FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, Katie Wilson presented Superbloom's UX Toolbox for Risk Mitigation and Accessibility and discussed the research and landscape analysis that led to its development, use cases for open resources, and more.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67117
YouTube: youtu.be/rLuUmWw-Xbk?si=uUkUtg

19 hours ago
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @simulo explained why the practices and values of UX designers and FOSS often clash, and how this problem can be overcome.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67115
YouTube: youtu.be/1iB4480I9w8?si=6dEjtA

1 day ago
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

Open source UX is often criticised. Some of it is justified, but what can we do about it? @scottjenson 's talk at this year's FOSS Backstage explored which repos are doing UX well and what we can learn from them.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67135
YouTube: youtu.be/ZLmXlhJMQmM?si=GsDz2S

2 days ago
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

FOSS Foundations provide a wide range of critical project support services. But who funds FOSS foundations? Find out more in @shanecurcuru's talk from this year's .

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67136
YouTube: youtu.be/_ktdPszzwH8?si=vanCo-

3 days ago
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @TheTechScribe discussed the challenges of measuring the ROI of participating in community events and offered possible solutions for assessing impact and profit.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67144
YouTube: youtu.be/tVKD_OHph5o?si=XOI6_Y

May 03, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, Celeste Horgan talked about how to get non-developers to contribute, how for-profit companies can support open source, and which projects need upstream communities.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67146
YouTube: youtu.be/eZvnUgyuk8I?si=86TEIH

May 02, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @sortova talked about open source business models, especially the ones that work. A must-watch if you've ever thought about running a full-time FOSS business.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67137
YouTube: youtu.be/kKA2zRGo9Vg?si=IMcNn5

May 01, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, Nick Vidal and Thomas Steenbergen presented an innovative governance and funding model created by the ORT community to match supply and demand between organisations so that they can agree to implement items together, resulting in a roadmap of committed delivery items.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67125
YouTube: youtu.be/myEHHuGhrcw?si=b1x1Ak

April 30, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @BajoranEngineeras talked about the wins, losses and amazing teams that reached their fundraising goals through thousands of small steps.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67106
YouTube: youtu.be/YuPXZZKry4Y?si=37tM2W

April 29, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, Olivia Guyot shared the journey and challenges Camptocamp faced in building a mission-critical information system based on OS technologies.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67126
YouTube: youtu.be/TPyO6iw2F7U?si=s3UVfP

April 26, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @OpenTalkMeeting discussed the consequences of freeloaders entering bidding processes with cut-throat prices without manufacturer involvement, stripping the OSS ecosystem of its foundation, and how open source projects can protect themselves.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67128
YouTube: youtu.be/k8YJQLIw2EI?si=qJ4wuB

April 25, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @Karlitschek discussed the current challenges around AI, the new innovative local and open source AI features that the Nextcloud community is building, and the new Ethical AI framework and what it means for existing SaaS AI solutions and open source local alternatives.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67111
YouTube: youtu.be/AdP_B-y3JP8?si=BCcAcq

April 24, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's , Lina Böcker, Paloma Oliveira, Fiona Krakenbürger and Thomas Steenbergen led a frank and necessary exploration of licence types, business models and the sustainability of open source as a way to improve ethics, sustainability and community.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67112
YouTube: youtu.be/bsQ9-e7L5lU?si=LeOwCR

April 23, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @DrDirkGernhardt and @klml discussed the success factors, benefits and legal requirements behind the City of Munich's important decision to make the publication of all internal software developments standard by 2021.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67107
YouTube: youtu.be/LXTOdmseUe8?si=lknqBf

April 22, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

Our definition of OSPOs has largely remained the same since Sun Microsystems established their OSPO in the 1990's - but Open Source is no longer a fringe activity understood by a few, but a critical part of an organisation's overall IT strategy - so isn't it time we change the way OSPOs work? Watch Per Ploug Krogslund's talk from this year's FOSS Backstage to hear his thoughts.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67129
YouTube: youtu.be/m5l0qnJsnOc?si=f0FODp

April 19, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

Learn about CERN's innovative new Open Source Program Office (OSPO), which covers both software and hardware, in this keynote from this year's FOSS Backstage by Giacomo Tenaglia.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67114
YouTube: youtu.be/cEn-xGiVYKk?si=-T3T0A

April 18, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @schlomo & Gratien Dhaese discussed the Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) Open Source project, giving a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how a project works over such a long period, what works well and what could be better, with specific examples and advice.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67134
YouTube: youtu.be/QdOPhDkuJM8?si=6dGfH-

April 17, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At this year's FOSS Backstage, @bdelacretaz discussed the key principles of remote collaboration and offered concrete recommendations for improving the efficiency and happiness of distributed teams, based on his two decades of experience in open source communities and corporate distributed teams.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67143
YouTube: youtu.be/Fz0bBIBjoSM?si=x0lH9Z

April 16, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

Learn how to automate the open source license compliance process using open source tools in this FOSS Backstage 2024 talk by Petteri Kivimäki.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67130
YouTube: youtu.be/vBjHqfFaX0M?si=JGQifi

April 15, 2024
FOSS Backstage
FOSSBackstage@floss.social

At FOSS Backstage 2024, Angelika Wittek and Lina Böcker shared insights into the technical and legal aspects of open source contributions in today's world.

TIB: av.tib.eu/media/67104
YouTube: youtu.be/Bd4ziRxPuJI?si=x5VwnN

April 12, 2024