Episode 19: Recovering Software Engineer to a Believer in Open Source with Gunner

Summary 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! Panelists Justin Dorfman | Pia Mancini | Richard Littauer | Eric Berry Guest Allen Gunn (Gunner) of Aspiration Show Notes 01:10 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 Cognitive Dissonance Equitable Knowledge Transactions 13:30 Hard Conversations in Open Source Communities and How To Bridge Those Conversations at the Conferences 20:07 Self-Obsolescence Reading Suggestions https://www.torproject.org/download/ https://www.amazon.com/Linchpin-Are-Indispensable-Seth-Godin/dp/1591844096 https://aspirationtech.org/publications/manifesto https://facilitation.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Main_Page 25:30 Control Takers vs. Love Bringers 29:55 Why Gunner is in Tech and not Politics 39:16 Gunner’s Thoughts on Sustainability Personal Sustainability Jamis Buck Talk on Burnout Justin W. Flory's Episode Notes Mentions Nadia Eghbal Brandon Keepers Cat Allman Spotlights Justin - Carbon - A simple PHP API extension for DateTime Pia - CodeBuddies Richard - HackMD Eric - Bulk Insert Ruby Gem Allen - Allied Media Project