Open on paper is not enough. This edition looks at what makes open standards meaningful in practice, from office files to SVG and the web. If software can't support everything in a file, it should preserve what it cannot yet edit instead of stripping it away.

A short framework for keeping creative freedom honest: survivability, choice, modification, and redistribution, so your work stays portable and free to ship.

A behind-the-scenes look at my professional creative stack on Linux: the open-source tools I use for design, photo, video, audio, writing, and office work, and how open standards keep the whole workflow portable and professional.