Delighted to be on the way to London for this year's OpenUK Awards 2024 Ceremony! Bringing together some of the shining lights from the UK's #OpenSource landscape to recognise contributions big and small to furthering open across enterprise, academia and public bodies... 🏆

Pleased to share that I've just completed this rather sizeable certification from the The Linux Foundation and the OpenSSF on 'Developing Secure Software'. 🎓 ➡️ Check the course out here: training.linuxfoundation.org/training/devel…

I've just spent a good hour playing around with the GitHub Innovation Graph which has some amazing insights and metrics. In particular the deep-dive into specific economies highlights some really interesting data... Here's the UK drilldown... 🔎 innovationgraph.github.com/economies/gb

Check out this overview of the FINOS #OpenSource in Financial Services survey and some key and interesting findings... 👏 linuxfoundation.org/blog/iwb-2024-…

Definitely enjoying that my superpower from the last year was ‘Building inclusive communities that drive innovation’… It’s my 2024 LinkedIn Rewind! linkedin.com/posts/chrishow…

🌟 2024: A Year of Open Source Impact 🌐 From writing 1.7 billion lines of code to hosting 219 global events, the Linux Foundation community achieved incredible milestones this year. 💡 👉 Explore the full 2024 report here: hubs.la/Q030wdtj0

📣 I’m looking for a new role! I'm starting 2025 still on the hunt for the next exciting role. I’ve summarised what I can offer and what I have in this post below… please do reach out with anything! linkedin.com/posts/chrishow…

Positive news to see Accenture list #OpenSource as one of the Top 10 Trends in Banking for 2025 and it's value for FS Orgs in boosting innovation alongside 'unlocking unprecedented agility, efficiency and security' 👏 accenture.com/us-en/insights…

Great blog post from Mike Melanson - @mikethemelanson.bsky.social on how you can start 2025 with your very own open source contributions… github.blog/open-source/ne…

Great to be listening in to the EU Open Source Policy Summit throughout the day with OpenForum Europe and some incredible discussions and presentations. 👏

Great to see the next steps from the Green Software Foundation being shared; as we start to consider what’s next for Software Patterns and supporting sustainable development… 🌳 linkedin.com/posts/chrishow…

Great session lined up from GitHub next week on the topic of 'The Cyber Resilience Act and Open Source: What it Means for Maintainers' - there's still time to register below! linkedin.com/events/thecybe…'

A great little course from the The Linux Foundation covering off the key details on Software Bill of Material's credly.com/badges/178f335…

It's been a great week tackling some exciting challenges around open source and AI... I'll be sharing more updates on what I've been getting stuck into soon! 👀

Good to see more focus being given to openness around AI, and in particular when it's within a highly governed or regulated industry such as Financial Services. Check out the article below for more insights... tearsheet.co/artificial-int…

I've shared some of my thoughts, and the speakers comments, from a recent conference on #OpenSource and #AI as part of Viva Technology's Paris conference last week. You can read it online at... linkedin.com/posts/chrishow…

This was an interesting read on how Google’s Gemini panicked when playing the vintage 25 year old Pokémon game.. techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/goo…

Fantastic to see some of the topics already flowing out of United Nations Open Source Week 2025... looking forward to catching up in the coming days on talking points including AI policy, digital governance and innovation at scale.

Great summary of the need for organisations and consumers of #OpenSource to start giving back and funding maintainers and contributors... opensourcepledge.com/blog/not-payin…

This is fantastic for those working in Open Source compliance and governance and building tooling around provenance. You can now call the Open Source Initiative @[email protected] API directly to check OSI license data... 👏