4 episodes

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

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

    Open data: We all need you!

    Open data: We all need you!

    Open and verified data saves lives!
    In this week’s episode of the Upstream podcast, Luis Villa sits with Heather Leson, digital innovation lead at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Monica Granados, assistant director of open climate at Creative Commons. Throughout the discussion, they’ll touch on many important topics including: open data standards and licenses, data playbooks, and bridging the gap between humanitarian offices and the tech industry with open data.
    For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.

    https://preparecenter.org/toolkit/data-playbook-toolkit-v1/ https://spherestandards.org/handbook/
    https://www.google.com/url?q=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-organization/open-perspectives/main/opening-up-social-impact-focused-organizations/opening-up-social-impact-focused-organizations.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1685037851844525&usg=AOvVaw0E0CJ5zGfkSJo8-FNLe2kq
    https://www.anticipation-hub.org/
    https://data.humdata.org/
    https://prereview.org/
    https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/
    https://giga.global/

    • 45 min
    Open and developer culture: What happened to people when software went open?

    Open and developer culture: What happened to people when software went open?

    Will empathy help make our software development teams better?
    In this week’s episode of the Upstream podcast, Luis Villa sits with Kellan Elliot-McCrea of Adobe and Adam Jacon, CEO of System Initiative. Should software development teams be a team sport or an orchestra rather than a factory? How should we handle generational changes within software development teams?. Why do large software companies give their employees free breakfast? Get answers to these questions and enjoy some fun anecdotes about mastering craps when stuck in Las Vegas.
    Links:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goal_(novel)
    https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/16/software-and-its-discontents-part-1.html
    https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/23/software-and-its-discontents-part-2-complexity.html
    https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/29/software-and-its-discontents-part-3-the-magic.html
    For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.

    • 57 min
    Open joy!: How happiness helps open happen

    Open joy!: How happiness helps open happen

    Let’s celebrate the joy of open source!
    In this week’s episode of the Upstream podcast, Luis Villa sits with Annie Rauwerda of Depths of Wikipedia and Sumana Harihareswara, stand-up comedian and founder of Changeset Consulting, to discuss the goofy side of Wikipedia, puppet shows, Wikimania marriages, the emotions in programming, and the joy of finding community in these spaces.
    Links:
    https://buttondown.email/Changeset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Wikimania
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ullmanhttps://www.popsci.com/technology/shared-data-a-short-story-from-an-alternate-future/
    For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.

    • 55 min
    The future of open: What we got wrong about crypto, what we might get right about AI

    The future of open: What we got wrong about crypto, what we might get right about AI

    Where is open source now and where is it going? The oversaturation of cryptocurrency scams and the community shift in the web3 movement. The data required for machine learning and the balance of rights of use. What do we make of the various states of open source and what comes next? Welcome to the first episode of Upstream podcast! In this week’s episode, Luis Villa chats with Molly White of Web3 is Going Just Great and Stefano Maffuli of the Open Source Initiative about the future of open source and beyond.
    Links:
    https://web3isgoinggreat.com/
    https://deepdive.opensource.org/
    https://opensource.org/
    https://ethicalsource.dev/
    For more stories about open source, subscribe to the Upstream podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcasts, YouTube, RSS, or follow along on our website, www.tidelift.com.

    • 53 min

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