Talk shop with Google Open Source

Hello world! The Google Open Source team is ringing in the new year by launching accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to engage more with the community and keep folks up to date.

Free and open source software (FOSS) is fundamental to computing, the internet, and Google. Since 2004, Google Open Source has helped Googlers get code in and out of Google and supported FOSS through student programs and financial support. One thing is clear after 14 years: FOSS is all about community.

We’re part of that community, seeing people at events, on mailing lists, and in the trenches of code repositories. And few things are more enjoyable and productive than talking with people in the community…

… so we thought we’d start doing more of that. We want to:

• Spotlight open source projects released by Googlers, both big and small, new and old, fundamental and just fun and interesting.
• Celebrate people that make our work possible and communities that are both productive and welcoming.
• Share how we “do” open source and improve the internal docs we released that outline our policies and processes.
• Let you know what we’re up to, like when we’re at events or running a program to help students become open source contributors.
• And, most of all, we want to hear from you! What matters to you? How can we do better?

We hope you’ll come along and let us know. You’ll find us at @GoogleOSS and +GoogleOpenSource, as well as on Facebook and YouTube.

By Josh Simmons, Google Open Source