Candid Contributions

How do we learn new frameworks? What are the big shifts in technology we've experienced so far? Listen to find out the answers and how we are getting up to speed with latest in Umbraco .Net Core migration. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email  hello@candidcontributions.com  or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Show Li...

We're back from a break, and talking about humour. Should we be funny in work situations? How do you avoid getting it wrong? What does having a sense of humour even mean? We all need more levity in our lives. Using humour can be incredibly powerful, but also quite risky. According to 'Humor Seriously' there are four primary humour styles: the Stand-up, the Sweetheart, the Magnet, and the Sniper. W...

Happy New Year, and welcome to our “New” episode! Join us to hear what things lie ahead in 2021, including a very exciting Umbraco-related update from Emma... We muse on what community might look like this year, and how meetups could adapt to a more virtual world. The episode was recorded a few days after the fatal events at the US Capitol on Jan 6th. We discuss the fallout from that, and the tech...

In our final episode of our first year as a podcast, we have 2 special guests. We are joined by Ilham Boulghallat from Umbraco HQ and Henk Boelman from Microsoft to discuss leading open source communities. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email  hello@candidcontributions.com  or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: *...

Recorded soon after the Biden Trump election, we discuss how democratic open source is, and how much it should be. We also talk about the influence of technology and social media on our news consumption and how that influences the opinions we form and, ultimately, how we end up voting. Plus a healthy amount of tangential chatter including a whirlwind introduction to the 5 levels of mentalization a...

PIVOT! This episode we are discussing pivoting: code approaches, career changes, tech stacks. * CanConUmbrackathon guestbook mushroom field: https://candidcontributions.com/umbrackathon/status/ * Umbraco Community teams: https://umbraco.com/blog/the-community-teams-applications-20202021/ * DotNetConf: https://www.dotnetconf.net/ Next time we'll discuss: Democracy If you have any feedback, comments...

In this episode we discuss standards: coding standards, team/community standards, personal standards. Join us as we talk all this and more, including plans for our upcoming hackathon, 🎵 The CanCon Umbrackathon 🎵, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October. Next episode will be: Pivot If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email  hello@candidcontributions....

There are many ways to contribute to open source, do non code contributions get enough credit? What are people's motivations for participating in Hacktoberfest? Does the initiative actually have a negative impact? What can you get back from contributing, and where do we think our own contributions have most value? Join us as we talk all this and more, including plans for our upcoming hackathon, 🎵...

We are back for a second series! Join Carole, Emma, Laura & Lotte for a chat on all things tech & open source. This episode we discuss Intent and how it can impact users of technology and even politics. Links: * The Social Dilemma - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81254224 * Happy Healthy Minds - https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/happy-healthy-minds/

This is our end of series special where we recap on the *journey* we've been on (you know how much Em loves that word). We listen back to our favourite clips from the series including guest interviews and ideas we've shared. We think back to what we lived about series 1 and what we look forward to in series 2. We'll be back soon!

In this episode we discuss feedback: why it's important, how to give and get feedback productively. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email hello@candidcontributions.com or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * Radical Candor: https://www.radicalcandor.com/ * Let it Go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Go-Extraordinary-E...

In this episode we discuss empathy, what it means and how we can learn to think of experiences of others in our techy day jobs and generally in the world. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email hello@candidcontributions.com or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * https://compassionatecoding.com/ * https://podcasts....

In this episode we discuss bias: what it means, why we all have it, and some of the different types that there are, including unconscious bias and stereotype threat. It can effect datasets and then lead to (at best) unexpected and (at worst) disastrous results. Would 'blind' pull requests be a good idea for dev teams, or an open source community such as Umbraco? Would anonymous contributions encou...

This week we talk about what is happening in the world right now. There are a number of resources mentioned in this episode which are summarised below. If there is anything we are missing, please let us know! - Nadiya Hussein on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWjzNhjyWF/?igshid=1x21julnl4lsi - Brene Brown with Ibram X. Kendi: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbm...

This episode "adventure", where the discussion points where submitting via PR in a "choose your own adventure" style. In our first live recorded episode at CodePatch, the 2 day Umbraco community event, we are joined by a lovely audience who contribute to the conversation. CodePatch was on May 29th & May 30th, more information here: https://candidcontributions.com/ If you have any feedback, comment...

This episode we discuss "share", how we can share knowledge and the courage this can often take, particularly in open source contribution. - GitHub "successors" - https://help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/maintaining-ownership-continuity-of-your-user-accounts-repositories - "Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlife" by David Eagleman - https://www.goodreads.com/...

In this episode we discuss what the word 'open' in open source means both to us and to some special guests... We hear from Ashley Nicolson and Sebastiaan Janssen, both maintainers of successful open source projects, about the challenges of managing contributions and opinions from active communities. We also hear from Per Ploug who, after years at Umbraco, went to work with open source at the enter...

In this episode, we discuss the topic of time. Recorded within a pandemic context, the concept of time has become increasingly mutable and - as we mentally transition to this new state - a focus on how we are spending our time seems only natural. We talk about free time, estimating time for projects, saving time in everyday tasks, and ways to approach a work-life balance. Next episode will be: Ope...

This week we chat about the Candid Contributions Virtual Hackathon we hosted for 2 days over the Easter weekend. Thanks to everyone who attended, we have a few clips from the event and we discuss how we think it went. Next episode will be : Time If you have any feedback, comments or thoughts for next week you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email  hello@candidcontributions.com or join the Umbraco Co...

This week we discuss what it means to be perfect and how that can sometimes get in the way of progress. We discuss our experiences and discuss the advantages of showing our work, despite not being "perfect". Virtual hackathon details (April 10-11, 2020): https://candidcontributions.com Brave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524762334 Teach Girls Bravery not Perfection :h...

This week we are talking about change. Recorded during the world-changing coronavirus pandemic, we discuss some changes we do actually have control over. From changing careers and tech stacks, to source code control and how change can be managed collaboratively in an open source community. We also talk about the fundraising running art that Umbraco developer Jeric Yuen has been creating, and how w...

This week we are talking about what it means and how it feels to be remote! Contextually recorded during the first wave of Coronavirus social-distancing measures in the UK, we talk about the challenges and benefits of online communities, and finding new ways to express ourselves using virtual presences. Thanks go to Janae Cram, Nathan Woulfe, Mark McDonald and Ewa Grabowiecka for their wonderful i...

This week we have been attending the Umbraco Spark innovation conference and had a chance to get some open source community contributions to the podcast! Thanks to: Sian, Nik, Pete, Marc, Niels, Lucy & Matt Brailsford! We also have an extended interview with Jon Skeet where we discuss open source, inclusion and learning to play the drums! Thanks Jon! Next episode will be : Remote If you have any f...

In this episode, we talk about saying yes, the positives and opportunities but also the downsides. We give examples of our experiences in open source communities and what we have learned. Links: - Laura's Compiling Humanity Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN9kPoOgJLc&feature=youtu.be - Umbraco Spark: https://umbracospark.com/ - Invisible Women: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-Women-Exposi...

In this episode, we talk about why we love being involved in the open source world and technology in general. From problem solving and collaboration, to feeling at home in the friendly and supportive Umbraco CMS community. We also discuss why we want to try organising a virtual hackathon, and why hammocks at a conference might be a bad idea... We'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ques...