CHAOSScast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

104 episodes of CHAOSScast since the first episode, which aired on 1 May 2020.

  • Episode 20: CHAOSS + FINOS: Lessons Learned with Rob Underwood

    9 October 2020  |  55 mins 17 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, Venia is hosting, and her special guest is Rob Underwood, Chief Development Officer for FINOS Open Source Foundation. On this episode, we will be exploring a tool, a rubric of sorts, that has caught the eye of a lot of people at CHAOSS. We will learn all about FINOS and what Rob does there. Rob explains the philosophy behind selecting the metrics they did, and he tells us some big metrics he’s excited about. Also, Rob gives advice on what the first step is toward community leaders implementing and adopting this tool in their own community. Download this episode now, subscribe for free to this podcast, and share with your friends and colleagues.

  • Episode 19: GSOC: Anomaly Detection with Pratik, Akshara, Sarit, and Tianyi

    25 September 2020  |  49 mins 23 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today’s episode is about Google Summer of Code. We have four amazing guests, Pratik, Akshara, Sarit, and Tianyi, who have been mentees through this project during the Summer 2020 with the CHAOSS project. What you will learn on this episode is the many different types of machine learning there are, and how many different ways it can be useful in the open source community to apply the methods that the students did apply to practical open source problems. We will find out what each student’s project was and the outcome they were able to generate. Download this episode now and don’t forget to subscribe for free to this podcast and share it with your friends!

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    Episode 18: DevRel Metrics with Mary Thengvall

    18 September 2020  |  40 mins 8 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Our special guest today is Mary Thengvall, Director of Developer Relations at an open source process automation company called Camunda. She’s also the author of the first book on Developer Relations called, The Business Value of Developer Relations. We will learn what a DevRel is and why it’s such a unique position. Also, the hot topic of unintended consequences of measurement is discussed and the Orbit Model for building high gravity communities. Download this episode now and don’t forget to subscribe for free to this podcast and share it with your friends!

  • Episode 17: Growing as a Community Manager through Metrics with Antonio Nardella

    11 September 2020  |  47 mins 23 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! On today’s episode we have special guest from Italy, Antonio Nardella, who is the Community Manager at IOTA, an open source distributed ledger and cryptocurrency for the Internet of things (IoT). We learn all about IOTA and what Antonio’s role is there. There are discussions about GrimoireLab providing metrics, what Antonio’s approach is identifying who’s in his community, what metrics he’s using, and what a healthy community means to him. Download this episode to find out more!

  • Episode 16: Role Diversity with Silona Bonewald

    4 September 2020  |  42 mins 27 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, we have special guest, Silona Bonewald, Executive Director for IEEE SA Open, a comprehensive platform offering the open source community cost-effective options for developing and validating their projects. We are discussing Role Diversity and how it’s measured. Silona discusses patterns, how metrics were collected, and how open planning worked for them. We also talk about InnerSource Commons and the work Silona is doing with it. Download this episode now to find out more!

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    Episode 15: OSPO Metrics with Stormy Peters

    28 August 2020  |  48 mins 54 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Our discussions today will be on OSPO Metrics. We have special guest, Stormy Peters, Director of Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). Today, Stormy tells us all about OSPO and what it means from a metrics standpoint. She will fill us in on her journey with Microsoft and what’s she bringing into the organization. We also dive into value and how we differentiate value if you’re looking at projects. Subscribe to this podcast to download this episode now to find out more!

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    Episode 14: The Theory and Future of Measurement with Chris Mercer

    21 August 2020  |  54 mins 49 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, our special guest is Chris Mercer, from MeasurementMarketing.io. Our topic today will be on the theory and future of Measurement. Mercer tells us what MeasurementMarketing is and explain in detail the “Five pillars of measurement.” He will go over a few things that are important for people who are trying to measure their communities and what they should know. Also, how does the future of measurement going to impact CHAOSS will be discussed. Subscribe to this podcast and download this episode now to find out all this and much more!

  • Episode 13: Internews OSS Lightweight Needs Assessment Toolkit with Gina Helfrich

    14 August 2020  |  48 mins 58 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, our special guest is Gina Helfrich. Dr. Helfrich is Program Officer for Global Technology at Internews, where she manages global programs covering two streams of work. She will talk about the BASICS project, which is where they look at how to strengthen open source security tools that journalists and human rights organizations rely on. You can also find out about The Guardian Project and how it has developed a methodology called Clean Insights. We will learn about the OSS Lightweight Needs Assessment toolkit she created and why CHAOSS was a source of inspiration for the toolkit. Subscribe for free to this podcast and download this episode now!

  • Episode 12: How Social Marketing Interfaces with Community with Michelle Dalton

    7 August 2020  |  45 mins 20 secs

    Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, we have a special guest, Michelle Dalton, who is the Community Manager for DigitalMarketer communities and uses Facebook groups. We are going to be discussing DigitalMarketer engaged community. We will learn Michelle’s interesting journey that led her into community management. Also, she will give us some insights on what she thinks she can bring to inform the Open Source Community and the onboarding experience and how important it is. Michelle also mentions their core values, which one of them is, “Always pursue growth and learning.” Download this episode to find out more!

  • Episode 11: Diversity & Inclusion with Emma Irwin

    31 July 2020  |  46 mins 1 sec

    Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, we have an interesting episode about diversity and inclusion as one of the themes. We have special guest, Emma Irwin, Senior Program Manager at Mozilla, focused on building and sustaining healthy communities. We will learn more about the CHAOSS Diversity Inclusion Badging Project. Also, we find out what the number one problem is that people make when they approach community health metrics. And, as we think about diversity and inclusion, and all the movements going on right now, Emma tells us what we can do to help. Download this episode to find out more!

  • Episode 10: Managing Risks and Opportunities in Open Source with Frank Nagle & David A. Wheeler

    24 July 2020  |  48 mins 40 secs

    Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, we have two special guests with us, Frank Nagle, Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School and David A. Wheeler, Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation. We will discuss the use of metrics in looking at software identified by the Software Configuration Management systems. We will talk about CII Best Practices Badge Program and License Risk. And, there is a survey that you can participate in called the Core Infrastructure Initiative FOSS Contributor Survey (CII-FOSS Survey). Go ahead and download this episode now to find out more!

  • Episode 9: In Defense of Vanity Metrics

    17 July 2020  |  39 mins 11 secs

    Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In this episode, Matt and Venia have an informal conversational exploration of topics on their mind. Venia has Vanity Metrics on her mind. So today, we will explain what a Vanity Metric is, the importance of community strategy and why we are using metrics, and why you should consider your community social scientifically in meeting limitations. Matt and Venia have a few stories to share as well! Download this episode now!