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Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which encryption backdoors rear their ugly heads (party like it’s 1999!), Minority Report is not a manual, and: [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:19] The UK government demands that Apple put a back door in their end to end encryption. Apple are not prepared to do this, […]
Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which Jeremy is sadly unwell (get well soon Jezza!) and so we in theory look at the latest news but actually spend three quarters of the show on one topic! This is what happens when there’s no Jeremy to keep us on track. Including: [00:00:00] Intro […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we are back, back again, Bad Voltage is back, tell a friend, and we look back a little at the big things that happened in 2024’s tech world: [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:19] Social Media 2024 [00:26:19] Drones in NY [00:30:28] The UK is over […]
Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which there is a particularly excellent shirt, a particularly absent salting of the conversation with, y’know, actual facts and that from Jeremy, and: [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:19] CrowdStrike: how half the computers in the world went down (with thanks to abadidea for research) [00:28:41] Reddit might paywall […]
Jono Bacon, Jeremy Garcia, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we return after an unplanned hiatus, there is a squirrel in your car (not a euphemism), and: [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:16] The US government demands that Bytedance sell TikTok, or do they? There’s lots going on in this case, and it leads into lots […]
Jono Bacon, Jeremy Garcia, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we look to the year ahead (well, the 10 months ahead) and predict what will happen in the tech industry and the world in 2024. 2024’s predictions: [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:49] Jeremy: Sundar Pichai will not be CEO by end of 2024 [00:06:55] Jeremy: […]
Jono Bacon, Jeremy Garcia, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which in traditional Christmas style we look back on our predictions for 2024 and Jono whines about half points. More successfully than usual this year, admittedly. Have a happy holiday season! We’ll be back in the new year. [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:44] Jeremy: Tiktok gets […]
Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which Jeremy is temporarily not present, website hosting issues are acknowledged and briefly discussed, and: [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:16] New York intends to have air taxis by 2025, including bonus London Illustrated News content [00:10:23] Microsoft Teams announce upcoming 3D meetings in VR, including a Lex Friedman/Mark […]
In this engaging interview, Katherine Druckman and Jono Bacon delve into the world of open source community building. They discuss the importance of bridging gaps, valuing non-code contributions, and pushing the boundaries of collective potential. Jono shares success stories from Blender, opensource.com, and the CNCF, while also highlighting the need for better collaboration and breaking biases within the open source community. With a touch of humor and a glimpse into pop culture, this conversation leaves you inspired and excited about the future of open source. Resources: The Importance of Community, Jono Bacon, Community Leadership Core Guest: Jono Bacon is a leading community and collaboration speaker, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Jono Bacon Consulting which provides community strategy/execution, workflow, and other services. He previously served as director of community at GitHub, Canonical, XPRIZE, and OpenAdvantage. His clients include Huawei, GitLab, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Sony Mobile, Deutsche Bank, Santander, HackerOne, Mattermost, SAP, FINOS Foundation, The Executive Center, data.world, Creative Commons, and others. He is the author of ‘People Powered: How communities can supercharge your business, brand, and teams' and The Art of Community, a columnist for Forbes and opensource.com, founder of the Community Leadership Summit, founder of Conversations With Bacon, and co-founder of Bad Voltage. He is an advisor to AlienVault, Moltin, data.world, Mycroft, Open Networking Foundation, and Open Cloud Consortium.
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we do a bit of a deep dive into the (semi-)recent trend of finding new ways for creators to get paid. Patreon’s been around for a long time (but could be doing better), and the idea of making a thing and getting paid […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we revisit an old friend, Room 101, the place where all the things we hate should be banished. At least according to each of us: whether the other two can be so convinced is another thing entirely… [00:04:07] Jono: All videoconferencing except Zoom […]
Cultivating Communities with Jono Bacon In this captivating episode of "The Hidden" podcast, I speak with the accomplished Jono Bacon, whose insights into community dynamics are unparalleled. With an impressive background, Jono and I delve into the profound realm of community-building in the digital age. Our conversation navigates the intricacies of harnessing the potency of online communities, offering valuable insights into their establishment and nurturing. Exploring their pivotal role in propelling organisational growth and influence, we also emphasise the enduring significance of face-to-face community engagements. This discussion serves as a treasure trove of wisdom for individuals seeking to elevate their audience interactions, making it an essential listen for those eager to enrich their digital connections. Guest Bio. Jono Bacon is a leading community and collaboration speaker, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Jono Bacon Consulting which provides community strategy/execution, workflow, and other services. He previously served as director of community at GitHub, Canonical, XPRIZE, and OpenAdvantage. His clients include Huawei, GitLab, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Sony Mobile, Deutsche Bank, Santander, HackerOne, Mattermost, SAP, FINOS Foundation, The Executive Center, data.world, Creative Commons, and others. He is the author of ‘People Powered: How communities can supercharge your business, brand, and teams' and The Art of Community, a columnist for Forbes and opensource.com, founder of the Community Leadership Summit, founder of Conversations With Bacon, and co-founder of Bad Voltage. He is an advisor to AlienVault, Moltin, data.world, Mycroft, Open Networking Foundation, and Open Cloud Consortium.
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which multiple minutes of pre-show work are awkwardly wasted, we haven’t got a sign on the roof, and: [00:01:39] GPTBot is launched to crawl your websites and add their technological distinctiveness to its own model, and there is discussion of robots.txt changes [00:11:08] MDN, […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we discuss ad-supported services and the (potential?) rise of subscriptions. Have ads gone away, or started to? Are social media networks being supported by ads now pivoting to something else? And are Patreon and sponsorships mostly a boon for small creators, or a […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which there is unsceptical intensity, we are all eaten by a T-1000, and we have collected a list of concerns about Large Language Model-based AI, which we’re going to dive into! [00:00:00] Introduction [00:04:30] The “free software” concern: it normalises inhaling information for free […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which there’s more smoky back rooms than usual, everyone’s on Orkut, and: [00:01:14] Who likes Microsoft Teams? Microsoft promises it’s made Teams less confusing and resource hungry, while Teams surprisingly now has 270m users to Slack’s 20m. [00:08:21] An “open letter” from tech pioneers […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we spend a show inventing topics which need a whole other show to talk about, we reminisce about Google Plus, and: [00:01:36] Twitter Blue, Meta Verified: the social networks go premium. Is it going to work? [00:35:45] The FBI recommend that everyone uses […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we look, as has been threatened a bunch recently, at Mastodon. What’s it all about? Is Mastodon the new Twitter, and is it trying to be? And how far have we got into it? Also, we’re now on Mastodon! @badvoltage@mastodon.social! Come chat with […]
Jeremy Garcia, Jono Bacon, and Stuart Langridge present Bad Voltage, in which we create predictions for 2023! What will happen over the next twelve months in the world of tech? Here’s what we think… Stuart: the Texas HB20 social media law will come before the US Supreme Court, and the US Supreme Court will uphold […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage for the last time in 2022, in which we take a look back at our predictions for this year and review how we did. Surprisingly… not as badly as last year. Although as you may expect there is shameless jockeying for extra points. How did […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which we are not necessarily “extremely hardcore”, we aren’t verified (or are we?), we aren’t fleeing the country with a load of money that isn’t ours, and: [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:37] Twitter and Musk: much change is afoot in the world of Twitter, as Elon […]
Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, and special guest Adam Lorimer present Bad Voltage, in which reality is virtual, metas are connected, and: Meta, nee Facebook, had their Meta Connect conference where they announced their upcoming plans, recent hardware and software releases, and the like. We have some interest in VR generally, as evidenced by Jono always […]
Jono Bacon, Jeremy Garcia, and special guest Erica Brescia present Bad Voltage, in which a generation of hypochondriacs is created, we are made to do research, and: [00:01:51] VC/WeWork/Flow [00:20:28] AI wins state fair art contest, annoys humans [00:28:14] New smart watches [00:38:22] Notkia [00:39:52] OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which the roflcopter is created, Soli is forgotten, and: [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:04] Chorizo space prank [00:04:04] Floppotron 3.0 [00:10:47] Doom running on $15 smart lamp, and in Doom [00:16:22] SCaLE 19X [00:19:59] Who's liable for AI-generated lies? [00:28:48] Amazon Slashing Private-Label Selection [00:31:29] Amazon […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which everyone’s middle name is Elaine, there is discussion of the nature of business in the modern age, and: [00:02:45] We look at Brave, a privacy-focused web browser. They’ve got some interesting technical choices, but more importantly we want to look at the question […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which Victorian Tumblr is a thing, you should probably check out Lethality, Jono’s band’s latest, and: [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:11] USB Type-C EVERYTHING [00:17:33] Firefox and Google are arguing about extension APIs that ad blockers use [00:34:00] Spotify comes for audiobooks [00:57:15] Outro Come chat […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and special guest star Jorge Castro present Bad Voltage, in which those of the team not currently having fun on a beach in Spain dig into the latest tech news, including (but not limited to): [00:08:26] Github start requiring two-factor authentication for contributors [00:16:21] This show was edited live on Twitch […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which Times Square is a much better example, it is Stuart’s turn to seemingly sound like he recorded this at the bottom of a coal mine (sorry about that), and: [00:01:50] Elon Musk is buying Twitter. We have thoughts, and quite a few of […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and special guest star Alan Pope present Bad Voltage, in which intelligence is artificial, snaps are un-ned, and art is what you make it: [00:04:00] popey’s latest tool is unsnap, which helps you “quickly and easily migrate from using snap for applications to flatpak”, and we’ll get into how it works […]
Stuart Langridge, Jeremy Garcia, and special guest star Jorge Castro present Bad Voltage, in which we in theory want to talk about loads of news but actually we spend all our discussion time on one topic: [00:02:00] Jorge is into Flatpak. And there’s quite a lot to talk about here. This is very much about […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and special guest Jorge Castro present Bad Voltage, in which Stuart honestly thought for one second that the Americans have a very worryingly-titled show called “Poor Patrol” before realising that he misheard, and: [00:02:33] The return of the legendary Bacommunity app! Made by friend of the show Roger Light, who has […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which whistles are blown, audio is twitched, and: [00:02:18] A whole show on one topic: Facebook and content moderation. Since Frances Haugen left Facebook for the life of a whistleblower, filing complaints with federal law enforcement that Facebook knows that it amplifies hate, misinformation […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which we discuss the mysterious arrival of boxes, how to play CDs, and: [00:02:18] We review the 8Sleep Pod Pro Cover, an internet-connected mattress, which Jono claims is actually useful. There is, not surprisingly, some scepticism about this claim, but equally: sleep is important […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which [00:02:50] Online trolls are assholes offline too, at least according to a new survey [00:17:20] Facebook Workrooms seem to be the long-promised “Facebook Spaces”, much to Jono’s intemperate joy [00:29:50] Excellently detailed albeit mildly depressing summary of Google’s myriad messaging apps which is […]
Stuart Langridge and Jono Bacon present Bad Voltage, in which Jeremy is away, there used to be a star and now there isn’t, and we devote the whole show to a discussion of Apple’s recent announcement that your iPhone will now scan some of your photos and report them if they’re child porn. This has […]
Stuart Langridge and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which Jono is away, you too are not an astronaut, and: [00:02:00] Shares slide after China brands online games “electronic drugs” [00:03:50] The US FAA changes the definition of “astronaut” after Bezos and Branson go into space, LOL [00:06:25] Machine learning sucks at covid [00:12:15] Sinclair […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which God is not our co-pilot. Instead, Github Copilot is. What’s the deal with this thing? Copilot is “an AI pair programmer that helps you write better code”, according to Github themselves. “GitHub Copilot draws context from the code you’re working on, suggesting whole […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which there is much news from all over the tech industry, including: [00:02:15] Anom app from FBI yanked in a huge amount of criminals [00:08:45] FaceTime is coming to Android and Windows via the web, plus: how Apple’s rise to be the richest company […]
“Communities have this amazing phenomenon that we've seen for 1000s of years. If you've got 100 people, let's say there's 100 of your listeners, each one of those people has got different ideas and perspectives, and time, and expertise and experiences. And when you bring all of those things out into the open in a collaborative environment, then we can learn and we can benefit from each other, we can collaborate more effectively together.”-Jono Bacon, Founder of Jono Bacon ConsultingJoin Ben and Jono as they talk about the strategies in building a community. Jono discusses the disadvantages of forums and what platform is best in building a community. They talk about the fundamental things that will make all communities work. Jono also shares best tips to grow your community and get that kind of the wheels turning with a new community.Episode Notes:Jono Bacon is a leading community and collaboration speaker, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Jono Bacon Consulting. He previously served as director of community at GitHub, Canonical, XPRIZE, and OpenAdvantage. He is the author of ‘People Powered: How communities can supercharge your business, brand, and teams' and The Art of Community, a columnist for Forbes and opensource.com, founder of the Community Leadership Summit, founder of Conversations With Bacon, and co-founder of Bad Voltage. He is an advisor to AlienVault, Moltin, data.world, Mycroft, Open Networking Foundation, and Open Cloud Consortium.CONNECT WITH JONOLinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | WebsiteCONNECT WITH US!Links:>Ben Schneider: Ben's Instagram | Ben's Website>Business and Lifestyle Legends Podcast: Follow on IG @bllpodcastcom>For more information and to explore other episodes, click here. We'd love to hear from you! Leave us a rating and review below!Get the BEN SCHNEIDER COACHING: Reach the next level with your company with the help of a professional marketing strategist, CLICK HERECalling ALL entrepreneurs and online talents! --check out the NEW job search platform Jobmofy.com to upgrade your business!For questions or inquiries, EMAIL: hello@bllpodcast.com
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which it is all the news all the time, including: [00:03:30] The results of our (flagrantly biased) Room 101 polls from the last episode! [00:10:29] The biggest GDPR fines so far [00:16:45] Charlie Bit My Finger becomes an NFT [00:31:50] Tesla (arguably) throttle older […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which we emulate the old British talk/game show Room 101 by nominating our pet hates and consigning those hates to oblivion in Room 101, the ultimate destination for all rubbish things. Assuming, that is, that our explanations convince our colleagues, which is not as […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which the subject of artificial intelligence is discussed. We’ve walked around the outside of this topic a few times on the show, and now it’s time to dig in; is AI actually real, or are the jokes about reclassifying a Python script as “AI” […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which horrible neologisms are proposed, things are both funny and also sad, and there is ooh gosh loads of news: [00:04:10] The BBC’s coverage of the life and death of Prince Philip breaks the UK TV complaints record, and the National Rail make their […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which flock is more than wallpaper, we say the word “cohort” about fifty billion times, and: [00:02:15] FLoC, the “federated learning of cohorts”, is a proposal from Google as part of their Privacy Sandbox initiative to replace third-party advertising cookies but still enable targeted […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which we invite special guest star Augustus de Morgan to comment, there is an intemperate argument about jeans, and: [00:01:30] NFTs. “Non-fungible tokens“; a way to record ownership of some digital asset on a blockchain, something like a collectible or a trading card. Suddenly […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and special guest star Alan Pope present Bad Voltage, in which we are large and in charge, there is ancient history about electricians and phones, and: [00:02:55] Rooster kills man in illegal cockfight [00:05:40] What are Twitter Spaces? iOS only, invite-only to create them, and not Facebook Spaces so no prediction […]
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which Facebook aren’t watching our webinars and this is not nuanced, and: [00:02:50] Advertising. Apple’s new IDFA moves prompt a larger conversation about targeted advertising and whether it works, some examples of how we’ve actually tried using it, and then the bigger picture. Is […]
Why Community Focused Business will Dominate: Jono Bacon.....Our guest is Jono Bacon. Jono is the author of the award-winning book, 'People Powered: How communities can supercharge your business, brand, and teams,' as well as four other books. Jono is a leading community and collaboration speaker, author, and podcaster. He’s a columnist for Forbes and opensource.com, founder of the Community Leadership Summit, founder of Conversations with Bacon, and co-founder of Bad Voltage. Jono is also an advisor to AlienVault, Moltin, data.world, Mycroft, Open Networking Foundation, and Open Cloud Consortium. He works as a consultant with clients from start-ups like; HackerOne, Mattermost, Digital Asset, and others. Jono also works with major organizations like Inc., Santander, Deutsche Bank, Intel, Microsoft, and others.Find out more about Jono Bacon. Website: https://www.jonobacon.com/packSocial Media: https://www.facebook.com/jonobacon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonobacon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonobacon/........To find out more about hiring Dov Baron as an advisor or strategist for yourself or your organization: http://DovBaron.com Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which we take what Jono calls an avant-garde and everyone else calls a ridiculous improvised approach to the set list. [00:01:10] Flash, aaargh. It saved every one of us. [Flash is now dead](https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html). We take a look back over the history of the web […]
https://destinationlinux.org/episode-162 - Hosted by Noah, Michael Ryan & Stuart Special Guest Host: Stuart Langridge of Bad Voltage = https://kryogenix.org/ Stuart Interview on Destination Linux 50 = https://destinationlinux.org/episode-50 Interview Guest: Ikey Doherty of Lispy Snake (formerly of Solus) = https://lispysnake.com/ Quick Links: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Noah of Ask Noah Show = http://asknoahshow.com Want to Support the Show? Become a Patron on Patreon = https://destinationlinux.org/patreon Become a Patron on Sponsus = https://destinationlinux.org/sponsus Destination Linux Network Store = https://destinationlinux.network/store Want to follow the show and hosts on social media? You can find all of our social accounts at https://destinationlinux.org/contact Topics covered in this episode: Full Show Notes = https://destinationlinux.org/episode-162 Community Feedback: Paypal as an alternative patron platform to Patreon or Sponsus Keeping Kids Safe Online - Links to the book Stuart mentions can be found at the end of the notes. Interview: Ikey Doherty of Lispy Snake (formerly of Solus) Other Topics: GNOME 3.36 Preview ISP's Claim Privacy Law Violates "Free Speech" Software Spotlight: ShellCheck Tips & Tricks: Control Sudo Timeout Period The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online USA = https://amzn.to/382ToYw UK = https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013HA1V4S?tag=tuxdigital-21 Canada = https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B013HA1V4S?tag=tuxdigitalca-20 Germany = https://www.amazon.de/dp/B013HA1V4S?tag=tuxdigitalde-21 France = https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B013HA1V4S?tag=frtuxdigital-21 Spain = https://www.amazon.es/dp/B013HA1V4S?tag=tuxdigitales-21 Italy = https://www.amazon.it/dp/B013HA1V4S?tag=tuxdigitalit-21 The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: A Privacy Guide for the Rest of Us USA = https://amzn.to/2wIUA6u UK = https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JBV3C6S?tag=tuxdigital-21 Canada = https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00JBV3C6S?tag=tuxdigitalca-20 Germany = https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00JBV3C6S?tag=tuxdigitalde-21 France = https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00JBV3C6S?tag=frtuxdigital-21 Spain = https://www.amazon.es/dp/B00JBV3C6S?tag=tuxdigitales-21 Italy = https://www.amazon.it/dp/B00JBV3C6S?tag=tuxdigitalit-21