Greg Bloom “We might wish that we could all agree to use one system, but the reality is that organizations have different needs for the same information.”
Essentials of Linguistics “It will be a living thing that keeps getting revised and added to, and keeps getting better and better every year. That's pretty exciting.”
Marginalized Seniors: Access to Health Care Information “We need to give people enough opportunities to get the information they need in the way that they want to receive it.”
Featured Turning nurses’ ideas into process improvements “We want to produce teams that can tackle quality, cost and safety — for the caregiver as well as the patient — all in one improvement process.”
Lainie DeCoursy “There was a draw to working with this group of people with shared interests and goals. Something was magnetic about that, and the shared Hive identity.”
Yvonne Martínez Brathwaite “We were able to create a space where people could safely share their struggles, while also giving them concrete strategies and space to think about how to make these collaborations work.”
Training Ontarians for the eLearning Opportunity “We’re offering people that are already highly skilled and knowledgeable with an opportunity to move into new spheres.”
Ana Marie Argilagos “Optimism is important in the face of extreme challenges. It’s resilience, the knowing that we can get through this. We’re all working together in the same direction.”
Majd Al-shihabi “What this fellowship has given me is access to Bassel‘s network and a chance to connect people and disparate projects.”
Hugh McGuire “Technical tools on their own are not enough — we also need rich communities that have a sense of why they are contributing to the commons.”
Hang Do Thi Duc “With Data Selfie, my main goal was to surface that we should have a relationship with the data that we leave behind every day — data that maybe you don't realize you’re leaving behind.”
Rafi Santo “It's not just that Hive organizations are using digital media to teach our young people, but that the ways they innovate now are tied to digital and open source culture.”
Joana Varon "I want Coding Rights to become one of the several rocking actors, or actresses, of the feminist revolution and have fun and care with each other along the way."
Rita Geladze “Watching my campers be successful and knowing that I had something to do with shaping their confidence — writing their recommendation letters, providing them with leadership opportunities — is a guilty pleasure of mine. I really enjoy seeing my success through others.”
Dixie Ching “Being with the members propelled me forward, buoyed me, and gave me a lot of encouragement.”
Lori Rose Benson “Every time I would go to another Hive NYC meetup, whether it was in person or virtually, I'd be connected to another colleague that would give me some advice on the way that we were going. This advice was priceless.”
Jon Phillips “St. Louis: If there was ever a simulated environment created where I could reach a maximum potential, that’s it. St. Louis has the most creative potential per square metre.”
Amel Ghouila “Open source is combining everyone's efforts to build resources for the community and to use the success of a project or a team to make others successful.”
Ian Forrester I like the fact that Mozilla's very much trying to go beyond the western world, and really trying to push hard into other sectors.
Henrik Moltke "It’s important to keep the internet underpinned by principles that allow for the next Facebook — for the next competitor or a new paradigm..."
Amy Lee “Part of working open is to put everything together in such a way that you can communicate ideas to the public, to other scientists, and in an open access journal.”
Greg McVerry “When we hand off control of the web to private companies, we’re losing the democratizing power of the web.”
Harry Smith “I feel comfortable giving feedback, whether it's negative or positive. Mozilla has feels like a safe space for me to do that.”
Esra’a Al Shafei "Self-censorship is a massive part of my everyday struggle. There’s so much I want to say that I just can’t."
Felton Thomas “I talk to people about the things they're looking for and need in their life, and inevitably, there is something useful to them in the library that they didn't know about.”
Ugo Vallauri "A healthy internet for me is one where what happens in front of me is sufficiently transparent: The caveats are known."
Nighat Dad "My optimism comes from the support, the solidarity, and the strength that I get from the rest of the community."
Priyanka Nag “I've met some awesome people in my journey who have helped and motivated me. I want to give the same experience to others — to make sure that when they share their story, it's a very happy journey and a very happy story.”
Liv Detlif “Stories are extremely important and useful. You can read books on a theoretical level, but it can be difficult for people to translate and relate to — the stories will hopefully make those theories more applicable.”
Geoff Millener ”It’s about asking the people who do a job every day how that job should be done, how it could be changed, and where are the places in their communities, their profession, their classroom and schools, they can make a change.”
Charles Canario “The hardest challenge is making things accessible. It’s super easy to get caught up in technical terms and vast concepts. I want to make sure all people can understand what we’re saying.”
Randy MacDonald “Part of working openly was capturing ideas and putting them out there for feedback from a broader community — even from people that aren’t working or going to be working on your project.”
Barry Joseph “We've transformed and enhanced our youth’s identity as contributors to society and helped them connect their passions with learning — giving them increased foundations to more effectively plan a rewarding future for themselves.”
Babitha George "If I can’t see what information people are accessing about me, there’s a problem — not knowing what happens to that data is an even bigger problem."
Gina Tesoriero “It's challenging to find a balance — to structure and support the kids that need it, but also give them the freedom to fail and bring their own interests into things.”
Niberca (Gigi) Polo “In my work in academia, our meetings with Hive networks has helped me expand my research on e-learning, emerging virtual spaces, and digital equity and inclusive practices.”