Why children should learn to code, beware of security vulnerabilities, and more

WEEKLY NEWS Open source made me the man I am Open source developer Matt Spinelli inspires in this essay, saying: "Within 48 hours of your life you could help dozens of companies and their employees." Beware of security vulnerabilities: What you don't know can come back to haunt you Do you know the importance of monitoring open source for vulnerabilities before, during, and after using it? Rami Sass explains. 10 ways to contribute to an open source project without writing code Get involved no matter your skill set. Teaching with open source presentation service Reveal.js "It's what the cool kids are using." 10 tools to help open source cities maintain transparency Improve communication with city governments. Open source under the hood of the U.S. electrical grid Learn about the OpenDNP3 project. Weekly wrap-up: Motorola announces open hardware phones, Cisco open sources H.264 codec, and more Stories you may have missed from around the web. FROM THE ARCHIVES Homeroaster crafts a pumpkin spice latte the open source way Adam Strong The secret ingredient in open source Jason Hibbets OPEN SOURCE EVENTS Here's what's coming up in November: The OW2con'13 is the fifth edition of the annual community event. The international conferences is Nov. 12-14 in Paris-Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Linux Symposium strives to be one of best internationally represented Linux events. It takes place Nov. 18-21 in Ottawa, Canada. Check out the events calendar to see other upcoming open source events and submit your own! Open source geek (and father) Burr Sutter explains why he believes children should learn to code even if they don't have a future in IT. Closed source is better than open source in certain situations, says OpenLogic founder Rod Cope. Here are seven reasons that will leave you shaking your head. Reporting bugs is a chance to contribute back to the open source project you're working on. Here's a user guide for open source project bug submissions. Opensource.com is accepting articles. Here's how you can contribute. ENTERPRISERS PROJECT Join the open source dialogue about the future of CIOs. When to try new technology IT Chief Technology Officer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory says look for "Return on Attention." Kickstart(er) your enterprise Four lessons enterprises have learned by putting crowdsourcing to work within their companies. Meet the enterprisers: Cynthia Stoddard NetApp CIO Cynthia Stoddard shares her approach for the expanding role of CIO. Are you an enterpriser? The new Enterprisers Project is taking a look at how today's IT leaders are making it easier for enterprises to respond to business opportunities. Find out if you're an enterpriser.