Episode 19: Recovering Software Engineer to a Believer in Open Source with Gunner
Allen Gunn aka Gunner self-identifies as a recovering software engineer and CTO. After the dot-com bubble popped circa 2000 he founded a non-profit called Aspiration which is a values-driven nonprofit technology organization. For those lucky enough to have attended an event Gunner has facilitated will know, he has the gift of gab. He was so good on this episode that we asked him to become a permanent host/panelist and he said YES!
PanelistsJustin Dorfman | Pia Mancini | Richard Littauer | Eric Berry
GuestAllen Gunn (Gunner) of Aspiration
Show Notes01:10 Allen’s Background
02:32 Conferences
05:10 Allen’s Experience That Lead Him to Where He Is
09:01 Building Capacity Toward Sustainability
10:15 What You Would See at Allen’s Conferences
13:30 Hard Conversations in Open Source Communities and How To Bridge Those Conversations at the Conferences
20:07 Self-Obsolescence
25:30 Control Takers vs. Love Bringers
29:55 Why Gunner is in Tech and not Politics
39:16 Gunner’s Thoughts on Sustainability
Justin W. Flory's Episode Notes
MentionsJustin - Carbon - A simple PHP API extension for DateTime
Pia - CodeBuddies
Richard - HackMD
Eric - Bulk Insert Ruby Gem
Allen - Allied Media Project
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