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The Mycelium Network PodcastVM (Vicky) Brasseur - Forge your future with Open SourceThis week, the guest on the podcast is Vicky (VM) Brasseur. She has over 30 years of experience in the world of open source and is currently helping large companies with their open source strategies. She has written the book, “Forge your future with Open Source” and is currently writing her second book. During the episode, we touch on topics such as ensuring we create a welcoming, safe, and inclusive space within the open source ecosystem. We touch on topics explored in her first book and how it relates to those new to the tech world and open source. We also...2023-04-1253 min
Mechanical Ink PodcastVM (Vicky) Brasseur - Forge your future with Open SourceThis week, the guest on the podcast is Vicky (VM) Brasseur. She has over 30 years of experience in the world of open source and is currently helping large companies with their open source strategies. She has written the book, “Forge your future with Open Source” and is currently writing her second book. During the episode, we touch on topics such as ensuring we create a welcoming, safe, and inclusive space within the open source ecosystem. We touch on topics explored in her first book and how it relates to those new to the tech world and open source. We also...2023-04-1253 min
Mechanical Ink PodcastInteresting finds - February 8, 2023 - Our bi-weekly roundup of news around open-source, civic and ethical tech.In this edition of interesting finds, we highlight an offering from Ubuntu that is now in general availability. We introduce the Open Sourcing Mental Health project and non-profit. We also cover examples of unethical AI, who has power over AI, protecting our rights to freedom of expression and opinion online, and ask what is happening at Google regarding their Open Source Program Office. We highlight an interview with Vicky Brasseur on DevTalk; Postman starting their OSPO, and the first release of Penpot.Please read all of the details in our Substack newsletter.Recorded...2023-02-0836 min
Community PulseGrab the Mic! Tips to get started in DevRel speaking (Ep 67)A big part of traditional DevRel has always been speaking in front of an audience. Whether at a virtual meetup or live at a large conference, it can be complicated to navigate coming up with an idea, building a talk, getting it accepted somewhere, and actually delivering the thing. We wanted to take a look at some of the tips, tricks, and things you need to know to be successful in finding your way to becoming a great DevRel speaker!
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Kat Cosgrove
NONS SL660
Vicky Brasseur
Harvard Census II
#YarnIsForEveryone
Jason...2022-03-1748 min
Vox&Hops Metal PodcastThis is Brewtal MontrealThe first edition of Heavy Montreal presents Vox&Hops Brewtal Montreal featuring Cryptopsy, The Agonist, The Great Sabatini, Necrotic Mutation & Burning the Oppressor was held on December 17th, at Corona Theatre in Montreal, All night long, people enjoyed beers from BG Brasserie Urbaine, Messorem Bracitorium, OverHop Canada, Brasserie Sir John, 5e Baron & Brasseur de Montreal. Throughout the night, I sat down with JF Michaud of Heavy Montreal, Michelle Ayoub of Evenko, Frédérick Mouraux of Burning the Oppressor, Sébastien Croteau of Necrotic Mutation, Sean Arsenian of The Great Sabatini & Vicky Psarakis of The Agonist to talk about the...2021-12-2131 min
Vox&Hops Metal PodcastTaking the Lead with Vicky Psarakis of The Agonist & SicksenseVicky Psarakis of The Agonist & Sicksense & I have a conversation about how she coped with 2020, her 1st shows, being a part of Brewtal North America, streaming on Twitch, "Day Before the World Wept", working with Chris Donaldson, Sicksense, Sound Escape Agency, her own brew & her hangover cure.Throughout this chat, Vicky enjoyed 3 Floyds Brewing Co.'s "Yella Rrari" the 13.2% Pale Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels with vanilla beans, blonde roast coffee & cocoa nibs while I enjoyed BreWskey's "Hop Run" the 7.2% IPA that was hopped with El Dorado, Triumph, Belma & Cashmere Hops.This is a...2021-11-091h 06
The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceCommunity perspectives on Elastic vs AWS (Interview)This week we’re talking about the recent falling out between Elastic and AWS around the relicensing of Elasticsearch and Kibana. Like many in the community, we have been watching this very closely.
Here’s the tldr for context. On January 21st, Elastic posted a blog post sharing their concerns with Amazon/AWS misleading and confusing the community, saying “They have been doing things that we think are just NOT OK since 2015 and it has only gotten worse.” This lead them to relicense Elasticsearch and Kibana with a dual license, a proprietary license and the Sever Side Public L...2021-02-171h 46Changelog InterviewsCommunity perspectives on Elastic vs AWSThis week we’re talking about the recent falling out between Elastic and AWS around the relicensing of Elasticsearch and Kibana. Like many in the community, we have been watching this very closely.
Here’s the tldr for context. On January 21st, Elastic posted a blog post sharing their concerns with Amazon/AWS misleading and confusing the community, saying “They have been doing things that we think are just NOT OK since 2015 and it has only gotten worse.” This lead them to relicense Elasticsearch and Kibana with a dual license, a proprietary license and the Sever Side Public L...2021-02-171h 46
BrakeSec Education PodcastElastic Search license changes, Secure RPC patching for windows, ironkey traps man's $270 million in Bitcoin Secure RPC issue - Netlogon Domain Controller Enforcement Mode is enabled by default beginning with the February 9, 2021 Security Update, related to CVE-2020-1472 – Microsoft Security Response Center How to manage the changes in Netlogon secure channel connections associated with CVE-2020-1472 (microsoft.com) Netlogon Domain Controller Enforcement Mode is enabled by default beginning with the February 9, 2021 Security Update, related to CVE-2020-1472 – Microsoft Security Response Center Elastic Search https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2021/01/14/elasticsearch-and-kibana-are-now-business-risks “There are those who will point to the FAQ for the SSPL and claim...2021-01-1946 min
What the Dev?How to solve the complexities of open source - Episode 26Open source software is the backbone of software development today, but it can be a large and complex area to navigate through. In this podcast we talk to VM (Vicky) Brasseur who wrote the book Forge Your Future with Open Source. Brasseur explains what open source means, what it entails and how you can contribute. 2020-03-3122 min
Real World DevOpsOpen Source is Not A Business Model with VM BrasseurAbout VM BrasseurVM (aka Vicky) spent most of her twenty-plus years in the tech industry leading software development departments and teams, providing technical management and leadership consulting for small and medium businesses, and helping companies understand, use, release, and contribute to free and open source software in a way that's good for both their bottom line and for the community. Now, as the Director of Open Source Strategy for Juniper Networks, she leverages her nearly 30 years of free and open source software experience and a strong business background to help Juniper be successful through...2019-05-0133 min
IT Career EnergizerGet Involved With Open Source Projects to Improve Your Skill Set And Help The Community With Vicky BrasseurGUEST BIO: Vicky Brasseur has spent most of her 20 years in the tech industry leading software development departments and teams, and providing technical management and leadership consulting to small and medium-sized businesses. Vicky is also a Vice President of the Open Source Initiative, a winner of open source awards for contribution and a regular speaker at open source conferences. This year, has seen the publication of Vicky’s book “Forge Your Future with Open Source”, which I’m sure we will be talking about during the show. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Today, P...2018-12-1221 min
Cross Cutting Concerns PodcastPodcast 104 - VM "Vicky" Brasseur on Open Source
VM "Vicky" Brasseur talks open source and free software. This episode is sponsored by Smartsheet.
Show Notes:
Book: Forge Your Future with Open Source
Patreon: VM (Vicky) Brasseur is creating writings & talks, supporting free & open source software
Some free and open source software mentioned in this episode:
Linux
Firefox
Blender
Godot
Debian
Copyleft was mentioned at least once.
Paper: Open Source Archetypes (PDF) by James Vasile and Karl Fogel
Utility is a concept...2018-10-2200 min
cloud2030VM Brasseur gives the definitive overview of open source challengesJoining us this week is VM (Vicky) Brasseur from Open Source Initiative.
Highlights
1 min 20 sec: Types of Companies Supported
Companies don’t know why they want to do open source
3 min 23 sec: Can’t Abandon Software into Community
Communities don’t instantly form around your software
4 min 22 sec: Is Marketing “Evil” in Open Source
Marketing has become associated with advertising which is invasive
5 min 19 sec: Define Marketing
Discovering the needs of the market and build to support it
Technologists don’t really understand marketing
6 min 17 sec: Issues of Marketing in Open Source
What is your goal in using open source?
8 min 15 sec...2018-08-2540 min
Arrested DevOpsFireside Chat With VM BrasseurMatty is joined by VM (aka Vicky) Brasseur, Vice President of the Open Source Initiative, for a chat about contributing to open source software.
OSI - open source initiative
Forge Your Future with Open Source - book
Redis blog post from VM
Apache license + commons clause
Ford Foundation ‘Roads & Bridges’ study by Nadia Eghbal
Article series by John Mark Walker about how to do business with open source
Ashley Williams PagerDuty AMA
Public speaking repository
2018-08-2400 min
Community PulseHow to Submit the Best CFP of your Life (and what to do when it gets accepted) (Ep 23)Buckle up and get your notebook ready -- this is an episode full of tips and tricks and good advice from an expert.
Conference season is fast approaching, but we all know that the true preparation starts months ahead when all of the CFPs open. In this episode of Community Pulse, Mary, PJ, and Jason sit down with VM (Vicky) Brasseur to chat about how to craft the best CFPs, navigating the land of limbo before you find out whether your talk has been accepted, and how to prepare the best talk once you've gotten your acceptance...2018-04-1445 min