2021 will be the year open source projects overcome their diversity problems It’s time we make it happen Diverse disciplines produce innovative tech When people from different disciplines and backgrounds collaborate, innovation occurs. One of my favorite books,The Medici Effect, presents compelling research about how innovation occurs at the intersection of disciplines and industries. I’ve noticed this cross-discipline diversity happening in various industries and projects, and I’m excited about the innovation that will follow....

On Thursday, at theBehance Network‘s 3rd annual99% Conferencein New York City, 380 advertising, design and related creative professionals and enthusiasts gathered for the first of 2 days of quality speakers and potential industry connections. The afternoon sessions broke out into “master classes,” one of which, titled “Innovating in the Real World: Using Design-Thinking To Create Positive Change” featured Diego Rodriguez, a partner atIDEOand a founding professor at the d.school at Stanford....

Automattic founderMatt Mullenwegjust dropped us a note with some exciting new stats about the continued growth of WordPress, one of the world’s top online publishing platforms. According to a blog postpublished today, WordPress powers 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5 percent one year ago. The latest figures show 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running on WordPress. The popularity of microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr has led many to wonder if the long-form blogging medium is on the decline....

Lifehacker first reportedthat the personal genetics company23andMeis offering a one day sale for its genetic testing. The deal is they’ll analyze your DNA for free after you buy a 1-year subscription to the company’s $9 per month Personal Genome Service, totaling $108, which is a serious discount from the normal price of $399 (Limit 5 per person). I signed up for 23andMejust before the holidays, paying $99.99, plus $5.00 per month for their subscription, so this is actually an even better deal....

Ever wondered what Twitter communication would look like on a map? Academics from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London have pulled this together to show the city’s Twitter hotspots. As Anders Johanssonexplains, tweets are shown as red circles, and retweets as yellow points moving in the direction of information – from the original tweets towards the location of the retweets. It’s interesting to see that, aside from a lull around 10am, traffic remains pretty constant throughout the day....