Upstream Podcast

Tidelift

The Upstream podcast is a companion podcast to Upstream, the annual Tidelift event celebrating open source, the developers who use it and the maintainers who make it. Host Luis Villa, Tidelift co-founder and General Counsel, is joined by individuals from all corners of the open source universe, and together they’ll offer unique perspectives, concerns, and solutions on the state of open source as we know it (and predict it to be!). Episodes are released weekly on Wednesdays, with a few new seasons each year. You can find Luis on Twitter: @luis_in_brief, and luis@tidelift, and follow Tidelift (@tidelift) and Upstream (@upstreamOSS). Get in touch with questions, comments, or topic suggestions at info@tidelift.com.

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Open data: We all need you!
May 31 2023
Open data: We all need you!
Open and verified data saves lives! In this week’s episode of the Upstream podcast, Luis Villa sits with Heather Leson, digital innovation lead at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Monica Granados, assistant director of open climate at Creative Commons. Throughout the discussion, they’ll touch on many important topics including: open data standards and licenses, data playbooks, and bridging the gap between humanitarian offices and the tech industry with open data.For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.https://preparecenter.org/toolkit/data-playbook-toolkit-v1/ https://spherestandards.org/handbook/ https://www.google.com/url?q=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-organization/open-perspectives/main/opening-up-social-impact-focused-organizations/opening-up-social-impact-focused-organizations.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1685037851844525&usg=AOvVaw0E0CJ5zGfkSJo8-FNLe2kq https://www.anticipation-hub.org/ https://data.humdata.org/ https://prereview.org/ https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/https://giga.global/

Episodes

Open data: We all need you!
May 31 2023
Open data: We all need you!
Open and verified data saves lives! In this week’s episode of the Upstream podcast, Luis Villa sits with Heather Leson, digital innovation lead at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Monica Granados, assistant director of open climate at Creative Commons. Throughout the discussion, they’ll touch on many important topics including: open data standards and licenses, data playbooks, and bridging the gap between humanitarian offices and the tech industry with open data.For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.https://preparecenter.org/toolkit/data-playbook-toolkit-v1/ https://spherestandards.org/handbook/ https://www.google.com/url?q=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-organization/open-perspectives/main/opening-up-social-impact-focused-organizations/opening-up-social-impact-focused-organizations.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1685037851844525&usg=AOvVaw0E0CJ5zGfkSJo8-FNLe2kq https://www.anticipation-hub.org/ https://data.humdata.org/ https://prereview.org/ https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/https://giga.global/
Open and developer culture: What happened to people when software went open?
May 24 2023
Open and developer culture: What happened to people when software went open?
Will empathy help make our software development teams better? In this week’s episode of the Upstream podcast, Luis Villa sits with Kellan Elliot-McCrea of Adobe and Adam Jacon, CEO of System Initiative. Should software development teams be a team sport or an orchestra rather than a factory? How should we handle generational changes within software development teams?. Why do large software companies give their employees free breakfast? Get answers to these questions and enjoy some fun anecdotes about mastering craps when stuck in Las Vegas. Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goal_(novel)https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/16/software-and-its-discontents-part-1.htmlhttps://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/23/software-and-its-discontents-part-2-complexity.htmlhttps://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/29/software-and-its-discontents-part-3-the-magic.htmlFor more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.
Open joy!: How happiness helps open happen
May 17 2023
Open joy!: How happiness helps open happen
Let’s celebrate the joy of open source!In this week’s episode of the Upstream podcast, Luis Villa sits with Annie Rauwerda of Depths of Wikipedia and Sumana Harihareswara, stand-up comedian and founder of Changeset Consulting, to discuss the goofy side of Wikipedia, puppet shows, Wikimania marriages, the emotions in programming, and the joy of finding community in these spaces.Links:https://buttondown.email/Changeset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Wikimania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ullmanhttps://www.popsci.com/technology/shared-data-a-short-story-from-an-alternate-future/ For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.
The future of open: What we got wrong about crypto, what we might get right about AI
May 4 2023
The future of open: What we got wrong about crypto, what we might get right about AI
Where is open source now and where is it going? The oversaturation of cryptocurrency scams and the community shift in the web3 movement. The data required for machine learning and the balance of rights of use. What do we make of the various states of open source and what comes next? Welcome to the first episode of Upstream podcast! In this week’s episode, Luis Villa chats with Molly White of Web3 is Going Just Great and Stefano Maffuli of the Open Source Initiative about the future of open source and beyond.Links:https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ https://deepdive.opensource.org/ https://opensource.org/ https://ethicalsource.dev/For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.