This document discusses the author's work in open research practices over time, including open publishing, open source tools, open lab notebooks, and open data. It notes key developments and tools in each area from 2007 to the present, including open access publishing with PLOS and PeerJ, the Zotero reference manager, the OpenWetWare wiki for lab notebooks, and Figshare for sharing research data. The author advocates for more open and reusable practices in science.