Open Source Timelines

[ UUID ] f248cf82-d952-4b20-9039-07f7d31b59be

[ Session Name ] Open Source Timelines [ Primary Space ] Openness

[ Submitter's Name ] Nick Vidal [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Open Source Initiative [ Submitter's GitHub ] @nickvidal

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Simon Phipps [ Other Facilitator 1's GitHub ] @webmink

What will happen in your session?

Both Mozilla and Open Source are celebrating their 20th Anniversary in 2018.

As a way to collect and preserve open source stories, the Open Source Initiative has launched Opensource.net, inviting open source projects from around the world to highlight their significant accomplishments and milestones by sharing text, images, and video through an interactive timeline.

During MozFest, we'll work together with participants to build the timelines, either personal stories from these individuals or from their favorite open source projects.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

We hope that participants will be interested in building and sharing these milestones.

For a few examples of milestones that have already been created:

More adventurous participants are welcome to develop new ways to create and display these timelines. For example:

Creating milestones from tweets.
Visualizing and interacting with these timelines using AR/VR.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

Our application works on a smartphone, but a projector or large-screen TV is welcome.

If possible, we would also like to hang a printed timeline, where individuals can use post-its to share their open source milestones.

We'll work together with the Mozilla Foundation to create their timeline.

Time needed

All weekend, as an installation, exhibit or drop-in session