At work, Colin spends a lot of time talking about the commercial benefits of open source software, and more broadly the business benefit of engaging with the open source community. However, in this talk he shares a more personal viewpoint, talking about the reasons why he contributes to open source projects, and the benefits it brings to him as an individual.
I am CTO at Scott Logic and am a prolific technical author, blogger and speaker on a range of technologies.
My blog includes posts on a wide range of topics, including Generative AI, WebAssembly, HTML5 / JavaScript and data visualisation. You'll also find a whole host of posts about previous technology interests including iOS, Swift, WPF and Silverlight.
I lead various open source initiatives within FINOS, which is encouraging open source collaboration in the financial sector. I'm also very active on GitHub, contributing to a number of different projects.