Shortly after starting this new blog, I read that one of my heroes,
Ubrewtu is a play on two of my passions -- home brewing beer, and
Ubuntu. Ubuntu (pronounced
ooh-BUN-too, though many people pronounce it
YOU-bun-too), is an
open source computer
operating system. It's an alternative to Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X on the desktop. It also works on some mobile devices, in place of Google Android and Microsoft Windows Mobile. I have
personally worked on the server version of Ubuntu for over 5 years now, where the Ubuntu server is the operating system of some of the largest websites and cloud infrastructures in the world.
In the development of Ubuntu, the
ideals of openness and collaboration are essential. Ubuntu leverages and extends the best of open source software in the world. Thousands of expert developers come together to build an operating system that's bigger and better than what any smaller group could have cobbled together on their own.
I am who I am because of who we all are. That's an approximate translation of the concept of Ubuntu, as espoused in the
ancient African philosophy from which
Mark Shuttleworth initial borrowed the word.
This marvelous idea around the good things that humanity can produce when working together has been applied to hundreds of endeavors. Famously, Doc Rivers
brought the concept to the Boston Celtics, who won the NBA championship a couple of years ago.
Nelson Mandela and
Archbishop Desmond Tutu have used it in their own sociopolitical efforts.
Having seen how effectively the concept of Ubuntu has worked in the open source software world, I'm borrowing those principles for use on a much smaller scale -- that of home brewing with this little Ubrewtu project.
I have a scattering of posts about my passions for home brewing, micro brews, vineyards, wineries, and distilleries -- spread across my
personal blog, my
family/travel blog,
Google Plus, and Facebook.
This site is intended to consolidate all of those into a single coherent home, document what has and hasn't worked well for me as well as others, collaborate and share our passions for home brewing openly. I hope you find something interesting here, and I invite you to share your own experiences in the comments as well!
Cheers,
:-Dustin
