Throwing the Star Wars party I always wanted! Ever since my partner and I bought a house several years ago, I’ve wanted to throw a themed Star Wars party here. We’ve talked about doing a summer movie showing thing, we’ve talked about doing
Building open communities and useful, usable tech for good. OSS Community Manager at ROOST. Director at GNOME Foundation. Previously: Partners & community at Endless Access; Co-founder & CXO at elementary; UX & web at System76. I volunteer
Showing up for the Open Source community A few months ago I joined ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools) to build our open source community that would be helping to create, distribute, and maintain common tools and building blocks for onl…
Building open communities and useful, usable tech for good. OSS Community Manager at ROOST. Director at GNOME Foundation. Previously: Partners & community at Endless Access; Co-founder & CXO at elementary; UX & web at System76. I volunteer
Experienced, friendly, and creative open source community builder passionate about connecting people and technology, equipping developers with the best tools, and building tech for good. Three years as partner success engineer. Over a decad…
This is my canonical birthday, Christmas, and any-other-time wish list. It is up to date as of January 4, 2026. I dislike Amazon since they’re extremely anti-competitive and awful to their workers. So if you can, please purchase any items h…
Building community around open, scalable, and interoperable online safety tools A couple of months ago I shared that I was looking for what was next for me, and I’m thrilled to report that I’ve found it: I’m joining ROOST as OSS Community M…
It’s everyone’s favorite time of year, election season! …Okay, maybe not the most exciting thing—but an extremely important one nonetheless. For anyone who doesn’t know, GNOME is comprised of many parts: individual contributors and maintain…
Reach millions of users on the Linux app store with Flatpak If you follow me on the fediverse (@cassidy@blaede.family), you may have seen me recently gushing about ROTA, a video game I recently discovered. Besides the absolutely charming de…
It's fast, easy, and doesn't cost anything I run a little family Mastodon server so that I can have @cassidy@blaede.family and feel comfortable sharing random photos of my kids with people while remaining in control of how they’re shared. P…
Collaborating within GNOME to widen our impact far beyond Endless OS In July, my employer Endless sponsored and attended the annual GNOME conference, GUADEC, in Rīga, Latvia. Endless has a long history of supporting and collaborating within…
Thoughts on app ratings and reviews I’m on my way back from GUADEC in Rīga, Latvia and one recurring discussion (of many) was centered around how ratings and reviews are presented in GNOME software and other app stores. I’ve been building o…