists, educators, kids, and adults..
6. WHAT IS OPEN
SOURCE?
Open Source often applies to software but can
apply to any content. Open Source licenses state
that the copyright holder provides the rights to
study, change, and distribute the software to
anyone and for any purpose.
7. WHERE IS OPEN SOURCE?
Businesses
Over 78% of businesses use Open Source
Software
Increased Reliability and Security
Increased Speed to Market
8. WHERE IS OPEN SOURCE?
Technology
GitHub, React, Angular, TensorFlow,
Node, Linux, VSCode, Docker, Kubernetes
Software is only 22%
13% financial services
10% business
7% manufacturing and education
9. WHERE IS OPEN SOURCE?
Academia
Open Textbooks
MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)
Open Access Movement
GitHub Classroom & Student Developer
Pack
10. WHEN AM I USING OPEN SOURCE?
Linux, Kodi, Blender, VLC, KeePass, PuTTY
APPS
Apache, Firefox, Chrome
ONLINE
WebOS TV's, Android Phones, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Rep-Rap
DEVICES
Architecture/Engineering firm as ranked by Building Design+Construction
11. WHY SHOULD I
CONTRIBUTE?
Learn new skills
Meet people all over the world
Mentoring opportunities and getting mentored
Public artifacts
Empowerment
12. ACCLIMATE
Who is involved in the
project?
Documentation for a
project.
Communication venues
in the project
Let's check one out!
github.com/atom/atom
FIND A PROJECT
28% of contributions are
documentation
changes, doesn't need
to be code
Open Source Friday
First Timers Only
Your First PR
24 Pull Requests
"The Unbearable
Vulnerability of Open
Source"
Communicate!
Use the tools available
to you
Open an issue/pull
request
Submit!!
Get Feedback
CONTRIBUTE