Author archive for adam
  • Google Melange Book Sprint (San Francisco)

    Starting today is a Book Sprint in San Francisco Google HQ. We are gathered to produce documentation about the open source Melange platform created by the Open Source Programs Office to service their GSoC (Google Summer of Code) and other ... read more

  • Cairo Book Sprint re-scheduled

    It looks like the Ecocities Book Sprint in Cairo has been re-scheduled for the first week of February. More information coming…

  • Google Document Sprint 2012 Report

    The Google Doc Camp is a 5 day event featuring a 2 day Unconference and a 3 day Book Sprint. Teams are chosen from applications and hosted at the Google Campus (Sunnyvale, California) for 5 intense days of discussion and ... read more

  • Safari Books Reports on Book Sprints

    This article from Safari Books does a good job of explaining why this is an important methodology for the publishing industry. “I think there are a wide variety of types of books that could benefit from the Book Sprint process. ... read more

  • Book Sprint Training

    There will be an initial pilot Book Sprint training program in May 2013. The initial training will be 5 full days in New Zealand and will be integrated into an ongoing mentoring program and optional master classes. More information will ... read more

  • These book didn’t exist on Tuesday

    and when I say didnt exist, I mean…no title, text, images, covers where started until Tuesday…. On Monday Dec 3 we started the second GSoC Doc camp – bringing together 3 free software projects to hold a 2 day unconference ... read more

  • GSoC Doc Camp

    The first day of the second Doc Camp has just begun. Gathered together at the Sunnyvale Googleplex are 3 free software projects – Fontforge, Evergreen, and Squeakland. Each group has about 6 contributors that have travelled from near and far ... read more

  • Ecocities Book Sprint Postponed

    The Ecocities Book Sprint in Cairo has been postponed due to the current state of events in Egypt. Local news is that things seem more or less safe – if you fine with occasional moments of tear gas and rock throwing it ... read more