In this MOSE Short, Emily Lovell, Ildiko and Phil talk about why it is crucial to have open source included in the core curriculum of academic institutions, and how it can still be a long road to implementation. Every bit counts, learning about the concept and mechanisms of open source development sets up students for success in the field by gaining crucial knowledge that many people already working in the industry still don't have. And, more importantly, allowing students to interact with open ...
Aug 06, 2024•7 min
In this MOSE Short segment Stefano Maffulli, Ildiko and Phil are exploring open source licenses from an individual's perspective. Whether you are a developer writing code, or someone who is about to launch a new open source project, a basic understanding of open source licenses is a must. If you are launching a new project, it is even more crucial to understand the different licenses and pick the one that will serve your new community the best. When in doubt, always consult a lawyer! And remembe...
Jul 30, 2024•4 min
In order to help your internal teams of software developers to be successful as they are working upstream, you need to have an internal structure and people who take care of creating a community internally as well. This can also be a key to keep your people for the long run, as happy employees are harder to poach. In this MOSE Short, Alex Scammon, Ildiko and Phil are talking about how important it is to have an internal structure with diverse roles, as part of an organization's investment in ope...
Jul 23, 2024•5 min
This MOSE Short brings you a conversation where Kristi Nikolla, Ildiko and Phil talk about servant leadership. Leadership roles in open source communities deliver the most value if they are designed to guide and serve the community the best. Controlling and badly behaving leaders will slowly damage the community over time, which may result in the project's decline over time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 16, 2024•4 min
When we talk about contributions in the context of an open source project, people most often associate to writing code, test cases, and maybe some documentation. The open source software, or hardware, is in the focal point. However, in order to maintain that code, you need to build a community along with an ecosystem around it and maintain a collaborative environment. This is crucial, and hard at the same time. In this MOSE Short, Onexi Medina, Ildiko and Phil talk about ways people can particip...
Jul 09, 2024•5 min
Justifying the value of upstream work is often hard. Being involved in open source projects tends to fall short when competing with product deadlines and priorities. In this MOSE Short, Allison Randal and Ildiko talk about the debates on how much time developers should spend contributing to open source projects versus working on their company's proprietary solutions, and weigh different options from full-time allocation to part-time upstream work. The group also discusses strategies of harmonizi...
Jul 02, 2024•10 min
Knowing who, and more importantly how they are using the open source project that you're working on is not just interesting, but also very important. This helps the community to evolve and strengthen the project and keep the ecosystem growing along with making it long living. Also, in most cases, people will use your project in a way you would've never imagined! In this MOSE Short, Jim Hall talks about how the FreeDOS use cases evolved over the years, including academic usage, hobbyists, a railw...
Jun 29, 2024•9 min
Engaging in conversatins on public forums and communication channels can be hard, especially if you are new to the open source ecosystem. Why would you talk to someone on the public mailing list about a specific topic, when you can reach out to the person directly? How to phrase a message that anyone in the world can read? How can a community help establish contributors and newcomers to navigate the various communication channels in an open, welcoming and efficient way? In this MOSE Short segmen...
Jun 25, 2024•4 min
Aeva, Ildiko and Phil talk about their experiences on stage and during various social interactions throughout their careers as introverts. They share tips and tricks to overcome the challenges of giving a talk on stage, starting a conversation with a stranger, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 18, 2024•11 min
Nithya Ruff talks about common mistakes she witnessed companies make during their open source journey and transformation process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 11, 2024•3 min
In this season finale episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko talks about the original idea and motivation to create the podcast, reflects back on the season and goes through highlights of every episode. She also shares the outcomes of an exercise she and Phil have with every guest on the show. Stay tuned for Season 2! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 04, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Allison Randal. The group is discussing topics from both community as well as corporate perspective, and touch on what communities and companies can do to make onboarding a better experience for newcomers, whether or not roles within a corporate organization and open source projects can be mapped, how to talk to corporate management about open source, and many more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
May 21, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Uriel Ofir. The group is discussing the challenges that new upstream contributors are facing when they are trying to find an open source project with a community around it, and trying to get involved. Uriel also shares details about an open source community, named Maakaf, that he launched to help people in his region to get a better understanding of open source and start contributing to projects that they...
May 07, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Aeva Black. The group is discussing a very important topic, security in open source. Recent attacks have shed some light on security challenges not just in open source, but also in the software supply chain overall, which open source communities, corporate organizations and even governments started to look into to address. This episode goes into details on challenges, recent attacks like the XZ Backdoor i...
Apr 23, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this mid-season-mix episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Emily Lovell, Jim Hall, Nithya Ruff and Onexi Medina. The episode explores important topics such as diversity and inclusion in open source and women in tech and participating in open source. Podcast guests talk about their experiences attending events, and why they find it crucial to keep having the opportunity to meet in person, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Apr 09, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Onexi Medina about his experience in the open source catalyst program that Emily Lovell introduced in an earlier episode of the podcast. Onexi shares his experience in the program as a student.The group is also discussing topics such as first contribution experiences, how open source can help finding a job and building a career, as well as influence career choices, the state of open source in higher educa...
Mar 26, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Jim Hall, who's the founder of the FreeDOS project that celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The group is talking about topics such as the importance of the first contribution experience, how to sustain a project for three decades, how crucial it is to be adaptive and receptive to new ideas, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 12, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Nithya Ruff about open source within companies. The group is discussing topics such as the challenges of creating an open source strategy and the importance of tying it to the company's business, the value of open source and risks of not contributing back, the importance of having versatile teams, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 27, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Open source licenses tend to be a controversial topic in the ecosystem, much more so than they need to be. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Ildiko and Phil are talking to Stefano Maffulli. The group covers topics like license changes, the evolution of open source licenses, good and bad practices, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Emily Lovell. The conversation dives deep into a very important topic, which is having open source part of education through mentorship programs and course curriculums. The group talks about how these programs are structured, what challenges the students face and what skills they learn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This is a mid-season episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast. Ildiko and Phil reflect on previous episodes, and the previous year, 2023 and share their predictions for what is about to come in the open source tech world and ecosystem in 2024. During the episode they deep dive into topics such as AI, licenses, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 16, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This is a mid-season episode with Alex Scammon, Kristi Nikolla and Rob Hirschfeld from Season 1. New topics that Ildiko and Phil are talking to the guests about include being on the board of an open source foundation, why and how not to fork, personal and corporate goodwill, career choices in or influenced by open source, ugly babies and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Ildiko and Phil are talking to Alex Scammon. The discussion is focusing on a very important topic, which is the value of open source. Throughout the episode the group covers topics such as how to calculate the value of open source involvement, creating and justifying the value of an Open Source Program Office (OSPO), open source investment planning and strategy, and common mistakes companies make. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, Ildiko and Phil are talking to Kristi Nikolla about his experiences in getting involved in a large open source project as a student, his journey of becoming a core reviewer and then project lead, and covering further topics, such as governance and servant leadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode Ildiko and Phil are talking to Rob Hirschfeld about topics such as participating in large open source communities, as a contributor or user, building architecture and community at the same time, saying no, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This is the intro episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, where you can get to know your hosts, Ildiko and Phil. They will talk about their background, career in tech, and of course, open source! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 24, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 1
