The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source The power of wikis, the problem with social networks, the promise of AI (Interview)
Jul 14, 2017
01:26:41
Evan Prodromou has been involved in open source since the mid ‘90s. His open source travel guide – Wikitravel – grew up alongside Wikipedia and the web itself. In this episode, we hear Evan’s history, try to solve open social networking once and for all, and learn how sprinkling a little artificial intelligence on to our products can yield big wins without having to shoot the moon.
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Featuring:
- Evan Prodromou – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
The Power of Wikis
The Problem with Social Networks
The Promise of A.I.
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