Shows
SustainEpisode 275: Richard J. Acton on Research Software Sharing, Publication, & Distribution Checklists (RSSPDC)Guest
Richard J. Acton
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer speaks with Richard J. Acton, a research data outputs manager at the Human Developmental Biology Initiative based near Cambridge. He discusses his involvement with open source software through bioinformatics and his development of a comprehensive checklist for researchers producing code. This checklist aims to guide researchers in making their software outputs more citable, reproducible, and user-friendly. The conversation delves into various themes covered by the checklist, such as source control, licensing, documentation...
2025-06-2731 min
SustainEpisode 271: Maintainer Month 2025 with Kade Morton on CybersecurityGuest
Kade Morton
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox
Show Notes
In this Maintainers Month episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer and co-host Eriol Fox talk with cybersecurity expert Kade Morton from Arachne Digital. The conversation dives into how Kade’s unconventional path through criminology and international relations led him into cybersecurity and open source. They explore the unique challenges of sustaining open source security tools, particularly for human rights activists and under-resourced groups, the tension between proprietary and open solutions, and how geopolitical contexts and human motivations influence modern di...
2025-05-3037 min
SustainEpisode 269: Marianne Bellotti & Greg Wilson on 10 quick tips for making your software outlive your jobGuests
Marianne Bellotti | Greg Wilson
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Marianne Bellotti, author of *Kill It with Fire, *and Greg Wilson, co-founder of the Carpentries, about what happens to your code when you leave your job and how to make sure it survives. They discuss their new paper, "10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job," and share practical strategies for protecting, documenting, and sustaining code in open source, research, and civil service environments. Whether you're preparing for...
2025-05-1644 min
SustainEpisode 267: Michelle Barker on the Research Software Alliance (ReSA)Guest
Michelle Barker
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer welcomes Michelle Barker, Director of the Research Software Alliance (ReSA), for an in-depth conversation about the critical yet often overlooked role of research software in open science. Michelle shares her journey from sociologist to open science advocate, unpacking how ReSA fosters global collaboration to support software developed for research. Together, they explore what it means to build “social infrastructure” in the open source ecosystem, the challenges of aligning international stakeholders, and how ReSA is s...
2025-05-0234 min
SustainEpisode 266: Sustain OSS Virtual Event: Recap!Guests
Eriol Fox | Allen “Gunner” Gunn | Leslie Hawthorn | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this special episode of Sustain, Richard has a discussion with guests and fellow hosts Eriol Fox, Abby Cabunoc Mayes,
Leslie Hawthorne, and Gunner, about the recent virtual Sustain event discussing the current state and
future of sustaining open source software. The conversation covers a broad range of topics, from the impact
of AI on open source and the complexity of corporate funding, to the importance of succession planning and
...
2025-04-1822 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 107: Guest Episode - Sustain meets Sean Goggins to talk about CHAOSS and AugerThank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast!
CHAOSScast- Episode 107
In this episode of CHAOSScast, we have a special crossover episode with Sustain, hosted Richard Littauer. Richard chats with CHAOSS contributor Sean Goggins, a tenured full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Missouri. Sean discusses his extensive involvement in the open source community, particularly through his work with the CHAOSS Project, a Linux Foundation initiative focused on understanding and improving open-source project sustainability. Their conversation covers Sean's academic background, his role in CHAOSS, the importance of distributed...
2025-04-0342 min
SustainEpisode 264: Neil Chue Hong on the Software Sustainability InstituteGuest
Neil Chue Hong
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, hosts Richard Littauer and Justin Dorfman talk with Neil Chue Hong, Director of the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI). They discuss the SSI's mission to sustain software used in research, the institute's history and funding, the role of research software engineers, and the newly launched Research Software Maintenance Fund (RSMF) with £4.8 million dedicated to supporting research software. Neil shares insights into the collaboration, training initiatives, and policy work done by the SSI to promote s...
2025-03-2139 min
SustainEpisode 262: Brian Muenzenmeyer on Approachable Open SourceGuest
Brian Muenzenmeyer
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Abbigail Cabunoc Mayes
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by co-host Abigail Cabunoc Mayes and guest Brian Muenzenmeyer, a seasoned open source contributor. Brian shares his journey in web development, his experiences with burnout, and insights from his new book, Approachable Open Source. Some key topics discussed include contributing to open source projects, community building, maintaining balance, and funding models for sustainability. This episode emphasizes the role of diverse contributions and the importance of creating accessible avenues...
2025-01-0333 min
SustainEpisode 261: Alexander Petros on htmx and sustainable, simpler toolsGuest
Alexander Petros
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Join host Richard Littauer as he dives into the world of open source sustainability with Alexander Petros, core maintainer of htmx and freelance software engineer. Today, they explore the evolution of HTML, the power of lightweight web protocols, and the broader implications of open-source software for the future of the web. Alexander shares his insights on building sustainable digital infrastructure, using simple tools effectively, and rethinking web development paradigms. Hit download now!
[00:01:40] Alexander explains htmx as a lightweight front-end...
2024-12-2036 min
SustainEpisode 259: Giulio Carvalho on Civic Tech and Querido DiárioGuest
Giulio Carvalho
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Giulio Carvalho, a civic tech practitioner and program manager at Open Knowledge Brasil, about the importance of open data and civic engagement in Brazil. They discuss the role of civic tech projects in promoting transparency, such as Querido Diário (Dear Diary), an open-source project aimed at centralizing municipal data for better access by citizens, journalists, and activists. Giulio shares insights on the challenges and successes of maintaining open-source projects within a...
2024-12-0642 min
SustainEpisode 249: Why work with writers in Open Source? With Jenn TurnerGuest
Jenn Turner
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer interviews Jenn Turner, a content strategist at Fastly and part of the Glitch team. They discuss Jenn's unusual journey from journalism to open source, the challenges of being a non-technical contributor in a technical field, and the importance of effective communication in open source projects. Jen shares insights about maintaining work-life balance, the role of community in sustaining open source, and the impact of social media changes on community engagement. They also touch...
2024-09-2740 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 53: Tofus Wang on g0v (GovZero)Guest
Terry “Tofus” Wang
Panelist
Django Skorupa
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain Open Source Design, Django Skorupa is joined by guest Tofus Wang, a UX designer and open source enthusiast from Taipei. Tofus shares his journey into open source, which began during his high school years. Currently, he is a junior UX designer at National Taiwan University, where he also studies economics. Tofus discusses the g0v (GovZero) hackathons, the challenges and opportunities of contributing to open source as a designer, and how non-coders contribute in meaningful ways...
2024-09-2427 min
SustainEpisode 248: Lorenzo Sciandra and Mirko Swillus on STF's "Fellowship for Maintainers" ProgramGuest
Lorenzo Sciandra | Mirko Swillus
Panelist
Richard Littauer | Abby Mayes
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer and co-host Abby Mayes are joined by Lorenzo Sciandra and Mirko Swillus from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to discuss the launch of the "Fellowship for Maintainers" program. Funded by the German government, STF is dedicated to supporting open-source sustainability by funding maintainers, especially those who work on multiple projects. Lorenzo and Mirko explain how the program aims to bridge funding gaps for solo maintainers, provide mentorship, and ensure...
2024-09-2035 min
SustainEpisode 245: Brian Douglas of Open Sauced on Sustainability through Effective MetricsGuest
Brian Douglas
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer talks with Brian “bdougie” Douglas, founder and CEO of Open Sauced. They discuss the multifaceted aspects of sustaining open source projects, Brian’s journey in developer advocacy, and the unique goals of Open Sauced. Brian shares insights from his experiences at GitHub and Netlify, elaborates on concepts like lottery factor and the significance of unique issue authors, and tackles the challenges of maintaining open source sustainability. He also explores the balance of addressing enterp...
2024-08-3043 min
SustainEpisode 244: Jan Lehnardt & Alba Herrerías Ramírez of Neighbourhood.ieGuests
Jan Lehnardt | Alba Herrerías Ramírez
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer engages with Jan Lehnardt and Alba Herrerías Ramírez from Neighbourhoodie, a consultancy company based in Berlin and the Canary Islands. The discussion delves into Neighbourhoodie’s work on sustaining open source projects, their collaboration with the Sovereign Tech Fund for enhancing open source project's bug resilience, and the technical and ethical facets of their consultancy services. Insights are shared into their past and current projects, including PouchD...
2024-08-2344 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 52: Milan Guenther on Open Source Enterprise DesignGuest
Milan Guenther
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Memo Esparza
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain Open Source Design, host Richard Littauer and co-host Memo Esparza are joined by Milan Guenther, President of the Intersection Group and co-founder of Enterprise Design Associates. Milan discusses his career, which spans working with major enterprises like Google and Toyota, and his focus on transforming organizations through enterprise design. The conversation delves into the intricacies of enterprise design, the role of open-source tools like 'Edgy,' and the challenges and successes of applying these...
2024-07-0933 min
SustainEpisode 239: Deb Goodkin of FreeBSDGuest
Deb Goodkin
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
This episode of Sustain features host Richard Littauer having a conversation with guest Deb Goodkin, the Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation. They discuss the history, development, and distinct characteristics of FreeBSD as an operating system independent from Linux, and the foundational support provided by the FreeBSD Foundation. The conversation delves into the organization’s efforts in software development, security, community engagement, and plans to increase diversity. They also highlight the celebration of FreeBSD Day and Deb’s passion for maintaining and...
2024-06-2839 min
SustainEpisode 236: Eva Maxfield Brown & Boris Veytsman on OSS Dependencies in the SciencesGuests
Eva Maxfield Brown | Boris Veytsman
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer engages with guests Eva Maxfield Brown and Boris Veytsman to explore their co-authored paper, "Biomedical Open Source Software: Crucial Packages and Hidden Heroes." The paper focuses on identifying crucial but often overlooked software dependencies in biomedical research. The discussions delve into how the study used data from two million papers to map these dependencies, revealing both well-supported and undermaintained software components vital to scientific research. There’s a conversation on th...
2024-06-0739 min
SustainEpisode 234: Simon Vansintjan on MirloGuest
Simon Vansintjan
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode, host Richard Littauer and guest Simon Vansintjan dive into the topic of open-source sustainability in the music industry. Simon, a long-time friend of Richard and a seasoned coder and designer, introduces Mirlo, an innovative online platform he's working on that combines elements of Bandcamp and Patreon to enable direct financial support for musicians. Mirlo, an open-source project built with a full-stack TypeScript, Express, Redis, Postgres, and React, aims to provide an alternative to traditional music streaming services by...
2024-05-2429 min
SustainEpisode 229: OSCA 2023 with Stephen Okonkwo on Design and OSCA FestivalGuest
Stephen Okonkwo
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, the OSCA 2023 series, host Richard welcomes Steve Okonkwo, a multidisciplinary designer who actively contributes to the Open Source Community Africa (OSCA). Steve sheds light on his role in enhancing user experience through thoughtful design, particularly for OSCA, and shares his dedication to continue elevating the design team's work. Richard and Steve discuss the Sustain sub-event, the importance of design in open source, and the intricacies of conference planning around open source products. Steve also touches on...
2024-04-1913 min
SustainEpisode 227: OSCA 2023 with Adewale “Ace” Abati on Made. In. Nigeria.Guest
Adewale “Ace” Abati
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode, host Richard Littauer sits down with Adewale “Ace” Abati, a staff developer advocate at TBD and member of the Open Source Community Africa. Today, they discuss Ace’s work in building a decentralized future of the web and advocating for open protocol and Web5 technology. Ace provides insightful perspectives on the pressure of content creation, the importance of repetition for skill acquisition, and the role of community in open source project management. The conversation also touches on Ace’s ‘Mad...
2024-04-0513 min
SustainEpisode 226: Jacob Kaplan-Moss on Compensating Open Source Maintainers (but not that way)Guest
Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Panelist
Richard Littauer | Amanda Casari
Show Notes
This episode of Sustain explores the challenges and dynamics of funding open source projects. Host Richard Littauer and co-host Amanda Casari welcome guest Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Board Member and Treasurer of the Django Software Foundation, and Security Architect at Latacora. The discussion covers Jacob’s recent blog post on the criticism faced by open source maintainers who seek compensation, highlighting the backlash encountered from seeing grants to selling T-shirts. The conversation also explores the ethical use of open source software, th...
2024-03-2933 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 51: Stephen Okonkwo on OSCA, UX, and Open Source Design LeadershipGuest
Stephen Okonkwo
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain Open Source Design, the OSCA 2023 series, host Richard welcomes Steve Okonkwo, a multidisciplinary designer who actively contributes to the Open Source Community Africa (OSCA). Steve sheds light on his role in enhancing user experience through thoughtful design, particularly for OSCA, and shares his dedication to continue elevating the design team's work. Richard and Steve discuss the Sustain sub-event, the importance of design in open source, and the intricacies of conference planning around open source products. Steve...
2024-03-0513 min
SustainEpisode 220: FOSSY 2023 with Angie ByronGuest
Angie Byron
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is held by the Software Freedom Conservancy. In this episode, we’re joined by Angie Byron, the Director of Community at Aiven, a leading open source data platform. Angie brings us insights from her role overseeing 11 open source projects, explaining how they provide managed services and security updates for several data projects, and highlighting the importance of prioritizing by impact. She al...
2024-02-1613 min
SustainEpisode 217: Heather Meeker on her latest book, "From Project to Profit: How to Succeed in Commercial Open Source"Guest
Heather Meeker
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode, host Richard Littauer welcomes renowned author and open source lawyer, Heather Meeker, in our first venture into video format. Heather discusses her journey from being a ‘big law’ lawyer to focusing specifically on open source matters. She talks about her latest book, From Project to Profit: How to Succeed in Commercial Open Source, and the valuable insights it provides for entrepreneurs and developers looking to transform their open source projects into successful businesses. The conversation also delves into the...
2024-01-2642 min
SustainEpisode 207: FOSSY 2023 with Karen SandlerGuest
Karen Sandler
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is held by the Software Freedom Conservancy.
In this episode, Richard is joined by Karen Sandler, Executive Director at Software Freedom Conservancy. Today, they discuss the various aspects of organizing a conference, emphasizing ethical considerations, precautions taken, software freedom, community involvement, GNOME pronunciation, and highlight community contributions and the balance between using open source and proprietary software. They explore...
2023-11-1016 min
SustainEpisode 205: FOSSY 2023 with Richard LittauerGuest
Richard Littauer
Panelist
Karen Sandler
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! In this episode, the tables are turned today as Karen Sandler takes over as host, interviewing our very own Richard Littauer. Recorded at the Free and Open Source Yearly conference, the discussion delves into Richard’s evolving perspective on sustainability in open source projects. His experiences attending multiple conferences have led him to question the term ‘sustainability,’ advocating instead for a shift towards values such as human rights, joy, and mitigating harm. Also, Richard and Karen explor...
2023-10-2717 min
SustainEpisode 204: FOSSY 2023 with Adam MonsenGuest
Adam Monsen
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is held by the Software Freedom Conservancy. In today’s episode, Richard is joined by Adam Monsen, co-founder of the open source conference, SeaGL, and author of the soon-to-be-published book, Steadfast Self-Hosting: Rapid-Rise Personal Cloud, which aims to guide individuals and groups towards personal data control, an important step towards autonomy, agency, and freedom. The discussion highlights the value of self-hosting da...
2023-10-2016 min
SustainEpisode 200: FOSSY 2023 with Stuart GeigerGuest
Stuart Geiger
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is held by the Software Freedom Conservancy. In today’s episode, we’re joined by Stuart Geiger, and Assistant Professor at University of California, San Diego. Stuart shares his unique expertise on “invisible work” in the open source communities, discussing his research funded by the Digital Infrastructure Fund and emphasizing the importance of documenting and valuing such efforts. The conversation delves into the...
2023-09-2218 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 50: Veethika Mishra of GitLab on designers and barriers to open sourceGuest
Veethika Mishra
Panelist
Richard Littauer | Django Skorupa | Victory Brown
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. In today’s episode, we are joined by guest, Veethika Mishra, a Senior Product Designer at GitLab, who shares her career path, emphasizing her move from closed to open source de...
2023-09-1236 min
SustainEpisode 195: FOSSY 2023 with Denver GingerichGuest
Denver Gingerich
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is held by the Software Freedom Conservancy. In this episode, Richard hosts Denver Gingerich, a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy and Founder of JMP. Denver dives into the backstory of JMP, the initiative to make phone numbers as flexible as emails. They explore Denver’s role as the Director of Compliance at the Software Freedom Conservancy, where he ensures companies co...
2023-08-1817 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 47: Penpot Fest with Iván Martínez & Karl HüttGuests
Iván Martínez | Karl Hütt
Panelist
Pia Mancini
Show Notes
iBienvenido a Sustain Open Source Design! La Inteligencia Artificial en Acción: Impulsando el Futuro Empresarial "¿Quieres descubrir cómo la inteligencia artificial está impulsando el futuro del desarrollo de productos y abriendo nuevas oportunidades en el mundo empresarial? Grabado durante el PenPot Festival en Barcelona, en este episodio tenemos el honor de entrevistar a Iván Martínez, CTO de Ontruck, una destacada start-up española a la vanguardia de la innovación, trabajando para reducir las...
2023-08-0129 min
SustainEpisode 186: Yan Minagawa & Christian Paul at FOSS Backstage 2023Guests
Yan Minagawa | Christian Paul
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! On this episode, Richard is at FOSS Backstage 2023 in Berlin, where he has two guests joining him, Yan Minagawa and Christian Paul, from the Matrix Project. Today, they talk about what the Matrix Project is. The project has 80 million users and around 10,000 home servers. We also learn that Christian works on developing bridges for the Matrix project, and Yan is part of the team and works as a Solution Architect, specifically in the public...
2023-06-2022 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 44: Isaac Zara of Flipside on building timeless brand system and guidelinesGuest
Isaac Sixtus Chizaram (Isaac Zara)
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Our guest today is Isaac Zara, an open source enthusiast who works at Flipside as a brand designer. Isaac shares his journey into open source, his work as a...
2023-06-2037 min
SustainEpisode 184: Omotola Eunice Omotayo & Jan Ainali at FOSS Backstage 2023Guests
Omotola Eunice Omotayo | Jan Ainali
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Today, Richard’s live at FOSS Backstage 2023 in Berlin, and on this episode, he’s joined by two guests.
His first guest is Omotola Eunice Omotayo, who works as a community manager and organizer for Outreachy, which is a fellowship under Software Freedom Conservancy. She gave a talk about “Contributor engagement and monetization opportunities” at the event. They discuss the number of applications Outreachy received, the number of interns, and how she mana...
2023-06-1333 min
SustainEpisode 183: Nahuai Badiola on WordPress, W3C, and all of tech sustainabilityGuest
Nahuai Badiola
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Today, Richard and Justin are very excited to have as their guest, Nahuai Badiola, who’s a freelance WordPress developer, part of the WordPress Sustainability Initiative, the W3C Sustainability Working Group, and a recent recipient of a fellowship at The Green Web Foundation. Today’s discussion covers the importance of sustainability in different contexts, including the environmental, social, and economic aspe...
2023-06-0934 min
SustainEpisode 182: Wolfgang Gehring & Ana Jiménez at FOSS BackstageGuests
Wolfgang Gehring | Ana Jiménez Santamaría
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Today, Richard is joined by two guests from FOSS Backstage 2023 in Berlin.
His first guest is Wolfgang Gehring, OSPO Head at Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation. Wolfgang discusses the importance of open source at Mercedes-Benz. He mentions the company's recent FOSS convention, explains his role in getting people to work together, and talks about the challenges of de-risking and softening legal requirements. Richard asks for advice on how other large industrial co...
2023-06-0638 min
SustainEpisode 180: Gregor Bransky at FOSS Backstage 2023Guest
Gregor Bransky
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! On this episode, Richard is in Berlin this week at FOSS Backstage 2023, and he is joined by his guest, Gregor Bransky, who’s an artist, hacker, and computer technician. He discussed his experiences at CCC and how they value the creation of beauty using technology as part of their "Hacker Ethics." Gregor also discusses his role as a board member for present policy of the Innovation Council Public Health, an NGO that developed digital tools to fi...
2023-05-3023 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 42: Mike Gifford of CivicActions on Digital AccessibilityGuest
Mike Gifford
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, Richard is super excited to have as his guest, Mike Gifford, who’s a Senior Strategist at CivicActions and a thought leader on digital accessibility and the public sector. He was the Founder an...
2023-05-2334 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 41: Ashlyn Knox on designing Fedora's new siteGuest
Ashlyn Knox
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Richard is the sole panelist today and he welcomes guest, Ashlyn Knox, who’s a web developer, UI/UX designer, and community contributor, joining us from the Fedora community. Today, Ashlyn talks about their wo...
2023-05-0928 min
SustainEpisode 173: Nick Vidal & Masae Shida at FOSS Backstage 2023Guests
Nick Vidal | Masae Shida
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! On this episode, Richard is roaming the halls at FOSS Backstage 2023 this week, and you just never know who you’re going to bump into. He grabs Nick Vidal, the new Community Manager for ClearlyDefined, which is an open-source project that aims to bring clarity to licensing information for open-source projects. Nick is trying to reach out to different communities to work together, such as OpenSSF and Open Research Toolkit. Nick and Richard discuss th...
2023-05-0537 min
SustainEpisode 170: Smera Goel & Dotan Horovits at FOSS Backstage 2023Guests
Smera Goel | Dotan Horovits
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! On this episode, Richard is at the FOSS Backstage 2023 that is held in Berlin every year.
Today, Richard has two guests joining him. He meets up with Smera Goel who was featured on Episode 3 of our Sustain Open Source Design Podcast. Richard catches up with her and what has been going on the past year and a half. Smera is a Product Designer and an Outreachy Mentor for Fedora. She is also...
2023-04-2540 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 40: Winfried Tilanus & Emilie Tromp on Privacy by DesignGuests
Winfried Tilanus | Emilie Tromp
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Richard has two amazing guests joining him, Winfried Tilanus, who’s a Privacy Consultant at Privacy Company, and Emilie Tromp, who’s a Social Design Strategist at Reframing Studio.
Today, they...
2023-04-2536 min
SustainEpisode 168: Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz at FOSS Backstage 2023Guest
Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! On this episode, Richard is at the FOSS Backstage 2023 that is held in Berlin every year. Today, Richard speaks with Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz, CEO of Kaleidos, and creator of Penpot and Taiga. The episode focuses on open-source design and how open-source products can be successful. They discuss how Kaleidos started as a consultancy company, but eventually became a full open-source products company. They also talk about the benefits and risks of focusing entirely on open-source pr...
2023-04-1824 min
SustainEpisode 167: Paul Berschick & Oleg Nenashev at FOSS Backstage 2023Guests
Paul Berschick | Oleg Nenashev
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain!
We are at FOSS Backstage 2023 this week, and our host Richard is joined by Paul Berschick, who’s the organizer of the conference. Paul has been involved with Foss Backstage from the beginning in 2017, and he talks about the development of the event and how it has grown over the years. He mentions that the pandemic helped to refocus the conference and reach more people online. Paul also talks about his company, Pl...
2023-04-1436 min
SustainEpisode 166: Thomas Steenbergen & Josep Prat at FOSS Backstage 2023Guests
Thomas Steenbergen | Josep Prat
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is at the FOSS Backstage 2023 that’s held in Berlin every year. On this episode, Richard has two guests joining him. His first guest is Thomas Steenbergen, co-founder and organizer for the TODO Group Europe and Head of the Open Source Program Office at EPAM Systems. Thomas talks about his current workshop, OSS Review Toolkit, his background as a software developer, and the three important aspects of open-source software: consuming, compliance, and contributing ba...
2023-04-1146 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 39: Mogashni Naidoo on Integrating UX Research into Open Source Product ManagementGuest
Mogashni Naidoo
Panelist
Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design, a podcast where we discuss the intersections between design, open source, and what it takes to sustain communities that interact with both. Today, Django is hosting, and he’s excited to talk to his guest, Mogashni Naidoo, who’s a UX Researcher working in open source Bitcoin products and applications. The conversation covers her journey from volunteering in the Bitcoin community to becoming a UX research evangelist. Mo discusses her work on Lightning Wall...
2023-04-1127 min
SustainEpisode 165: Hugi Ásgeirsson, Silona Bonewald & Marco Möller at State of Open Con 2023Guest
Hugi Ásgeirsson | Silona Bonewald | Marco Möller
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome back to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Richard is at the State of Open Con 2023 UK in London, and he’s excited to have his first ever in-person podcasts. Today, he has three guests joining him. His first guest is Hugi Ásgeirsson, who’s the Strategy & Partnerships Director at Open Collective Europe. He talks about the differences and benefits between Open Collective in the...
2023-04-0750 min
SustainEpisode 164: Derek Kozel & Abby Cabunoc Mayes at State of Open Con 2023Guest
Derek Kozel | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Welcome back to another episode of Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Richard is at the State of Open Con 2023 UK in London, and he’s excited to have his first ever in-person podcasts. On this episode he has two guests for us to enjoy. His first guest is the President of GNU Radio, Derek Kozel. Hear the moment Derek blows Richard’s mind about all the uses for GNU Radi...
2023-04-0433 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 37: Seth Hillbrand on Designing and Funding at KiCadGuest
Seth Hillbrand
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Richard is very excited to have a guest with him since he’s solo today. Joining him is Seth Hillbrand, who’s a Lead Developer at KiCad, which is one of the leading electronic desi...
2023-03-1434 min
SustainEpisode 158: Ruth Cheesley & Mike Nolan at State of Open Con 2023Guest
Ruth Cheesley | Mike Nolan
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Richard is at the State of Open Con 2023 UK in London, and he’s excited to have his first ever in-person podcast. Today, he has two guests joining him that have previously been on this podcast. His first guest is Ruth Cheesley, who’s the Project Lead at Mautic. Ruth tells us about Mautic and what her job entails. Also, since she...
2023-03-1035 min
SustainEpisode 156: Paul Berschick and FOSS Backstage 2023 in BerlinGuest
Paul Berschick
Panelists
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Richard is very excited to have a repeat guest on today, and that is Paul Berschick. Paul is here to tell us a little bit about his conference, FOSS Backstage 2023, which is being held in Berlin, in-person and online, March 13-14. He gives us some important details about the event, from what’s happening this year, some exciting speakers that will be there, an...
2023-02-2705 min
SustainEpisode 151: Announcement! Sustain Session @ State of Open Con 2023 in londonPanelists
Richard Littauer | Pia Mancini | Ben Nickolls
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. This is a short episode today because we are headed to London in early February for a Sustain event. Why are we going to London? Well, it’s the State of Open Con 2023, February 7-8, an event that is all things open source, including legal, governance, technology itself, hardware, and data, put on mainly by Amanda Brock and Open UK, and funded by IEEE SA and ma...
2023-01-2707 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 36: Georgia Aitkenhead, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, and Susanna Fantoni of The Alan Turing Institute on AutSPACEsGuest
Georgia Aitkenhead | Bastian Greshake Tzovaras | Susanna Fantoni
Panelists
Georgia Bullen | Richard Littauer | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. On this episode, our guests are from The Alan Turing Institute in the UK. Today, joining us are Georgia Aitkenhead, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, and Susanna...
2023-01-2440 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 35: Marie Nordin and Helping the Under-represented in Open SourceGuest
Marie Nordin
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Memo Esparza | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers.
On this episode, we are excited to have joining us Marie Nordin, who’s the Code of Conduct Specialist working out of Red Hat’s Open Source Program Offi...
2023-01-1033 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 34: Jason van Gumster on Animation, Design, and Open SourceGuest
Jason van Gumster
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Victory Brown | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. On this episode, Richard, Victory, and Django have a great guest joining them. Today, we have Jason van Gumster, who’s the Blender Consulting Lead at Orange Turbine. He’s al...
2023-01-0334 min
SustainEpisode 144: Simon Minton of Ringer on Empowering Individual ContributorsGuest
Simon Minton
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Richard and Justin are super excited to have as their guest today, Simon Minton, who’s the CEO of Ringer, which we’ll hear all about. Simon tells us how Ringer is different by the ways they provide for their maintainers, how they give back to projects, handle consultancy with projects, and he explains their recruitment process. Simon shares his long-term plan...
2022-10-2839 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 33: Hosts Talk: 2022 Wrap, and Looking Towards 2023Panelists
Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox | Memo Esparza | Georgia Bullen
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. On today’s episode, we wanted to have a reintroduction to us as a group and find out what’s going on with us and what we’re all doing these days since we don’t get to...
2022-10-1139 min
SustainEpisode 133: Sustain and CHAOSS: A Joint PodcastPanelists
Georg Link | Richard Littauer | Dawn Foster | Willem Jiang | Amanda Casari | Ben Nickolls
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Today’s episode is a shared podcast between Sustain and CHAOSS. We have six panelists to talk about maintaining open source and we’ll also do a quick update from a previous episode and...
2022-08-1240 min
CHAOSScastEpisode 62: Maintaining Open Source Projects - a joint episode with the Sustain PodcastHello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Today’s episode is a shared podcast between Sustain and CHAOSS. We have six panelists to talk about maintaining open source and we’ll also do a quick update from a previous episode and talk about what has changed and what maintaining open source looks like today. The panelists we have are Georg Link, Rich...
2022-08-1242 min
SustainEpisode 129: Per Ploug and the Spotify FOSS FundGuest
Per Ploug Krogslund
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Ben Nickolls
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Our guest today is Per Ploug Krogslund, who’s the Open Source Tech Lead at Spotify. He’s with us to talk in-depth about the FOSS Fund he’s setting up with Spotify, to pay maintainers of independent projects and give back to open source developers. Go ahead and download this episode now to hear more!
[00:01:30] Per tells us his...
2022-07-1542 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 32: Chukwuka Ezeoke of Spirē on the Open Source Community Africa 2022 event and Untitled DesignGuest
Chukwuka Ezeoke
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers.
Our guest today is Chukwuka Ezeoke, who’s the Co-Founder and Head of Design at Spirē and was recently at the Open Source Community Africa (OSCA) 2022 event, where he was at...
2022-07-0539 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 31: Björn Balazs on Open Usability and how FLOSS can save our privacyGuest
Björn Balazs
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Victory Brown | Memo Esparza
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Our guest today is Björn Balazs joining us from Germany where he works for KDAB and has been a long-term designer in the open space. He also co-founded Op...
2022-06-1436 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 29: Clara García Viñola of Kaleidos on building Taiga and PenpotGuest
Clara García Viñola
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Memo Esparza
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today joining us as our guest is Clara García Viñola, who’s a Designer with Kaleidos. We’ll find out more about Clara’s job and what she does...
2022-05-2432 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 27: Jenn Kotler on Astronomical Sonification and Designing UX for Science & Open DataGuest
Jenn Kotler
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Memo Esparza | Eriol Fox | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, we have the wonderful Jenn Kotler joining us! Jenn is a User Experience Designer at the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST), where she designs data search...
2022-04-2642 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 26: Aaron Collier of Orbit on Writing Docs and Building Design SystemsGuest
Aaron Collier
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, we are very excited to have as our guest, Aaron Collier, who is a Technical Writer at Orbit, which is the design system for Kiwi.com. Aaron fills us in on...
2022-04-1941 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 8: Rayya El Zein on the Digital Infrastructure IncubatorGuest
Rayya El Zein | Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal | Heather Turner | Batool Almarzouq | Nic Weber
Jackson Maxfield Brown | Stephan Druskat | Gemma Turon | Miquel Duran Frigola
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to the Digital Infrastructure Fund Podcast! This is the podcast where we focus on recipients of the Digital Infrastructure Grant Fund which has funded by multiple funders. We don’t just interview current cohorts, but also past cohorts who have gotten funding from this grant pool. Today, I’m very excited with all my guests. We have one...
2022-04-1830 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 25: Lozana Rossenova on the intersection of design research, open source communities and GLAMsGuest
Lozana Rossenova
Panelists
Eriol Fox | Django Skorupa | Memo Esparza
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, we have a fantastic guest joining us, Lozana Rossenova, who is a digital designer and researcher, as well as an Associate Researcher at the Open Science Lab. Lozana takes...
2022-03-2937 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 24: Taís Lessa on Inclusion in the Workplace for Immigrants and NewcomersGuest
Taís Lessa
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Memo Esparza | Eriol Fox
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. On this episode, we are excited to have as our guest, Taís Lessa, who is a Product Design Lead at Mozilla Corporation, working with the Pocket team. Our di...
2022-03-2239 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 23: Heiko Tietze of the Document Foundation on Mentoring DesignersGuest
Heiko Tietze
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. We are very excited to have as our guest today, Heiko Tietze, who is a full-time UX Mentor at the Document Foundation. Today, Heiko fills us in on the Document...
2022-03-1534 min
SustainEpisode 112: Mike Saunders on The Document Foundation and LibreOfficeGuest
Mike Saunders
Panelists
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Richard is solo today, but very excited to have as his guest, Mike Saunders, joining us from Munich, where he’s the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for The Document Foundation, a longtime advocate of open standards, and wrote his own operating system at one point called MikeOS, which we’ll find out how that happened. Today, Mike tells us all about The Document Foun...
2022-03-1141 min
SustainEpisode 110: Impactful Open Source: Teaching Open Source Technology Managers at Brandeis, with Ken Udas and Georg LinkGuests
Ken Udas | Georg Link
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to a special episode of Sustain. This is the Impactful Open Source series, part of a former podcast host by Richard Littauer. This is the podcast where we talk about taking source code and moving it until it makes an impact on the world at large, either on cities, universities, or governments. Today, I have two special guests, Ken Udas, who is the Program Officer at Open Source Technology Management Program at Brandeis University, where he...
2022-02-2532 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 20: Eileen Wagner on the Open Source Design networkGuest
Eileen Wagner
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox | Django Skorupa
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, our guest is Eileen Wagner, who is a UX Designer, a general consultant, and works mainly on privacy-enhancing technologies. She helped start the Prototype Fund, the upcoming Sovereign Tech...
2022-02-0137 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 19: Conor Okus and Christoph Ono on the Bitcoin Design CommunityGuest
Conor Okus | Christoph Ono
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Georgia Bullen | Memo Esparza
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, we are joined by two guests, Christoph Ono, who is a UX and digital product designer from the Bitcoin Design Community, and Conor Okus, who works for...
2022-01-1144 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 17: 2021 Wrap UpPanelists
Georgia Bullen | Memo Esparza | Eriol Fox | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, as we wrap up 2021 and our first year of doing this podcast, we get reacquainted with each of our panelists as they give us a little history of their backgrounds and their involvement in...
2021-12-2326 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 16: Jérémy Landes on Type DesigningGuest
Jérémy Landes
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Memo Esparza | Eriol Fox
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. We’re really excited to have as our guest, Jérémy Landes, from the South of France, who’s a “Font Dude” or Type Designer, and he’s the leader o...
2021-12-1431 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 15: Jin Guo and Jinghui Cheng on UX and design in scientific OSS projectsGuest
Jin Guo | Jinghui Cheng
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox | Memo Esparza
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today, we have two amazing guests, Jin Guo and Jinghui Cheng from Montréal. Jin is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in the School of Computer Science, a...
2021-12-1040 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 14: Django Skorupa on segueing into Open Source Design at Open@RITGuest
Django Skorupa
Panelists
Justin Flory | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Our special guest today is Django Skorupa, who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Design and is now working as a UI/UX Designer for the...
2021-11-3042 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 7: Caroline Sinders on the Importance of Diverse CommmunitiesGuest
Caroline Sinders
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to the Digital Infrastructure Fund podcast! This is the podcast where we focus on recipients of the Digital Infrastructure Grant Fund which has funded by multiple funders. We don’t just interview current cohorts, but also past cohorts who have gotten funding from this grant pool.
Today, we have Caroline Sinders, the Founder of Convocation Design + Research, as well as a lecturer at the London College of Communication in their Data Visualisation Masters program. She’s an artist and researcher and a lot of w...
2021-11-2937 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 6: Mathieu O’Neil and Stefano Zacchiroli: The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firmsGuest
Mathieu O’Neil
Stefano Zacchiroli
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to the Digital Infrastructure Fund podcast! This is the podcast where we focus on grantees of the Digital Infrastructure Fund that has been funded by multiple funders in order to explore what Digital Infrastructure is. Today, we are extremely privileged to have two guests, Mathieu O’Neil and Stefano Zacchiroli. Mathieu is an Associate Professor of Communication at the News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra and Founder of the Journal of Peer Production. Stefano is a Professor at Télé...
2021-11-2235 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 12: Abhishek Sharma on collaborating with NGOs as a designerGuest
Abhishek Sharma
Panelists
Eriol Fox
Richard Littauer
Perrie Ojemeh
Memo Esparza
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Our special guest today is Abhishek Sharma, who is the head of a design company called ColoredCow. He is currently managing one of the open...
2021-11-1638 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 5: Jana Gallus and the Power of Public: Recognition and Reputation as Drivers of Open Source Success.Guest
Jana Gallus
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to the Digital Infrastructure Fund podcast! This is the podcast where we are discussing what is digital infrastructure and we explicitly focus on people who have been given grants from the Digital Infrastructure Fund. This fund is dedicated towards helping researchers understand what is digital infrastructure is, how can we understand it more, and how can we empower people to support it for the long term? I am very excited to have as my guest today, Jana Gallus, who is an Associate Professor, with tenure...
2021-11-1536 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 4: Elisa Lindinger on Implicit Development Environments (IDE)Guest
Elisa Lindinger
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to the Digital Infrastructure Fund podcast! This is the podcast where we are discussing what is digital infrastructure and we explicitly focus on people who have been given grants from the Digital Infrastructure Fund. Today, I have the privilege of having as my guest, Elisa Lindinger, who is a Co-founder of SUPERRR. On this episode, we are going to learn more about SUPERRR Lab and what it focuses on, and all about Elisa’s grant title which is Implicit Development Environments (IDE). She goes in de...
2021-11-0924 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 3: Argyri Panezi and Jessica Feldman: What makes an open source project “critical digital infrastructure?”Guest
Argyri Panezi and Jessica Feldman
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to the Digital Infrastructure Fund podcast! This is the podcast where we focus on recipients of the Digital Infrastructure Grant Fund which has funded by multiple funders. We don’t just interview current cohorts, but also past cohorts who have gotten funding from this grant pool.
Today I have joining me, Argyri Panezi, the Assistant Professor of Law and Technology at IE Law School, and Jessica Feldman, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Media and Culture at the Am...
2021-10-2535 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 11: Aditya Patel and Building Better Design Practices as a Product DirectorGuest
Aditya Patel
Panelists
Eriol Fox | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers.
We are very excited to have as our guest today, Aditya Patel, who is the Director of Product at HotWax Commerce, a startup company. He does a lot of stuff...
2021-10-1939 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 2: Kaylea Champion and Mako Hill on Detecting Risk in Digital InfrastructureGuest
Kaylea Champion and Benjamin Mako Hill
Show Notes
Today, we have two guests, Kaylea Champion and Mako Hill, both from the University of Washington in Seattle. Kaylea is a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication and Mako is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. The grant that Kaylea and Mako were working on is called “Detecting Risk in Digital Infrastructure” and they go in depth and explain what it’s all about. We also hear more about the tertiary review they wrote and another paper that is in peer review...
2021-10-1831 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 7: Cristina Chumillas on Design at DrupalGuest
Cristina Chumillas
Panelists
Eriol Fox | Memo Esparza | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. On today’s episode, we have as our guest, Cristina Chumillas, who is a Front-end Developer at Lullabot and UX Core Maintainer at Drupal. We will find out how Cristina go...
2021-09-1436 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 5: Bryan Paget on Open Source Developers with Design ThinkingGuest
Bryan Paget
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today we have as our guest, Bryan Paget, who is a Data Scientist for Health Canada. We find out what Bryan does as a Data Scientist, his interest in Linux, his ideas...
2021-09-0736 min
The Digital Infrastructure Fund PodcastEpisode 1: The Digital Infrastructure Incubator, with Danielle Robinson and Rayya El ZeinGuests
Danielle Robinson and Rayya El Zein, Code For Science & Society
Show Notes
Welcome to the first episode of the Digital Infrastructure podcast!
This is a new podcast focused on grantees from the Digital Infrastructure Fund. This fund, funded by the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, the Omidyar Network, and the Mozilla Open Source Support Program in collaboration with the Open Collective Foundation, consists of around $1.3 million worth of grants given out to thirteen research projects, which are advancing our understanding of critical digital infrastructure across...
2021-09-0728 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 6: Gleb Sabirzyanov on Open Design and the Figma Plugin EcosystemGuest
Gleb Sabirzyanov
Panelists
Memo Esparza | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Today we have as our guest, Gleb Sabirzyanov, Designer and Digital Maker of all things. Gleb is currently doing all things related to Figma. He tells us about the plugins he built...
2021-08-1132 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 4: Jan Dittrich and the Anthropology of Open Source DesignGuest
Jan Dittrich
Panelists
Eriol Fox | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! On this podcast, we will talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Our special guest is Jan Dittrich, a UX Designer and researcher. He works at Wikimedia Germany and is working on their PhD about self-directed learning practices in anthropology. Today, we find...
2021-07-2835 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 3: Smera Goel on Designing in the Fedora Project, Outreachy, and IndiaGuest
Smera Goel
Panelists
Justin Flory | Memo Esparza | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! On this podcast, we will talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Joining us today, our guest is Smera Goel. Smera was previously an open source design intern through the Outreachy Internship Program and contributed with the Fedora Project on a...
2021-07-1432 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 2: Abraham Agiri and Designing as a Coder, and Coding as a DesignerGuest
Abraham Jr. Agiri
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox | Justin W. Flory | Memo Esparza
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! On this podcast where we will talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we, as coders, work with other designers. On today’s episode, we have our first guest, Agiri Abraham, Software Engineer and Team Lead at Softcom. He’s also on the Node.js C...
2021-06-1638 min
SustainEpisode 76: Tobie Langel on what people mean when they say "Open Source"Guest
Tobie Langel
Panelists
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! On today’s episode, we have an amazing guest back for a second time, Tobie Langel, who is an open source strategy consultant and Founder of UnlockOpen. He’s a really great resource for learning about the ins and outs of how open source works, with his common-sense approach to dealing with common issues that we have with open source licenses. One of the reasons he is here is to talk about a wonderful Tweet he sent...
2021-04-3036 min
SustainEpisode 71: Hong Phuc Dang, founder of FOSSAsia, on how to build communities across boundariesGuest
Hong Phuc Dang
Panelists
Pia Mancini |
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our guest today is Hong Phuc Dang, an awesome open source contributor and long-term member of Sustain. She is also the Founder of FOSSASIA and works with Zalando, a clothing manufacturer and store in Europe. We will learn all about what Hong Phuc does at Zalando. Also, she tells us more about what FOSSASIA is, how many people are in it, how many countries are represented, tensions to deal with, and so...
2021-03-1125 min
Sustain Open Source DesignEpisode 1: What is Sustain Open Source Design? An IntroductionPanelists
Richard Littauer
Eriol Fox
Perrie Ojemeh
Georgia Bullen
Memo Esparza
Justin W. Flory
Show Notes
Hello world and welcome to the debut episode of Sustain Open Source Design! On this podcast, we will talk about sustaining open source design. But what does design mean? Well, listen to this podcast and you will find out. Instead of having a guest we have six panelists, most won’t be on every episode, but some will be on at least every episode. Today, our goal is to talk about who we...
2021-01-2925 min
SustainEpisode 63: Tobias Augspurger on ProtonTypes, LibreSelery, and Environmentally Sustainable Open SourcePanelists
Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer
Guest
Tobias Augspurger
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our special guest today is Tobias Augspurger, founder of Protontypes. Today, we learn all about Protontypes and LibreSelery. We will also talk about his sustainable awesome-list. We cover the robotics industry, and how open source has influenced it. We cover other sustainability projects, like FarmBot, which blend together community and open source. Tobias tells us other projects he’s interested in doing with ProntonTypes. Download this episode now to find out!
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2020-12-1135 min
SustainEpisode 62: Richard Fontana on the Legal Side of Open SourcePanelists
Alyssa Wright | Richard Littauer
Guest
Richard Fontana
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our special guest is Richard Fontana, who is a lawyer for Red Hat, where he focuses on legal matters relating to open source software, though his work has also involved a broader range of intellectual property and transactional issues arising out of all phases of the software development lifecycle. He has specialized in open source law for over 15 years, with over 10 of those years having been at Red Hat, and previously worked at Hewlett-Packard...
2020-12-0842 min
SustainEpisode 56: Dominic Tarr on Coding What You Want, Living On A Boat, and the Early Days of Node.jsPanelists
Allen "Gunner" Gunn | Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer
Guest
Dominic Tarr
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our special guest today is Dominic Tarr, an open source sailor hacker person, calling from his boat in New Zealand. He’s been instrumental in the early JavaScript scene. Dominic tells us how he got into open source, coding, and how he got involved in JavaScript and Event Stream. We will also learn what Dominic is doing now and how does he envision open source going forward. How does Do...
2020-10-0228 min
SustainEpisode 4: Open Source Community Activities Around the World with Samson Goddy and Vipul GuptaSponsors
Cachefly
Panel
Pia Mancini
Richard Littauer
Joined By Special Guest: Samson Goddy and Vipul Gupta
Episode Summary
Samson Goddy and Vipul Gupta join the panelists Pia Mancini and Richard Littauer to talk about open source activities in Nigeria and India. Samson is the Member of the Oversight Board at Sugar Labs and co-founder of Open Source Community Africa and Vipul is a Global Outreach Team Lead at Sugar Labs. Sugar Labs is an activity-focused open-source software learning platform for children. Both Samson and Vipul...
2019-08-0954 min