Candid Contributions
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Ever wondered what it is about open source software that makes people want to give so freely of their time?
Well, this podcast for open-source contributors, future, past and present, by open-source contributors, is your one-stop shop to answering that question. We meet to discuss all things open-source; everything from the work itself to the communities we find ourselves in. Expect insight, ideas and idle chatter from four experienced developers: Lotte Pitcher, Carole Logan, Laura Weatherhead and Emma Burstow.
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Episodes
Live from Codegarden 2024!
June 17, 2024 12:51 - 29 minutes - 23.6 MBLast week we recorded live at the Umbraco Codegarden conference in Denmark! We were given the honour of closing the show, so we took the opportunity to talk about our highlights of the event, and to invite some friends - old and new - to join us on stage. Big thank you to our live audience for giving us the energy we needed (it had been long week!) and making the recording so much fun! Links: Codegarden: https://codegarden.umbraco.com If you have any feedback, comments or questi...
Toots, Tweets and Time Management
May 02, 2024 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBIt's been 18 months since Elon Musk acquired Twitter and there's no denying he changed it irrevocably. We discuss how much we still miss the Twitter of old, and whether the Fediverse alternatives are bridging the gap. We also talk about that most precious resource: time. We share our different approaches to time management and task organisation, from doodle-filled hand-drawn lists to To-Do apps and color-coded calendars. And when we do have some spare time, are we doing open-source contrib...
The First Rule of the Microsoft MVP Summit
March 19, 2024 14:19 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MB... is NOT "don't talk about the Microsoft MVP Summit". Quite the opposite, in fact, as you're actively encouraged to post on social media that you're there (#MVPSummit). You just can't share any of the information from the sessions as all the content is under NDA. Emma and Lotte (aka 50% of Candid Contributions) were at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond for the summit last week. They spent time with a lot of interesting, clever and inspiring people, and were lucky enough to convince five ...
Celebrating OSS contributions: 100 issues of Skrift
November 07, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBThere are many ways to contribute to an open-source software community, such as attending a meetup, giving a talk at a conference or writing a blog post. In this episode we talk to Erica, Janae and Kyle: the team behind Skrift, the online monthly magazine for the Umbraco community. Eight years ago they decided to start this initiative and 100 issues later they're still going strong! Listen to discover how it came about, why they still do it, and perhaps get inspired to contribute an article y...
Live from Codegarden! with Special Guests!
June 21, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 29.6 MBLast week we recorded live at the Umbraco Codegarden conference in Denmark! Join us as we discuss what we love about the conference and meet our wonderful guests: Jan Skovgaard - an Umbraco community member with 14 years(!) of contributions: forum posts, packages, core pull requests, accessibility team member and 24 days in Umbraco organiser. Jonah Andersson - a full-stack Senior Software Engineer, Azure Developer, DevOps Engineer, Microsoft MVP for Azure, and Microsoft Certified Trainer in...
In-person events: the ultimate OSS contribution?
May 19, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBConferences, meetups, coding retreats … we discuss all sorts of in-person events and why they’re so important for a healthy community. Organising them is a lot of work, but perhaps this type of open source contribution is the most valuable... We're delighted to have been joined by Cat Todd from Gibe Digital, and we talk about her recent experience of putting on the excellent Umbraco Spark conference. We also discuss the 3 day Umbraco developer ‘unconference’ CODECABIN and why you should g...
Open Source for Education with Felienne Hermans
March 28, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this episode Laura has a chat with Felienne Hermans, the creator and maintainer of Hedy, a text based programming language with a community of educators and contrbutors. https://hedycode.com/ https://www.manning.com/books/the-programmers-brain If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!
Spark your enthusiasm! Speaking and attending an in-person Umbraco innovation conference
March 17, 2023 10:29 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this episode we chat about the recent Umbraco Spark Innovation Conference that we all attended in person in Bristol. Plot-spoil: it was awesome! Carole, Laura and Lotte were on the speakers list so we discuss the talks they gave, everyone's highlights from the day, and just how good it is to be with other Umbracians again. Roll on Codegarden! Visit the Umbraco Spark website (includes links to talk slides, nothing was recorded) Check out Lotte's "opinionated" package starter template S...
S4 Ep1: Authentic Boundaries
January 31, 2023 08:05 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBWe take a look back at the best of 2022 (spoiler alert, July was THE month for us) and look forward to 2023. We discuss how we plan to spend our energy and how to do so without draining our reserves. Which conferences will we get to this year and what exactly is an 'authentic boundary?' We are also joined by Allen Smith, the newest addition to the Developer Relations team at Umbraco. We talk about his experiences at GitHub, how he defines developer relations, what he's looking forward to in...
S3 Ep4: Culture - more than just a hoodie
July 27, 2022 12:32 - 55 minutes - 51 MBHaving a good workplace culture leads to happy, productive developers. But what makes it 'good'? It’s not the same for everyone. We talk about workplace culture and the different environments we’ve witnessed from Silicon Valley to Denmark via the UK... We also chat vegetables (of course), paddle boarding and the tennis/squash hybrid called padel! We’d love to hear from you if you have any thoughts on this episode, or any comments in general! You can tweet us @candidcontribs, email hello@c...
S3 Ep3: The Codegarden Effect
July 06, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBWe are back and chatting about our (hybrid) attendance at Umbraco Codegarden conference. Join us as we interview some remote conference attendees on how the event was for them. Let us know what you think #theCodegardenEffect is! If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord!
S3 Ep2: Breaking barriers with Maria Naggaga
December 17, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBWe’re very excited to be joined by Maria Naggaga from Microsoft for this episode. Maria has been breaking down barriers both personally, being a woman of colour in tech, and professionally with projects focused on making it easier for people to learn and use .NET. We discuss her achievements at Microsoft, what it’s like working in open source on such a large scale, and what effect we - the open source community - have on Microsoft. * Coding .NET in the browser with Try.NET - https://dotne...
S3 Ep1: Charmingly Rusty
December 08, 2021 10:55 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBWe are back!... and little rusty at this podcasting thing! In this episode we catch up with what we have been up to in open source since last time, discuss Umbraco 9 and .Net 6 releases, real life conference attendance, aswell as the now traditional neuroscience and vegetable updates. * https://umbraco.com/blog/migrating-from-umbraco-8-on-premises-to-umbraco-9-on-cloud/ * https://umbraco.com/blog/umbraco-9-release/ * https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6/ * https://umbraco....
S2 Ep15: The domain name graveyard of hopes and dreams
July 07, 2021 08:30 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week we chat about finishing things - and in some cases struggling to finish them! Tune in to hear us chat about shipping minimum viable products, using to-do lists to get that "finished a task" feeling and navigating side projects when there's so many interesting technologies to try. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Show Links:...
Kind but bad-ass
June 23, 2021 15:03 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBThis week we get together for a post-codegarden natter. How did we experience the conference from afar and from behind the scenes? Listen to find out. Naturally, we talk veg, because it's us, a bit of football and we also talk about representation, why it matters and how the most recent event fared with it. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions....
S2 Ep14: Kind but bad-ass
June 23, 2021 15:03 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBThis week we get together for a post-codegarden natter. How did we experience the conference from afar and from behind the scenes? Listen to find out. Naturally, we talk veg, because it's us, a bit of football and we also talk about representation, why it matters and how the most recent event fared with it. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions....
S2 Ep13: Is it Codegarden yet?
June 04, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBThis week we chat about the upcoming annual Umbraco festival-unconference-global-knowledge-share-party, more commonly known at Umbraco Codegarden! We talk about some of the pros and cons of virtual events and how they play out and have a good ol' reminisce about times when we used to see each other in real life at conferences. Join us for a chat about what makes a good conference and - even better - join us at Codegarden next week! If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can t...
S2 Ep12: Stop, Collaborate and Listen!
May 19, 2021 15:16 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBOver 30 years ago Vanilla Ice told us to "Stop, Collaborate and Listen". Considering Ice Ice Baby hit the charts the year before Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel, Robert Van Winkle (aka Mr Ice) won't have been talking about open source development. But maybe he was onto something... Join us as we discuss why we should all stop, collaborate and listen our way to open source success. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email hello@candi...
S2 Episode 11: It's just sparkling consequences
May 05, 2021 10:46 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThis week we talk about growing. In public! Hw do we grow when people are watching. Is it worth the risk? We also take a look at the recent Basecamp debacle and the missed opportunity for public growth there. Or was it...? You'll also be pleased to learn that we will keep you up to date on our fruit and veg patch because seriously, how can you not when public growth is the theme, eh? If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email hello@candidcontribut...
S2 Episode 10: Can pigeons procrastinate?
April 22, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBJoin us this week for a chat around procrastination. Why do we do it? Is it laziness or weakness? (Spoiler: no!) How can we get around it, and what does it mean in the world of technology and open source? Tune in to find out, as well as to potentially answer any questions you may have around growing asparagus! Also, remember to listen out for a cameo from two very special extra guests.... If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email hello@candidco...
S2 Ep 9: Coding in someone else's kitchen
April 07, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBHow do we learn new frameworks? What are the big shifts in technology we've experienced so far? Listen to find out the answers and how we are getting up to speed with latest in Umbraco .Net Core migration. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Show Links: * https://poornimanayar.co.uk/blog/ * https://www.andybutland.dev/ * https://umb...
S2 Ep8: Why did the Java developer wear glasses?
March 25, 2021 11:28 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBWe're back from a break, and talking about humour. Should we be funny in work situations? How do you avoid getting it wrong? What does having a sense of humour even mean? We all need more levity in our lives. Using humour can be incredibly powerful, but also quite risky. According to 'Humor Seriously' there are four primary humour styles: the Stand-up, the Sweetheart, the Magnet, and the Sniper. We discuss our varying styles and gain some insights into how to wield humour for good whilst...
S2 Ep7: New
January 20, 2021 15:26 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBHappy New Year, and welcome to our “New” episode! Join us to hear what things lie ahead in 2021, including a very exciting Umbraco-related update from Emma... We muse on what community might look like this year, and how meetups could adapt to a more virtual world. The episode was recorded a few days after the fatal events at the US Capitol on Jan 6th. We discuss the fallout from that, and the tech world’s response to the instigators. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you c...
S2 Ep6: Include
December 22, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBIn our final episode of our first year as a podcast, we have 2 special guests. We are joined by Ilham Boulghallat from Umbraco HQ and Henk Boelman from Microsoft to discuss leading open source communities. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * https://24days.in/umbraco-cms/2020/candid-contribution/ * https://24days.in/umbraco...
S2 Ep5: Democracy
November 25, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBRecorded soon after the Biden Trump election, we discuss how democratic open source is, and how much it should be. We also talk about the influence of technology and social media on our news consumption and how that influences the opinions we form and, ultimately, how we end up voting. Plus a healthy amount of tangential chatter including a whirlwind introduction to the 5 levels of mentalization and the biological foundations of neuroscience (keep up people!), and one bus-related idea fo...
S2 Ep4: Pivot
November 07, 2020 11:11 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBPIVOT! This episode we are discussing pivoting: code approaches, career changes, tech stacks. * CanConUmbrackathon guestbook mushroom field: https://candidcontributions.com/umbrackathon/status/ * Umbraco Community teams: https://umbraco.com/blog/the-community-teams-applications-20202021/ * DotNetConf: https://www.dotnetconf.net/ Next time we'll discuss: Democracy If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or joi...
S2 Ep3: Standards
October 13, 2020 21:18 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn this episode we discuss standards: coding standards, team/community standards, personal standards. Join us as we talk all this and more, including plans for our upcoming hackathon, 🎵 The CanCon Umbrackathon 🎵, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October. Next episode will be: Pivot If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: 24 days in Um...
S2 Ep2: Contribution
September 30, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThere are many ways to contribute to open source, do non code contributions get enough credit? What are people's motivations for participating in Hacktoberfest? Does the initiative actually have a negative impact? What can you get back from contributing, and where do we think our own contributions have most value? Join us as we talk all this and more, including plans for our upcoming hackathon, 🎵 The CanCon Umbrackathon 🎵, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October. Thank you and RIP ...
S2 Ep1: Intent
September 16, 2020 10:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBWe are back for a second series! Join Carole, Emma, Laura & Lotte for a chat on all things tech & open source. This episode we discuss Intent and how it can impact users of technology and even politics. Links: * The Social Dilemma - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81254224 * Happy Healthy Minds - https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/happy-healthy-minds/
Episode 17: Journey
September 01, 2020 13:35 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBThis is our end of series special where we recap on the *journey* we've been on (you know how much Em loves that word). We listen back to our favourite clips from the series including guest interviews and ideas we've shared. We think back to what we lived about series 1 and what we look forward to in series 2. We'll be back soon!
Episode 16: Feedback
July 29, 2020 09:12 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBIn this episode we discuss feedback: why it's important, how to give and get feedback productively. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * Radical Candor: https://www.radicalcandor.com/ * Let it Go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Go-Extraordinary-Entrepreneur-Philanthropist/dp/0241395496#ace-4127440567
Episode 15: Empathy
July 14, 2020 19:04 - 1 hour - 57 MBIn this episode we discuss empathy, what it means and how we can learn to think of experiences of others in our techy day jobs and generally in the world. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * https://compassionatecoding.com/ * https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2RvaW5naXRyaWdodC9mZWVkLnhtbA/episode/ZG9pbmdp...
Episode 14: Bias
June 30, 2020 11:15 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBIn this episode we discuss bias: what it means, why we all have it, and some of the different types that there are, including unconscious bias and stereotype threat. It can effect datasets and then lead to (at best) unexpected and (at worst) disastrous results. Would 'blind' pull requests be a good idea for dev teams, or an open source community such as Umbraco? Would anonymous contributions encourage more people, or reduce their motivation to contribute? We all did our homework be...
Episode 13: Now
June 16, 2020 09:30 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThis week we talk about what is happening in the world right now. There are a number of resources mentioned in this episode which are summarised below. If there is anything we are missing, please let us know! - Nadiya Hussein on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWjzNhjyWF/?igshid=1x21julnl4lsi - Brene Brown with Ibram X. Kendi: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vdW5sb2NraW5nLXVz/episode/ODZiNjcyODYtNzQzMi0xMWVhLWI1N2ItNWI5YTcyMTQ1MDFh?ved=0CAkQzsICah...
Episode12: Adventure
June 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBThis episode "adventure", where the discussion points where submitting via PR in a "choose your own adventure" style. In our first live recorded episode at CodePatch, the 2 day Umbraco community event, we are joined by a lovely audience who contribute to the conversation. CodePatch was on May 29th & May 30th, more information here: https://candidcontributions.com/ If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join th...
Episode 12: Adventure
June 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBThis episode "adventure", where the discussion points where submitting via PR in a "choose your own adventure" style. In our first live recorded episode at CodePatch, the 2 day Umbraco community event, we are joined by a lovely audience who contribute to the conversation. CodePatch was on May 29th & May 30th, more information here: https://candidcontributions.com/ If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join th...
Episode 11: Share
May 19, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBThis episode we discuss "share", how we can share knowledge and the courage this can often take, particularly in open source contribution. - GitHub "successors" - https://help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/maintaining-ownership-continuity-of-your-user-accounts-repositories - "Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlife" by David Eagleman - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4948826-sum - Life in Code- Ellen Ullman - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Code-Perso...
Episode 10: Open
May 05, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIn this episode we discuss what the word 'open' in open source means both to us and to some special guests... We hear from Ashley Nicolson and Sebastiaan Janssen, both maintainers of successful open source projects, about the challenges of managing contributions and opinions from active communities. We also hear from Per Ploug who, after years at Umbraco, went to work with open source at the enterprise level and provides valuable insights into governance and licensing. We also talk abou...
Episode 9: Time
April 21, 2020 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBIn this episode, we discuss the topic of time. Recorded within a pandemic context, the concept of time has become increasingly mutable and - as we mentally transition to this new state - a focus on how we are spending our time seems only natural. We talk about free time, estimating time for projects, saving time in everyday tasks, and ways to approach a work-life balance. Next episode will be: Open If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email hello...
Episode 8: Hack
April 14, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBThis week we chat about the Candid Contributions Virtual Hackathon we hosted for 2 days over the Easter weekend. Thanks to everyone who attended, we have a few clips from the event and we discuss how we think it went. Next episode will be : Time If you have any feedback, comments or thoughts for next week you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions
Episode 7: Perfect
April 07, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBThis week we discuss what it means to be perfect and how that can sometimes get in the way of progress. We discuss our experiences and discuss the advantages of showing our work, despite not being "perfect". Virtual hackathon details (April 10-11, 2020): https://candidcontributions.com Brave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524762334 Teach Girls Bravery not Perfection :https://www.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection?language=en How I Bui...
Episode 6: Change
March 31, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBThis week we are talking about change. Recorded during the world-changing coronavirus pandemic, we discuss some changes we do actually have control over. From changing careers and tech stacks, to source code control and how change can be managed collaboratively in an open source community. We also talk about the fundraising running art that Umbraco developer Jeric Yuen has been creating, and how we're mainly just staying indoors. Next episode will be : Perfect (that's the title, not...
Episode 5: Remote
March 24, 2020 10:56 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThis week we are talking about what it means and how it feels to be remote! Contextually recorded during the first wave of Coronavirus social-distancing measures in the UK, we talk about the challenges and benefits of online communities, and finding new ways to express ourselves using virtual presences. Thanks go to Janae Cram, Nathan Woulfe, Mark McDonald and Ewa Grabowiecka for their wonderful input into this episode. We also discuss an upcoming virtual hackathon taking place on April 10...
Episode 4: Spark
March 10, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBThis week we have been attending the Umbraco Spark innovation conference and had a chance to get some open source community contributions to the podcast! Thanks to: Sian, Nik, Pete, Marc, Niels, Lucy & Matt Brailsford! We also have an extended interview with Jon Skeet where we discuss open source, inclusion and learning to play the drums! Thanks Jon! Next episode will be : Remote If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs or email hello@candidcon...
Episode 3: Yes
February 25, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBIn this episode, we talk about saying yes, the positives and opportunities but also the downsides. We give examples of our experiences in open source communities and what we have learned. Links: - Laura's Compiling Humanity Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN9kPoOgJLc&feature=youtu.be - Umbraco Spark: https://umbracospark.com/ - Invisible Women: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-Women-Exposing-World-Designed/dp/1784741728/ We'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and qu...
Episode 2: Love
February 11, 2020 10:30 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this episode, we talk about why we love being involved in the open source world and technology in general. From problem solving and collaboration, to feeling at home in the friendly and supportive Umbraco CMS community. We also discuss why we want to try organising a virtual hackathon, and why hammocks at a conference might be a bad idea... We'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and questions so please get in touch; especially if you would like to be involved in the first Cand...
Episode 1: Firsts
January 27, 2020 21:09 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this episode, we discuss our first contributions to open source. We also hear about Lotte & Laura's recent conference trip, Carole's CFP day and Emma's Trello advice for conference speakers! Next week, the week of love… Links: https://www.globaldiversitycfpday.com/ https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/ignite-the-tour/london
Episode 0: The Pilot
January 13, 2020 22:14 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB[Disclaimer: the audio quality isn't great in the pilot, it is better in episode 1] In this episode, we delve into what made us launch the podcast. We speak frankly about how we met and discuss our hopes for the series. We speak about the wonderful events where we met - including Codegarden, CodeCabin and the Umbraco UK Fest. Finally, we look at some of the things we are currently working on. Lotte’s site launch, Carole’s project kick-off (& yoga!), Laura’s time at Crumpled Dog and E...