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Sponsored By: Panelists Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer Guest Maria Cruz Google Open Source Show Notes In this episode, we have Maria Cruz, Open Source Program Manager at Google. Maria talks about doing community engagements for Cloud Native projects and other things she does at Google. The panelists are curious about how the Open Source movement shifted since COVID-19 took over the world. Also, Maria gives great advice to people who are aspiring to be Program Managers in OSPO (Open Source Program Office). You can also find out what happens when Richard’s had “late coffee.” Hit the button and download this episode! [00:01:03] Maria tells us what she does at Google and how she first got started with Open Source. [00:05:45] Maria explains how she has seen the Open Source movement shift in the past couple of months since COVID-19. [00:10:32] Richard asks Maria how do we design events that are online to be as diverse as possible? How does that work? What role does diversity have when we’re all 2-D? [00:15:28] Richard is curious to know how do we foster connection and growth on a friendship level between people remotely? Can it happen over Zoom? Are there things we should do to make connection more possible? Maria answers. [00:20:38] Justin wants to know how big Maria’s OSPO (Open Source Program Office) team is and she also gives advice for those who are aspiring to be Program Managers in OSPO’s. [00:23:02] Justin asks her if she’s worked in any other OSPO’s. Richard and Justin ask Maria what is Google’s OSPO up to during these times of COVID-19 Coronavirus? [00:24:49] Google has come out with resources to help out with events that have been canceled or had to move to virtual for Open Source projects. Maria talks more about the actual resources that Google’s offering to the Open Source Community and how people can get involved and use them. Spotlight [00:28:29] Richard’s spotlight is the Open Knowledge Foundation. [00:28:58] Justin’s spotlight is Alligator.io. [00:29:34] Maria’s spotlight is the Open Source tool, Zulip. Quotes [00:33:04] “Just kind of create a situation where the other person feels safe and comfortable enough where they will open up.” Links Maria Cruz Twitter Open Source Virtual Events Guide Cloud Native Google Open Source Google Enterprise G Suite GO Programming Language Open Knowledge Foundation Alligator.io Zulip Invest in Open Infrastructure Twitter Credits Produced by Justin Dorfman at CodeFund Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound Ad Sales by Eric Berry at CodeFund Special Guest: María Cruz.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Sustain Podcast Newsletter: Subscribe and get exclusive bonus episodes and more.Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Justin Dorfman | Allen “Gunner” Gunn | Richard Littauer Guest Rachel Lawson Drupal Association Show Notes In this episode, we have Rachel Lawson, from the U.K., who is the Community Liaison for Drupal Association. She is going to tell you all about the Drupal Association, what role she plays, and what she does. Since DrupalCon has been canceled due to COVID-19, there are some major things going on with sponsors that are still contributing money, the founder of Drupal making an unbelievable donation, as well as some other campaigns and match donations happening! [00:01:08] Rachel explains about working with Drupal in the U.K. and also talks about how many people are using Drupal to power their websites. [00:02:50] Justin has noticed that Drupal has a very big adoption within government, and he wonders why is that? Is it a security thing? Rachel answers this. [00:04:14] Rachel tells us how Drupal gets paid as an open source product. She also talks about what’s been going on since DrupalCon has been canceled in May. [00:10:37] There is a list of sponsors that are still contributing money to Drupal, despite the event being canceled, and a HUGE SHOUT OUT is necessary to them, so please see the list below! ☺ [00:012:01] The Founder of Drupal, Dries Buytaert, made an unbelievable donation and Rachel talks about what it was and how it affected everything. It is AMAZING!! There have been some other match donations mentioned as well. [00:16:16] Governance is brought up by Gunner and he wants to know the civilian’s version of how governance at Drupal works and how the decision-making works that others could learn from and Rachel explains. [00:23:00] Rachel explains her role with Drupal and what she does. [00:25:00] How does someone join the Drupal open source community and how does Drupal capture all the contributors, not just the Devs? Rachel explains. Spotlight [00:33:01] Justin’s spotlight is The Ruby Blend Podcast-Episode 9. Listen to it! [00:33:49] Gunner has two spotlights: Qubes OS and Subgraph OS and the Tails Project (tails.boum.org). [00:34:39] Richard’s spotlight is the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). [00:35:33] Rachel has two spotlights: A pub in Leeds, Yorkshire where she was attending a Drupal event. It made her reflect back to being there before and how much it changed her life. Also, OS FEST in Lagos, Nigeria, that she recently attended. It was a huge experience for her and truly incredible. Quotes [00:20:54] “We’ve been going through a process at Drupal association about raising money and we have a campaign on at the moment called Drupal cares (#DrupalCares) and you will notice there is quite a lot going on with that.” [00:23:33] “If just downloading Drupal or downloading any open source projects isn’t enough, you need the services around it, the support around it, regular security updates so where you can work on new code and have thousands and thousands of thousands of continuous integration tests run every time you say, “Hey, I propose that we do this new thing in Drupal!” [00:25:18] “Do you want to give a shout out to those sponsors that have done that because that warmed my heart! You know, the sponsors that said, keep our money, we believe in the project, we know we won’t get any real value out of the event not being alive. Please, give them some props.” (They are listed below.) 👇 [00:40:41] “I said look, if you’re going to do this, call it a Community Liaison. It’s a liaison between the wider Drupal community and project and the Drupal Association. It was later on and I said all those things and I’m actually quite fond of the job now!” [00:42:13] “The single most important thing we changed was that getting attribution for work doesn’t just apply to code. We celebrate, we recognize, and we attribute work for all different reasons. If there is one thing we have done that has transformed Drupal into a wider thing than just a piece of software, it’s that.” Links Rachel Lawson Twitter Drupal The Ruby Blend Podcast-Episode 9 Qubes OS Subgraph OS Tails EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) OS Fest, Lagos Nigeria DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 Sponsors: Pantheon Acquia Phase2 Technology Mediacurrent Interactive Solutions Tag1 Platform Sh Elevated Third FFW Amazee Group Palantir Srijan Technologies Pvt Ltd Acro Media Inc Contegix Four Kitchens Last Call Media Lullabot Gatsby Chromatic, LLC Third and Grove Chapter Three Hook 42 Lemberg Solutions Limited AnyforSoft Electric Citizen Kanopi Studios QED42 Drupal Association #DrupalCares Match Challenge Credits Produced by Justin Dorfman at CodeFund Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound Ad Sales by Eric Berry at CodeFund Special Guest: Rachel Lawson.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Sustain Podcast Newsletter: Subscribe and get exclusive bonus episodes and more.Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Pia Mancini | Justin Dorfman | Eric Berry | Richard Littauer Guest Henry Zhu Babel Show Notes [00:01:30] Henry explains how he got involved in Babel and how it’s funded. [00:03:18] Eric wonders if Henry wishes he could just step away and just cut ties with it and go do something completely different and how tight is he with this project. He gives a great answer to this! [00:04:39] Pia was wondering if Henry’s relationship with the project itself or his view with Babel changed since he started working full time there. In the beginning, Henry started this as a side job while he worked at Adobe. [00:08:06] Since a lot of maintainers may get to a point in their lives where the issues stack up, but not putting into perspective how big this project is, Justin asks Henry how he deals with this since this is such a huge project and he explains. [00:011:18] Justin wonders how Henry deals with Devs that are coming in and just saying, “Fix it, now,” and hit and run issues. [00:13:06] Henry talks about how as maintainers view each other as extremes. He brings up the quote from “The Dark Knight” as a reference to what he talks about. [00:15:10] Henry mentioned earlier about how Open Source communities could look at faith communities, religion, or church communities. Pia wonders if he has anything in mind from his experience that he wants to share, which he does. [00:20:14] Justin makes a right turn and wants Henry to go into his involvement with TC39 and how it helps him, Babel, and the sustainability with the JavaScript language as a whole. Also, he talks about what he’s accomplished since he joined. [00:24:57] Justin asks Henry about travel expenses and if anyone pays for them. [00:26:42] Pia brings up some good points about how we can learn how to heal and support ourselves during these troubling times. She wonders if Henry knows any ways that the community is supporting each other and where can we best spend our time and energy helping the members of our community going through what we’re all going through now. Spotlight [00:34:56] Richard’s spotlight is “Hope in Source” podcast. [00:35:03] Justin’s spotlight is openfoodnetwork.org. [00:35:38] Pia’s spotlight is mutualaid.nyc. [00:36:07] Richard has another spotlight which is Gary Snyder’s poetry. [00:36:50] Henry’s spotlight is his favorite gospel, which is Mark. Quotes [00:14:04] “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” Links Henry Zhu’s Twitter Henry’s Zoo “Hope In Source” podcast Babel Maintainers Anonymous TC39 Open Food Network Mutual Aid NYC Gary Snyder Credits Produced by Justin Dorfman at CodeFund Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound Ad Sales by Eric Berry at CodeFund Special Guest: Henry Zhu.Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Justin Dorfman | Eric Berry | Richard Littauer Guest Dave Gandy Font Awesome Founder | CEO Fonticons, Inc. Show Notes If you’ve never heard of Font Awesome, or even if you have, this episode is worth taking a listen to. Our special guest today is Dave Gandy, who is one of the main people behind Font Awesome. He has some super inspiring advice that we all could use right now with everything going on in the world. On a funny note, which way is the best way to hang toilet paper? There is a fascinating conversation on TP that you don’t want to miss. 😂 02:33 Dave talks about what Font Awesome released to help out with COVID-19 awareness and they are ALL Open Sourced. 04:55 It’s been eight years since Font Awesome has been around, and Dave talks about the story behind it and how it gets money for icons. 08:31 Dave explains the process and the response from transitioning to being free to now asking for money. It all came down to what kind of company they wanted to build. 11:30 Richard wonders how Dave pitches all his ideas to investors and he has some great stories to tell. 016:38 Justin wonders how Font Awesome pays their Angel Investors back and is there an exit they are looking for or has he already paid them back? 21:17 Dave talks about how Kickstarter raised 1.076 million dollars which is still a record of most raised and backed by a software Kickstarter. The guys were all backers to it. 24:53 Expectations for the Kickstarter for Font Awesome is discussed and Dave goes into how the video is made. 33:41 Is Font Awesome one of those Cinderella stories or one of those unicorn projects that are likely to be reproduced? Can somebody else be the next Font Awesome? Dave has some great advice and so much inspiration to share that we could all use. Spotlight 37:04 Richard’s spotlight is a book called, “War of Art,” by Steven Pressfield. 37:25 Eric’s spotlight is a project website called, helpwithcovid.com. 38:18 Justin’s spotlight is to Google, “Font Awesome 5 Kickstarter Video.” 39:34 Dave’s spotlight is a book series, “Mistborn Trilogy,” by Brandon Sanderson. Quotes 22:39 “It turns out all of that failure was actually not failure, because all of those things we had done leading up to it, ended up being tremendous assets when it came time for Kickstarter.” 23:36 “No matter how good your intuition is on the first version of a product, the only way to get better is to talk to customers.” 34:02 “Everything is impossible until it’s done and then it was always inevitable.” 34:13 “When you believe before you start something that you can’t do it, you will always be right. No matter what, you’ll always be right!” 34:35 “If we don’t have faith in something that doesn’t exist, it can’t come into existence, until you believe that something could become real that doesn’t exist yet, it can’t.” Links Dave Gandy Twitter “The War of Art” Helpwithcovid.com Font Awesome 5 Kickstart “Mistborn Trilogy” Credits Produced by Justin Dorfman at CodeFund Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound Ad Sales by Eric Berry at CodeFund Special Guest: Dave Gandy.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Sustain Podcast Newsletter: Subscribe and get exclusive bonus episodes and more.Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer Guests Megan Sanicki Open Source Program Office at Google Duane O’Brien Head of Open Source at Indeed Show Notes This is a continuation of our mini COVID-19 coverage series podcast. Today, we have special guests, Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Duane O’Brien, who are FOSS Responders. We are talking about how does the Open Source Ecosystem deal with this and how do we, as Open Source Developes think about this, and how do members feel that can’t host their conferences. Also, listen here to find out why you should check your oxygen tank! [00:01:29] Duane explains what FOSS Responders does. [00:03:30] Megan explains how FOSS Responders has grown and what’s happening now. [00:05:50] Richard wants to know why does it matter to open source developers if events are canceled? Aren’t they just for large corporations anyway? [00:10:53] Justin wants to know if Duane and Megan have been in touch with organizations such as, Python Software Foundation, since they rely heavily on the income from their yearly conference, PIConf, which is now canceled. [00:014:38] Duane talks Mozilla. He mentions a program called MOSS (Mozilla Open Source Support) and they put together a COVID-19 solution fund geared to providing awards to Open Source technology projects that are responding to the pandemic. [00:18:38] Duane and Megan talk about the “Buddy System” that they use a lot. It’s all about supporting each other and sharing talents. [00:21:43] Megan and Duane give some AWESOME advice to close out the podcast. Remember, keep checking your oxygen tank! Quotes [00:8:28] “If we want them to continue to be sustainable, if we want the organizations that run them to continue to be sustainable, then we need to take some kind of action and respond in the opposite.” [00:09:02] “These are the events that are accelerators, and they do it in a very structured way, but in a very serendipitous way too.” [00:21:43] “The biggest learning is to check your oxygen tank. Sustainability really starts with yourself and how well you’re sustaining yourself through this time.” Links Megan Sanicki Twitter Duane O’Brien Twitter FOSS Responders Open Collective's Slack SustainOSS ForumSpecial Guests: Duane O’Brien and Megan Sanicki.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Sustain Podcast Newsletter: Subscribe and get exclusive bonus episodes and more.Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Justin Dorfman | Eric Berry | Richard Littauer Guest Whitney Hess Executive Coach Show Notes Whitney Hess is the special guest today. She is an Executive Coach, supporting business leaders of various kinds to help them be the best version of themselves. With COVID-19 happening right now it’s affecting everyone. People are stressed, overwhelmed, emotional, anxious, and have a whole rollercoaster of emotions. Remember, we are all human and you are not alone. And, if you’ve never meditated, you will want to after listening to this episode. 01:21 Whitney clarifies what an Executive Coach is and what she does. She also explains how she differentiates from a Life Coach. 03:00 To cut to the chase, Richard wonders how COVID-19 has affected her business and how has it affected the way she helps people during this time. 05:35 On the brighter side of things, Whitney talks about how people are able to work on legacy code because their companies aren’t as in demand and they can do various things that they’ve been putting off. 06:50 Justin wants to know if maintainers would get a lot of value out of Whitney’s management coaching, especially helping FOSS Responders who are dealing with COVID-19. 12:34 “Empathy” is discussed in depth. There is a misconception about empathy and Whitney also explains self-empathy. 15:59 Eric has a question about persona, and he wonders if there is a mother and a maintainer and she’s really stressed, has to feed her kids, teach them, maintain open source and she doesn’t have time to walk away from her computer, what advice does Whitney have for that sort of person. Let’s say “meditation” is talked about, and reprioritizing and re-evaluating our values. 22:37 Richard talks about how one night he hit rock bottom emotionally and physically and what he did to make himself happy. Justin talks about how he was feeling fatigued by everything happening with work and what’s happening in the world and what he did to feel mentally separated and enjoy himself. 25:27 Whitney stresses how especially now, we need to allow ourselves moments of joy. Try to find a little bit of space to allow ourselves to be happy in that moment. She goes more into this with some very uplifting advice. Quotes 12:48 “I think a misconception about empathy is that it’s all about what we give to others, when in actuality it starts with what we give to ourselves.” 14:28 “You need to put your oxygen mask on first before you help others!” 17:17 “If you don’t have time to meditate once a day, meditate twice a day!” Links Whitney Hess Whitney Hess Twitter Whitney Hess Blog “My Neighbor Totoro”Special Guest: Whitney Hess.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Sustain Podcast Newsletter: Subscribe and get exclusive bonus episodes and more.Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman | Eric Berry Show Notes COVID-19 is the main focus today and how it is ripping through the open source ecosystem. Although you may be tired of listening to it, the guys get real and speak from the heart and talk about the affects it is having on people all over the country, especially maintainers and coders. The message here is, “BE KIND TODAY!” 02:37 Justin talks about keeping busy with SustainOSS stuff and he’s been listening to an Audible book called, “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work,” which has changed his perception on how to work smart and not hard. 03:49 Richard chimes in about he’s been working on a lot of projects and since COVID-19 started in the US he’s been involved in a project called FOSS Responders, which is Free and Open Source Responders and he explains what it does. 04:55 Richard gives an update on what FOSS Responder’s did this week. 06:27 Eric joins in to say that he runs CodeFund with Justin and how it allows them to display ethical non-tracking ads to developers all over the world. Find out what happened in THREE DAYS after they launched a FOSS Responders campaign. 08:04 Eric talks about his friend who did an amazing thing with his business and it’s pretty cool! This gets him thinking about Open Source, developers, and us as people and how each of us has a talent to maybe donate or allow use of something to support people to give back to the community. 15:31 Justin’s been trying to find silver linings in everything these days, especially with FOSS Responders. Richard brings up helping at helpwithcovid.com and opencollective.com. 17:08 Richard speaks from the heart about his silver lining. He is more connected then he was a month ago. Listen to hear what he’s been doing about connecting with friends. 18:05 Eric talks about struggles he has been having as well as other people may be having right now, with their jobs, figuring out a way to homeschool their kids, and keeping everybody heathy and happy while doing their jobs. He also talks about his silver lining which is really knowing to him what is important. Links Help With COVID Open Collective “It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work.”-Audible Book FOSS Responders GitHub COVID-19Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman | Pia Mancini | Eric Berry | Allen “Gunner” Gunn Guest Kyle E. Mitchell Attorney, License Zero Show Notes Kyle E. Mitchell is an independent Attorney based in California. Today we talk to him about Open Source subjects such as “License Zero.” He delves into the types of licenses there are, what are their differences, and how they came about. Also, be sure to check out this week’s spotlights for ways to help out during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak. 1:42 Richard ask Kyle about his blog post about License Zero, aka dual licensing, selling exceptions, or public/private licensing. What it is, what it does, and how Dev’s get paid for their creative work. 03:14 Kyle explains that License Zero has two types of licenses, public, which is not open source and the other is parity. 06:55 Kyle talks about how License Zero started out with one licensing choice. It was similar to the Creative Commons license used for stock photos, music, etc. 10:24 Kyle reveals how he needed to create a new license for License Zero, a share-alike license that would help cover Dev’s work they were creating. 14:13 Pia asks about projects that he’s had experience using this license with, and lessons he’s learned. 21:00 Pia wants to know if License Zero is creating complexity in the Open Source world by having different licenses. Is this making it more difficult for people to navigate and understand what they can and can’t do with those licenses? Kyle goes into License Proliferation. 26:32 Richard brings up one of Kyle’s blog posts about the “curse of sustainability” and how it’s impossible to fix the open source problem. 33:04 So far, we’ve mainly talked about the “what” of licensing. Gunner wants Kyle to go into the “who” of licensing. Does he think of persona’s in the licensing world? Spotlight 41:15 Pia’s spotlight is the collective “Meals of Gratitude”, which sends meals to health workers. 41:52 Richard’s spotlight is FOSS Responders, which helps Open Source Developers and Open Source Projects during this COVID-19 crisis. 42:32 Kyle piggybacks Richard’s spotlight with Bandcamp Daily, which is also helping out music artist during COVID-19. 43:51 Gunner spotlights Indeed’s Head of Open Source, Duane O’Brien, who spearheaded the FOSS Responders movement. 45:16 Kyle chimes in with one more quick spotlight...Nick Craig-Wood’s Rclone library. Quotes 06:03 “And this idea that Open Source is a licensing question, first and foremost, and then that’s the whole question is wrong.” 44:14 “The thing I’m amazed with Duane is that he’s spun up this FOSS Responders project, he’s holding so many different communities with integrity, and he’s doing his job for Indeed. But he’s walking just 100% of what I consider to be free and Open source integrity.” 44:28 “He’s really being mindful of different communities and their different cultures. And in this time of crisis we need cloning to get done, so with Duane’s opt-in permission, we could have more Duane’s in this world. I feel like he is setting an example we all need to follow.” Links Kyle E. Mitchell Twitter Kyle E. Mitchell Writings Kyle E. Mitchell Website Kyle E. Mitchell GitHub License Zero License Zero-Private License License Zero-Prosperity Public License License Zero-Parity Public License Creative Commons License The Curse of Sustainability Fernando Pessoa Open Collective-Meals of Gratitude FOSS Responders Bandcamp Daily Duane O’Brien Twitter Nick Craig-Wood RClone LibrarySpecial Guest: Kyle E. Mitchell.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Support Sustain

Sponsored By: #28 Cover art uses imagery by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team © OpenStreetMap contributors. Panelists Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer Guest Maggie Cawley OpenStreetMap US Alyssa Wright OpenStreetMap US | Open Source Collective Show Notes In this episode Justin and Richard talk with Maggie Cawley, Executive Director of the American OpenStreetMap US and Alyssa Wright, current Board Member of OpenStreetMap US. If you’ve never heard of OpenStreetMap US you will learn all about what it is, how you can use it, how you can edit it (YES, it’s editable like Wikipedia), and how it differs from Google Maps. 1:40** What is OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap US? How are they different? The ladies also share how many people are all together in the OpenStreetMap world in their biosphere and how many contributing editors there are. 04:41 Justin wonders how the map data is licensed and was it a hard sell to the community or an easy one? 08:24 OSMF and OSM US are slighty different. Richard is interested to know what Maggie and Alyssa are doing for each one and how do they see them growing. 10:43 Richard wants to know the Code of Conduct and was questioning if it was just started or did it change. 12:40 Justin wants to know what percentage Craig, from Craigslist, give to their annual budget. Also, regarding sustainability, the discussion of what it costs to run OpenStreetMap as a service is answered. 13:34 Maggie talks about who is involved in their membership which is made of many different people. 17:00 Richard wonders if anything is difficult now and what does sustainability look like and if there are any problems. The ladies talk about all the challenges there have been. 23:09 Why would people use OSM vs. Google Maps? Empowerment is a big factor with OSM. 27:18 Justin wonders how Maggie and Alyssa deal with possible misinformation from bad edits, especially with the earthquakes or tornados or if there have been any issues. 32:04 The ladies answer some questions from Richard regarding what sustainability means for OSM and how do you make sure everyone is working on the same product, doing it with the same intention, but with the same sort of guidance. Quotes 05:43 “ODbL, it’s a unique license.” 15:15 “I always point to my phone, it’s like, you know, this is essentially a map that we’re carrying around with us constantly and whether we’re talking about data privacy in our location, movement, or crime statistics or this Coronavirus, this is grounded in space, and we’re grounded in space.” 21:08 “Billions of people in this world do not have an address. So, without an address that means you don’t have a legal right to your land.” 23:17 “It’s very well known that Google is going to map where they have commercial interest.” Spotlight 34:07 Justin’s spotlight this week is Dracula PRO-Episode 27. 34:40 Richard’s spotlight is Leaflet JS. 34:57 Maggie’s spotlight is QGIS project. 35:17 Alyssa’s spotlight is PostGIS community. Links Maggie Cawley Twitter Alyssa Wright Twitter State of the Map U.S. Conference Craigslist Charitable Fund Donation OpenStreetMap.US OpenStreetMap.org OpenStreetMap on Slack QGIS PostGIS TeachOSM Dracula Pro-Episode27 Leaflet JSSpecial Guests: Alyssa Wright and Maggie Cawley.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Support Sustain

Sponsored By: Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman | Eric Berry Guest Zeno Rocha Liferay Cloud | Dracula Pro Show Notes In this episode we talk with Zeno Rocha. He is the Chief Product Officer at Liferay Cloud, a newly created Liferay, Inc division. He is responsible for crafting the product strategy, shaping the features, and defining the future of DXP Cloud. Zeno also created the popular Dracula theme. We talk about the success of clipboard.js, Dracula theme, and the importance not just creating the code, but promoting is as well. 2:38 Zeno talks about how he started out as an Open Source developer. He also explains what the developer scene is like in Brazil. 05:15 Zeno has spoken at over 110 conferences now and Richard is interested to know why he has this drive to get more views and work on social problems. 9:54 Zeno explains how he got involved in Dracula Theme and clipboard.js. Let’s just say there are 28,000 stars. 11:54 Zeno gets into the importance of promoting libraries that we create. If you want to reach and help more people. We as a group need to promote! He discusses what he did to promote his stuff. 15:45 One of the guys asked Zeno how did he get from zero to 5,000 stars overnight. He explains it’s not because of Hacker News but from something else. 18:20 Zeno talks about his design capabilities with Dracula. He says he’s not a designer or a marketeer. 20:18 Justin mentions about how he founded a project called BootstrapCDN and how an influencer helped shoot the usage up in one night. 22:54 Richard wonders how Zeno chooses his projects and how does he plan to have projects live beyond him, in terms of Dracula, which is a theming project that has grown beyond him. Zeno explains a hospital stay and a stolen computer is involved in this, so listen on. 30:34 Richard is curious about Dracula Pro and that it’s monetized but how does it work. Zeno answers this talking about dark mode and a keyboard that was crated for Dracula that had record sales. 32:57 Zeno reaches a point where he says he needs to learn about sales to make money. He finds a book that he reads that taught his some very interesting lessons. Quotes 07:14 “If you really want to learn something you have to teach it.” 08:10 “If I learn that one framework and learn that one language, then I am going to be successful.” 12:07 “If you want to get traction, if you want to reach more people…then you have to spend time promoting to others. 22:36 “Teach first, be welcoming first, communicate 10 times more than you code.” 30:56 “Typically I never monetize my work.” 39:49 “Email is not dead. Whoever says that never sent a newsletter. It works.” Spotlight 41:07 Justin’s spotlight this week is SHML.xyz (shell markup language) 41:49 Eric’s spotlight is Thoughtbot. Go on github.com/thoughtbot/laptop also a subscription to Dracula Pro, found on Draculatheme.com. 43:41 Richard’s spotlight is Caigmod.com (a newsletter). 44:30 Zeno’s spotlight is HTML5 Boilerplate. Links Zeno Rocha Zeno Rocha Twitter Zeno Rocha Linkedin Zeno Rocha GitHub Dracula Theme GitHub/Alfred Workflows Launch: An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula TO Sell Almost Anything Online, Build A Business You Love, And Live The Life Of Your Dreams. SHML.xyz Thoughtbot Craigmod.com HTML5 Boilerplate GitHub: How did the repo get 5000 stars in a few days? Hacker News-Modern Copy to ClipboardSpecial Guest: Zeno Rocha.Sponsored By:Linode: Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today. Promo Code: sustain2020Support Sustain