Episode 30: Silver Linings in The FOSS Community

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
(https://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 (http://helpwithcovid.com/)
Open Collective (http://opencollective.com/) “It Doesn’t Have to be
Crazy at Work.”-Audible Book
(https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Have-Be-Crazy-Work/dp/B07G8L5NZ9/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=it+doesn%27t+have+to+be+crazy+at+work&qid=1585423399&s=audible&sr=1-1)
FOSS Responders (https://opencollective.com/foss-responders) GitHub
COVID-19 (https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19)