{"id":2,"date":"2017-01-06T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T16:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:29:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PlusOne (Formerly known as FeatherCast) was created in 2006 (<a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/2006\/05\/28\/episode-1-2\/\">here&#8217;s Episode 1<\/a>!) by <a title=\"David Reid\" href=\"http:\/\/www.david-reid.com\/cynic\/\">David Reid<\/a> and <a title=\"Rich Bowen\" href=\"https:\/\/rcbowen.com\/\">Rich Bowen<\/a>, to tell the stories of the <a title=\"The Apache Software Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apache.org\/\">Apache Software Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We tell stories in 5 main categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/about\/20230830055054-0603e2d6-la-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20230830055054-0603e2d6-la-1.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20230830055054-0603e2d6-la\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20230830055054-0603e2d6-la-1.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18560 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20230830055054-0603e2d6-la-1.jpg?resize=175%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20230830055054-0603e2d6-la-1.jpg?w=175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20230830055054-0603e2d6-la-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Who<\/strong>: Stories of the people who make up the ASF, like <a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/2009\/03\/24\/episode-58-conversation-with-brian-1-of-2\/\">Brian Behlendorf<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/2019\/08\/15\/apachecon-qa-with-community-track-leader-sharan-foga-asfs-vp-of-apache-community-development-2\/\">Sharan Foga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What<\/strong>: Stories of what our <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.apache.org\/\">projects<\/a> do. This includes new releases, interesting features being worked on, and how they get used in the real world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Updates from, and announcements of, project events, like <a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/2022\/02\/25\/airflowsummit\/\">Airflow Summit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/2024\/04\/22\/community-over-code-europe-2024-bratislava-slovakia\/\">Community Over Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/about\/apachecon-na-2019_48724164487_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apachecon-na-2019_48724164487_o.jpg?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T2i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1568150109&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;43&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"apachecon-na-2019_48724164487_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apachecon-na-2019_48724164487_o.jpg?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18561 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apachecon-na-2019_48724164487_o.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apachecon-na-2019_48724164487_o.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plusone.apache.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apachecon-na-2019_48724164487_o.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Where<\/strong>: Stories of local ASF user groups, like the Apache Local Community chapters in <a href=\"https:\/\/cwiki.apache.org\/confluence\/display\/COMDEV\/ALC+Bangalore\">Balgalore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cwiki.apache.org\/confluence\/display\/COMDEV\/ALC+Warsaw\">Warsaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why<\/strong>: Conversations about why we do what we do, like this one with <a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/2024\/09\/26\/bertrand-delacretaz-asf-board\/\">Bertrand<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/2019\/09\/12\/the-apache-way-not-only-the-what-but-the-why-jim-jagielski\/\">this presentation<\/a> by Jim.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/plusone.apache.org\/help\/\">Learn how you can get involved<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-sa\/4.0\/88x31.png?w=1280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>All the content on this site is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a> unless specified otherwise, so you can remix and reuse to help us spread the message.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a short excerpt for the about&nbsp;page. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"<?php echo esc_url( get_permalink() ); 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