Marcin: Created page with "I found out about the upcoming Open Source Hardware Documentation Jam through a link on Twitter. I've been doing open source software documentation for over a decade. I'm real..."

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I found out about the upcoming Open Source Hardware Documentation
Jam through a link on Twitter. I've been doing open source software
documentation for over a decade. I'm really interested in how open
source principles can be applied to hardware, and to other aspects
of our lives and society.

I organize the Open Help Conference, an event that focuses on
documentation for open source and in open communities. Open Help
brings in people from notable open source projects like Mozilla,
GNOME, and OpenStack. But we've never had anybody talk about open
source hardware documentation.

The third annual Open Help Conference will be held this year in
June in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA:

http://openhelpconference.com/

The two-day conference has a strong emphasis on open discussion.
About half the time is devoted to presentations and demos, with
the rest spent on unconference-style, attendee-led discussion.
I think everybody would like to hear about what you're doing,
what challenges you face, and how your first documentation jam
went.

Following the conference, many teams stay for three days of
sprints. Each team runs its own sprint, but having the sprints
co-located allows us to meet up and share experiences. I know
June is very soon after your jam in April, but if you'd like
to hold another one, I'd be happy to provide space.

I'd really love to hear more about the work you're doing, and
I think you could get some valuable insights from the people
doing open source software documentation that attend. Please
let me know if you have any questions, or if there's anything
I can do to help.

Thanks, Shaun McCance

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