Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell
Interviewee: Chris Messina
In this interview we talk with Chris. In specific, we talk about:
- Meritocracy and flexibility in the open-source approach
- Bringing together designers and programmers into a cooperative whole
- The new wave of portable devices and the role of Linux
- Deciding how many features are useful and where bloat sets in
- Analogies from the natural world in project evolution
- Seeking balance between backward compatibility, future-proofness, and open innovation
- The next revolution in personal media on the Internet
