For those who think that #OpenSource is primarily about technical quality, may I recommend Uncurled by @bagder? After decades maintaining curl + other projects, his advice keeps circling back to pragmatic tips about working with people.
https://mastodon.social/@bagder/111144834236045264
Turns out the most important skills in the long run are to stay motivated, encourage contributors, + support users. Compared to that, taking care of the code is much more straightforward.
Welcome to the Full Scottish from our #Cowcaddens Studio in #Glasgow.
The Full Scottish starts at 12:00 midday on Sunday 1st October 2023.
On this week’s Full Scottish, Brian Liddy is joined by Federica Woelk and Olaf Stando to discuss the week’s top #Scottish and #international #news including the latest update from #Ukraine.
Join in the discussion while we are live by tweeting with #FullScottish.
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https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/full-scottish-01-10-2023/
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The best ideas occur while drunk, don't you agree? Having just attended the blisteringly brilliant Hackference Brum, a bunch of us were drinking in a pub and chatting about how focused on the future most conference are. There's rarely any time to reflect on the past. That got me thinking... Terence Eden is on Mastodon@edentGENIUS (drunk) idea. Retro conferences. Everyone turns up in 1970s…
So this is quite good...
"Every fiber of our union is being poured into fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers. We can't keep electing billionaires and millionaires that don't have any understanding what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to get by and expecting them to solve the problems of the working class."
Shawn Fain
President, United Auto Workers