For Amy and Justin Shaw
Open Source Weaves Connections Between Countries Long ago when I was a tech administrator at Arlington Public Schools, I received a single-sentence email out, of the blue. The email said: "Our school in India loves your children's stories -- and so we've printed them all out in braille." Apparently, a school had found the collection of my children's stories on the web. I spent a moment visualizing those students so far away enjoying my stories on those printed pages of braille. The sender of that email might not have realized how meaningful their email was to me, but it's stayed with me for two decades. Telling collaborative stories with open source That experience got me thinking about how technology can weave new connections between people in different countries. While surfing the web recently, I encountered an Inkscape enthusiast in Romania. His talent with the software was obvious. You might not think of Romania as a tech hub, but there are peopl...