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CHAOSScastEpisode 106: Funding Impact Measurement Working GroupThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 106
In this episode of the CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby introduces guests Dawn Foster, Cailean Osborne, and Paul Sharratt to discuss the newly formed 'Funding Impact Measurement Working Group' within the CHAOSS community. The panel explores the group's origins, goals, and objectives, emphasizing the importance of mixed method approaches to assess the impact of funding on open source projects. They highlight the significance of both quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the effects of funding better and share insights on cr...2025-03-2035 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 105: GrimoireLab at ThunderbirdThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 105
In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby introduces guests Heather Ellsworth, Wayne Mery, and Luis Cañas-Díaz. Today, the conversation focuses on the collaboration between Thunderbird and Bitergia, detailing their journey in using Grimoire Lab to gather community metrics. Key points include the importance of metrics in understanding community dynamics, the various tools monitored for data collection, and the impact of these metrics on community management. The panelists also share advice for other open source projects considering adop...2025-03-0634 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 103: GrimoireLab at FreeBSDThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 103
In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby welcomes guests Miguel Ángel Fernández, Ed Maste, and Moin Rahman to talk about the FreeBSD Project's adoption of GrimoireLab as part of work commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency.
They discuss the FreeBSD Foundation's need to understand their extensive bug backlog and how they leveraged GrimoireLab to gain insights and optimize bug management. The conversation also covers the challenges of deploying GrimoireLab on FreeBSD, resulting enhancements in the Grim...2025-02-0636 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 101: Inside CHAOSScast with your producersThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 101
In this episode of CHAOSScast, hosts Alice Sowerby, Harmony Elendu, and Dawn Foster provide an in-depth look at how the CHAOSScast podcast is produced. They share their backgrounds, discuss the importance of community participation, and elaborate on their process for selecting topics and guests. They also discuss the logistics and creative process behind producing the podcast, and the challenges of scheduling recordings and coordinating with guests from different time zones. The episode concludes with a call for community feedback and su...2025-01-0930 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 100: Celebrating 100 episodes of CHAOSScast!Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 100
In this special 100th episode of CHAOSScast, co-hosts Alice Sowerby and Harmony Elendu, along with a panel of eight past and current contributors, reflect on four and a half years of exploring open source community health. They discuss the evolution of CHAOSS, its impact on open-source sustainability, and the critical role it plays in the software supply chain security. The conversation also covers the challenges and future prospects of open source, emphasizing community collaboration, governance, and inclusivity. The episode concludes wi...2024-12-2657 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 93: Guest Episode - Sustain meets CHAOSScast to talk about Practitioner GuidesThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast- Episode 93
Guests:
Elizabeth Barron
Luis Cañas-Diaz
Dawn Foster
Panelists:
Alice Sowerby
Richard Littauer
In this episode of CHAOSScast, it’s a crossover with Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by three guests, Dawn Foster, Elizabeth Barron, and Luis Cañas Diaz, to discuss the CHAOSS Project's recent development of Practitioner Guides. The show delves into the purpose of these guides, which are designed to help open...2024-09-1940 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 92: ISO Standards for Open Source Community Health MetricsThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 92
In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby is joined by Sean Goggins, Georg Link, and guest Divya Mohan, to discuss the importance and process of establishing ISO standards for open source community health metrics. The panel delves into how ISO standards ensure interoperability and aid in establishing credible industry practices. They highlight existing ISO standards in open source and share how these efforts are being translated into the CHAOSS Project's metrics, particularly focusing on security and community activity. Th...2024-09-0528 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 89: Practitioner Guides: #3 Organizational ParticipationThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 89
In this episode of CHAOSSCast, host Alice Sowerby is joined by panelists Dawn Foster, Elizabeth Barron, and Harmony Elendu, to discuss the importance and complexities of organizational participation in open source projects. They delve into how the CHAOSS Practitioner Guides help users make sense of CHAOSS metrics and provide insights on improving open source project health. The conversation covers the significance of diverse organizational participation, the role of community managers, and the challenges of accurately measuring organizational contributions. Additionally, th...2024-07-2532 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 88: Practitioner Guides: #2 Contributor SustainabilityThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 88
In this episode of CHAOSSScast, host Alice Sowerby, along with Dawn Foster and Elizabeth Barron, discuss measuring and improving open source community health through contributor sustainability. The conversation highlights the importance of documentation, the balance of contributor roles, and proactive community building. They share insights and examples on how projects can avoid single points of failure, the significance of onboarding processes, and the impact of asking for help. The discussion also underscores the human aspects of open source contributions an...2024-07-1133 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 86: The Turing Institute: Using AI ethically with the power of Open SourceThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 86
In this episode of CHAOSScast, co-hosts Alice Sowerby and Dawn Foster welcome guests Aida Mehonic, Malvika Sharan, and Kirstie Whittaker from The Alan Turing Institute. The discussion begins with delving into the Institute's strategic vision, focused on using data science and AI to address global challenges in environment, health, and security. They examine the role of open source contributions in enhancing the ethical, accessible, and impactful uses of AI. The episode highlights various projects, such as The Turing Way, an...2024-06-1344 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 85: Introducing CHAOSS Practitioner Guides: #1 ResponsivenessThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 85
In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby is joined with Dawn Foster and special guest, Luis Cañas-Díaz from Bitergia. Today, they delve into the Practitioner Guide series created by CHAOSS, particularly focusing on the Responsiveness Guide authored by Dawn. The conversation highlights the challenges people face in interpreting data and metrics within their projects and how the guides aim to provide actionable insights for improvement. Additionally, they touch on the potential risks of misinterpreting metrics and stre...2024-05-3031 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 84: Community Viability - how Verizon thinks about OSS riskThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast – Episode 84
In this episode of CHAOSScast, Dawn Foster, Matt Germonprez, Alice Sowerby, and guest Gary White, Principal Engineer at Verizon’s OSPO office, delve into the world of viability metrics models developed for assessing the risks associated with using open source software components. Gary explains the creation process of these models, their application within Verizon for software evaluation, and the significance of engaging with the open source community to enhance project viability. The conversations also explore the challenges and considerations in d...2024-05-1634 min
Swoony Boys PodcastBlasts from the PastPodcast Notes
Erin starts us off with Dmitri Belikov from the Vampire Academy books by Richelle Mead.
Kassiah talks about Todd Wilkins from the Sweet Valley High Series by Francine Pascal.
Jaime names Edward Cullen from the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer as her blast from the past.
And Meg names her top three faves: Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery, Peter Savinar from Heidi by Johanna Spyri, and Dickon Sowerby from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Next we talk about our hotties of the month:
Jaime: Bishop Lattimer from The...2015-03-0200 min
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Author: John Dredge
Narrator: John Dredge
Format: Original Recording
Length: 33 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-06
Publisher: Fit2Fill limited
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Live Events, Comedy
Publisher's Summary:
Enjoy the gentle, laid-back humour of UK-based comedian and broadcaster John Dredge, in this hilarious 3 part history of almost everything in the universe. This acclaimed radio series has been broadcast on Resonance FM, and syndicated worldwide via Comedy 365, and is now available exclusively at Audible.co.uk. If...2006-07-2133 minGet Top 100 Audiobooks in Language InstructionThings Audiobook by John DredgeListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Things
Subtitle: John Dredge (Part 2) (Unabridged)
Author: John Dredge
Narrator: John Dredge
Format: Original Recording
Length: 33 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-06
Publisher: Fit2Fill limited
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Live Events, Comedy
Publisher's Summary:
Enjoy the gentle, laid-back humour of UK-based comedian and broadcaster John Dredge, in this hilarious 3 part history of almost everything in the universe. This acclaimed radio series has been broadcast on Resonance FM, and syndicated worldwide via Comedy 365, and is now available exclusively at Audible.co.uk. If...2006-07-2133 minGet Top 100 Audiobooks in Language InstructionThings Audiobook by John DredgeListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Things
Subtitle: John Dredge (Part 3) (Unabridged)
Author: John Dredge
Narrator: John Dredge
Format: Original Recording
Length: 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-06
Publisher: Fit2Fill limited
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Live Events, Comedy
Publisher's Summary:
Enjoy the gentle, laid-back humour of UK-based comedian and broadcaster John Dredge, in this hilarious 3 part history of almost everything in the universe. his acclaimed radio series has been broadcast on Resonance FM, and syndicated worldwide via Comedy 365, and is now available exclusively at Audible.co.uk. In...2006-07-2119 minGet Top 100 Audiobooks in Language InstructionThings Audiobook by John DredgeListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Things
Subtitle: John Dredge (Part 3) (Unabridged)
Author: John Dredge
Narrator: John Dredge
Format: Original Recording
Length: 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-06
Publisher: Fit2Fill limited
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Live Events, Comedy
Publisher's Summary:
Enjoy the gentle, laid-back humour of UK-based comedian and broadcaster John Dredge, in this hilarious 3 part history of almost everything in the universe. his acclaimed radio series has been broadcast on Resonance FM, and syndicated worldwide via Comedy 365, and is now available exclusively at Audible.co.uk. In...2006-07-2119 minGet Top 100 Audiobooks in Language InstructionThings Audiobook by John DredgeListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Things
Subtitle: John Dredge (Part 1) (Unabridged)
Author: John Dredge
Narrator: John Dredge
Format: Original Recording
Length: 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-06
Publisher: Fit2Fill limited
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Live Events, Comedy
Publisher's Summary:
Enjoy the gentle, laid-back humour of UK-based comedian and broadcaster John Dredge, in this hilarious 3 part history of almost everything in the universe. This acclaimed radio series has been broadcast on Resonance FM, and syndicated worldwide via Comedy 365, and is available exclusively at Audible. If you enjoyed The...2006-07-2122 minGet Top 100 Audiobooks in Language InstructionThings Audiobook by John DredgeListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Things
Subtitle: John Dredge (Part 1) (Unabridged)
Author: John Dredge
Narrator: John Dredge
Format: Original Recording
Length: 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-06
Publisher: Fit2Fill limited
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Live Events, Comedy
Publisher's Summary:
Enjoy the gentle, laid-back humour of UK-based comedian and broadcaster John Dredge, in this hilarious 3 part history of almost everything in the universe. This acclaimed radio series has been broadcast on Resonance FM, and syndicated worldwide via Comedy 365, and is available exclusively at Audible. If you enjoyed The...2006-07-2122 min