Candid Contributions

Live from the Umbraco Spark Innovation Conference in Bristol! Emma, Laura and Lotte were joined by Phil Whittaker, AI Staff Engineer at Umbraco HQ - someone who's been thinking and talking about AI in development for longer than most. Together we talk about play as a superpower for developer learning, what returning from maternity leave looks like in an AI-transformed workplace, why developers approaching retirement are finding a second wind, and why augmentation beats automation every time.    A massive thank you to our live audience for missing out on the sunshine and making it so fun to record!    Links:Umbraco Spark: https://umbracospark.com/  Phil Whittaker's blog: https://dev.to/phil-whittaker

All four of us were together in-person - for the first time over two years - at Umbraco in the City, a community-organised event in Manchester. We talked about what contributions look like to a mature open-source product with a team of full time engineers working on the codebase. Are code contributions still the “gold-standard”, were they ever? We discuss this and what other types of contrubitions make a meaningful difference to the Umbraco CMS in front of a wonderful live audience.Thanks to our guests - Michael Latouche, Paul Seal and our new best friend Kieron McIntyre - for taking the microphone and sharing their contribution stories.High five to them and the audience, we had a lot of fun! LinksUmbraco in the CityCore collabs team pagePaul Seal’s starter kit, and post about the PR from AndyUMB.FYIUmbraco Spark

In this episode we get personal about what it means to be part of open source and tech communities while navigating major life changes. From returning to work after maternity leave and balancing "mum guilt", to speaking at conferences while seven months pregnant, we explore the realities of contributing through parenthood.  We also discuss how brain changes in motherhood can affect our work, how ageing shapes the way we give back, and why normalising conversations about menopause at work matters.  Candid, honest, and full of lived experience - this episode shines a light on the evolving nature of contribution and community.  Links:  Carole's blog post that inspired this episode!If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server and find this episode in the #news channel!

Last week, we recorded a live episode at the Umbraco Codegarden conference in Odense, Denmark!  Emma and Lotte took to the stage at the end of the first day. Carole and Laura couldn't make it this year, but they were with us in spirit! We were joined by three wonderful guests - Richard Ockerby, Andy Boot, and Eli Holderness - to chat about their Codegarden experience so far.  A massive #H5YR, SuperTak and thank you to our amazing live audience for making the episode so much fun to record! As always, Codegarden, you never fail to deliver. See you in Copenhagen! ;-)  Links:  Codegarden - https://codegarden.umbraco.comRichard Ockerby - https://bsky.app/profile/rockerby.bsky.socialAndy Boot - https://umbracocommunity.social/@andy_bootEli Holderness - https://bsky.app/profile/eli.holderness.dev  If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

Yes we're back from a break, and delighted to have been the lunchtime podcast hosts at DDD South West in Bristol. We were joined by five fabulous panelists: speakers Dylan Beattie, Jacqui Read and Kevlin Henney, and event organisers Carl Sargunar and Lorraine Pearce. We talk about why we are so willing to give up our Saturdays for events like these, what we wish we knew when we started out in the tech industry, and keeping up to speed whilst on maternity leave, amongst other things…    Plus you’ll hear how being good at out of hours bug fixing might prepare you for parenthood!    Links  DDD South West - https://dddsouthwest.com/Dylan Beattie - https://dylanbeattie.net/Jacqui Read - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelineread/Kevlin Henney - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevlin/Carl Sargunar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-sargunar-63b5814/Lorraine Pearce - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorraine-pearce-688aba8/Lorraine’s website - https://dontbeadick.co.uk   If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can toot us @candidcontribs, or email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

This episode we have a special guestUm, braco MVP and team Skrift co-founder, Erica Quessenberry!We talk all things hacktober (and preptember) ahead of the busiest month in open source.To support Umbraco's Hacktoberfest, Candid Contributions and friends are hosting a virtual hackathon. Join us Fri 10th and Sat 11th October for a virtual hackathon, more info here: https://www.meetup.com/umbraco-virtual/events/303390646/To see more about what happened at Codecabin, check out their Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/codecabinconf/Checkout Erica's magazine, Skrift, here: https://skrift.io/ and get in touch if you'd like to be an author.If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can toot us @candidcontribs, tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

Last week we recorded live at the Umbraco Codegarden conference in Denmark!   We were given the honour of closing the show, so we took the opportunity to talk about our highlights of the event, and to invite some friends - old and new - to join us on stage.  Big thank you to our live audience for giving us the energy we needed (it had been long week!) and making the recording so much fun!  Links:  Codegarden: https://codegarden.umbraco.comIf you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

It's been 18 months since Elon Musk acquired Twitter and there's no denying he changed it irrevocably. We discuss how much we still miss the Twitter of old, and whether the Fediverse alternatives are bridging the gap.  We also talk about that most precious resource: time. We share our different approaches to time management and task organisation, from doodle-filled hand-drawn lists to To-Do apps and color-coded calendars. And when we do have some spare time, are we doing open-source contributions out of obligation, or because they bring us joy?  Links:The Umbraco Community Mastodon Server: https://umbracocommunity.social

... is NOT "don't talk about the Microsoft MVP Summit". Quite the opposite, in fact, as you're actively encouraged to post on social media that you're there (#MVPSummit). You just can't share any of the information from the sessions as all the content is under NDA.    Emma and Lotte (aka 50% of Candid Contributions) were at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond for the summit last week. They spent time with a lot of interesting, clever and inspiring people, and were lucky enough to convince five of them to appear in this special not-so-short 'minisode'. Listen to find out what Emma, Lotte and these fabulous five got from being at the event:  Shaun Lawrence - Microsoft MVP, author of ‘Introducing .NET MAUI’Jamie Taylor - Microsoft MVP, host of The Modern .NET Show podcastHannes Lowette - Microsoft MVP, Head of Learning & Development at AxxesIdan Gazit - Senior Director of Research at GitHub NextLuce Carter - Microsoft MVP, Developer Advocate at MongoDBShow links  What is the Microsoft MVP Summit?Emma's linked in post with the Squad photo

There are many ways to contribute to an open-source software community, such as attending a meetup, giving a talk at a conference or writing a blog post. In this episode we talk to Erica, Janae and Kyle: the team behind Skrift, the online monthly magazine for the Umbraco community. Eight years ago they decided to start this initiative and 100 issues later they're still going strong! Listen to discover how it came about, why they still do it, and perhaps get inspired to contribute an article yourself... We also discuss some exciting news from Lotte, the challenges of making consistent contributions to open source, delivering technical talks and some delightful tangents into pop culture! Links: Skrift's 100th issue: https://skrift.io/100The Umbraco UK Festival: https://umbracofestival.co.uk/If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can toot us @candidcontribs, tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

Last week we recorded live at the Umbraco Codegarden conference in Denmark! Join us as we discuss what we love about the conference and meet our wonderful guests:Jan Skovgaard - an Umbraco community member with 14 years(!) of contributions: forum posts, packages, core pull requests, accessibility team member and 24 days in Umbraco organiser.Jonah Andersson - a full-stack Senior Software Engineer, Azure Developer, DevOps Engineer, Microsoft MVP for Azure, and Microsoft Certified Trainer in Sweden.And a couple more: you'll just have to tune in to find out who!A big thank you to everyone in the audience for making this so much fun. It's the first time we've recorded live, and we hope it won't be the last!Links:Codegarden: https://codegarden.umbraco.comJan Skovgaard: https://twitter.com/TheRealBatJan24 days in Umbraco: https://24days.in/umbraco-cmsJonah Andersson: https://jonahandersson.tech/If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

Conferences, meetups, coding retreats … we discuss all sorts of in-person events and why they’re so important for a healthy community. Organising them is a lot of work, but perhaps this type of open source contribution is the most valuable... We're delighted to have been joined by Cat Todd from Gibe Digital, and we talk about her recent experience of putting on the excellent Umbraco Spark conference. We also discuss the 3 day Umbraco developer ‘unconference’ CODECABIN and why you should get your application in before the deadline of July 7th. Join us to hear all this plus chat about tulip colours, fist-pumps and - hurray - another Laura analogy! Links: Umbraco Spark: https://umbracospark.com/CODECABIN: https://codecab.in/Umbraco meet-ups: https://www.meetup.com/pro/umbraco/Meetup organiser resources: https://community.umbraco.com/events/umbraco-meetups/resources-for-meetup-organisers/This episode was recorded before Umbraco announced the delay of The New Backoffice to v14. Read more about that decision: https://umbraco.com/blog/umbraco-product-update-april-2023/#backoffice If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

In this episode Laura has a chat with Felienne Hermans, the creator and maintainer of Hedy, a text based programming language with a community of educators and contrbutors. https://hedycode.com/https://www.manning.com/books/the-programmers-brainIf you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

In this episode we chat about the recent Umbraco Spark Innovation Conference that we all attended in person in Bristol. Plot-spoil: it was awesome! Carole, Laura and Lotte were on the speakers list so we discuss the talks they gave, everyone's highlights from the day, and just how good it is to be with other Umbracians again. Roll on Codegarden!Visit the Umbraco Spark website (includes links to talk slides, nothing was recorded)Check out Lotte's "opinionated" package starter templateSign up to the "Packages Question Time" meetup (virtual, March 24th)Check out the Codegarden 2023 programme (Odense, DK, June 13-16)If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

We take a look back at the best of 2022 (spoiler alert, July was THE month for us) and look forward to 2023. We discuss how we plan to spend our energy and how to do so without draining our reserves. Which conferences will we get to this year and what exactly is an 'authentic boundary?' We are also joined by Allen Smith, the newest addition to the Developer Relations team at Umbraco. We talk about his experiences at GitHub, how he defines developer relations, what he's looking forward to in the year ahead, and what not to name your record label...Find Allen on the Umbraco discord server: https://discord.gg/umbracoAllen Smith's Linked In profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loranallensmithAllen Smith's Twitter: https://twitter.com/loranallensmithDeveloperWeek, San Francisco : https://www.developerweek.com/Umbraco Spark, Bristol: https://umbracospark.com/Lotte's cryptic crossword article: https://24days.in/umbraco-cms/2022/christmas-crossword/If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord server!

Having a good workplace culture leads to happy, productive developers. But what makes it 'good'? It’s not the same for everyone. We talk about workplace culture and the different environments we’ve witnessed from Silicon Valley to Denmark via the UK... We also chat vegetables (of course), paddle boarding and the tennis/squash hybrid called padel! We’d love to hear from you if you have any thoughts on this episode, or any comments in general! You can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord and find us there.

We are back and chatting about our (hybrid) attendance at Umbraco Codegarden conference. Join us as we interview some remote conference attendees on how the event was for them.Let us know what you think #theCodegardenEffect is!If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Discord!

We’re very excited to be joined by Maria Naggaga from Microsoft for this episode. Maria has been breaking down barriers both personally, being a woman of colour in tech, and professionally with projects focused on making it easier for people to learn and use .NET. We discuss her achievements at Microsoft, what it’s like working in open source on such a large scale, and what effect we - the open source community - have on Microsoft. * Coding .NET in the browser with Try.NET - https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/try-dotnet * Minimal APIs available in .NET 6 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/minimal-apis * Minimal APIs work in progress docs - https://minimal-apis.github.io * Maria on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ladynaggaga If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community Slack channel #candid-contributions.

We are back!... and little rusty at this podcasting thing!In this episode we catch up with what we have been up to in open source since last time, discuss Umbraco 9 and .Net 6 releases, real life conference attendance, aswell as the now traditional neuroscience and vegetable updates.* https://umbraco.com/blog/migrating-from-umbraco-8-on-premises-to-umbraco-9-on-cloud/* https://umbraco.com/blog/umbraco-9-release/* https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6/* https://umbraco.com/blog/learnathon-learnings/If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community Discord channel #candid-contributions.

This week we chat about finishing things - and in some cases struggling to finish them! Tune in to hear us chat about shipping minimum viable products, using to-do lists to get that "finished a task" feeling and navigating side projects when there's so many interesting technologies to try. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Show Links: * "Now we can iterate, right?" - https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/o9xgjj/well_if_it_works/ * Polywork - https://www.polywork.com/ * The Developing Dev - https://thedevelopingdev.co.uk/* "Sorry for rushing this a bit, but got home yet?" - https://github.com/gkoberger/stacksort/pull/4#issuecomment-747656340

This week we get together for a post-codegarden natter. How did we experience the conference from afar and from behind the scenes? Listen to find out. Naturally, we talk veg, because it's us, a bit of football and we also talk about representation, why it matters and how the most recent event fared with it. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Especially if you can think of any other songs that relate to open source and development! Show Links: * Codegarden videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG_nqaT-rbpx6wIDr5ufUlbHkg6qB3sxH

This week we chat about the upcoming annual Umbraco festival-unconference-global-knowledge-share-party, more commonly known at Umbraco Codegarden! We talk about some of the pros and cons of virtual events and how they play out and have a good ol' reminisce about times when we used to see each other in real life at conferences. Join us for a chat about what makes a good conference and - even better - join us at Codegarden next week! If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Especially if you can think of any other songs that relate to open source and development! Show Links: * https://codegarden.umbraco.com

Over 30 years ago Vanilla Ice told us to "Stop, Collaborate and Listen". Considering Ice Ice Baby hit the charts the year before Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel, Robert Van Winkle (aka Mr Ice) won't have been talking about open source development. But maybe he was onto something... Join us as we discuss why we should all stop, collaborate and listen our way to open source success. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Especially if you can think of any other songs that relate to open source and development! Show Links: * https://ben.balter.com/2015/03/08/open-source-best-practices-internal-collaboration/ * Umbraco v9 Learn-a-thons: https://www.meetup.com/umbracodkmeetup/events/277831021/ * Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43126457-trick-mirror

This week we talk about growing. In public! Hw do we grow when people are watching. Is it worth the risk? We also take a look at the recent Basecamp debacle and the missed opportunity for public growth there. Or was it...? You'll also be pleased to learn that we will keep you up to date on our fruit and veg patch because seriously, how can you not when public growth is the theme, eh?If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Show Links: * Article explaining the ins and outs of the Basecamp dumpster firehttps://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22418208/basecamp-all-hands-meeting-employee-resignations-buyouts-implosion* Umbraco v9 - The Learn-a-thon https://www.meetup.com/umbracodkmeetup/events/277808615/* Emma's Leaddev.com article on Learning https://leaddev.com/culture-engagement-motivation/developing-engineering-talent* Register for Codegarden! https://codegarden.umbraco.com/

Join us this week for a chat around procrastination. Why do we do it? Is it laziness or weakness? (Spoiler: no!) How can we get around it, and what does it mean in the world of technology and open source? Tune in to find out, as well as to potentially answer any questions you may have around growing asparagus! Also, remember to listen out for a cameo from two very special extra guests.... If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Show Links: * Pigeon procrastination: https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13420-019-00397-2 * Practising self compassion: https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/ * Lean Agile Glasgow meetups: https://www.meetup.com/Lean-Agile-Glasgow * Code Craft meetups: https://www.codecraftuk.org/

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 [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Show Links: * https://poornimanayar.co.uk/blog/* https://www.andybutland.dev/* https://umbraco.com/blog/alpha-4-release-of-umbraco-on-net-core/* https://github.com/umbraco/rfcs/blob/main/cms/0021-future-proofing-the-umbraco-backoffice.md

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. We discuss our varying styles and gain some insights into how to wield humour for good whilst avoiding the pitfalls. We've added a link to the Humor Seriously book and quiz in the list below. Plus we've added links to some things we find amusing to hopefully lighten your day a little! If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. 'Normal' Show Links: * Humor Seriously, by Dr Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas: https://www.humorseriously.com/ * Discover your own humour style: https://quiz.humorseriously.com/ * Humour is serious business: https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/voices/comment/humour-is-serious-business-for-leaders-facing-crisis 'Trying to Brighten Your Day' Show Links: * https://devhumor.com/ * Proof that pull request comments can be funny (slightly NSFW): https://github.com/gkoberger/stacksort/pull/4#issuecomment-747656340 * And if you want to hear an Icelandic comedian talking about Nordic rivalries check out Ari Eldjarn: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81337086

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 world’s response to the instigators. If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions. Links * Ladies of Code Glasgow meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Ladies-of-Code-Glasgow/ * Umbraco Glasgow meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Glasgow-Umbraco-Users-Group-GLUUG/ * Umbraco London meetup: https://www.meetup.com/The-London-Umbraco-Meetup/ * How to Run Remote Workshops with Dylan Beattie: https://ursatile.com/workshops/how-to-run-remote-workshops.html * AWS acceptable usage policy: https://aws.amazon.com/aup/ * Mindful coding: https://codingmindfully.com/ * Yoga with Adrienne: https://yogawithadriene.com/

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 [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * https://24days.in/umbraco-cms/2020/candid-contribution/* https://24days.in/umbraco-cms/2020/

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 and the biological foundations of neuroscience (keep up people!), and one bus-related idea for how to choose the next framework for the Umbraco backoffice! If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * Kamala Harris Wears Suffragette White - https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/kamala-harris-suffragette-white * Democracy OS TED talk - https://www.ted.com/speakers/pia_mancini * @everydayracism_ post on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/CHmw7W0lKTY/?igshid=p5v6f7l1md5t * Lunar Baboon on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lunarbaboon/ * Carole's recent talk at dotnetConf - https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/2020/Getting-Started-With-Blazor * Menopause in the workplace training - https://menopauseintheworkplace.co.uk/

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: DemocracyIf you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions

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: PivotIf you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: 24 days in Umbraco sign up form: https://24days.in/umbraco-cms/write-for-us/Our Code of Conduct: https://candidcontributions.com/CandidContributions-CodeOfConduct.pdfThe Umbraco Code of Conduct: https://our.umbraco.com/code-of-conduct

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, 🎵 The CanCon Umbrackathon 🎵, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October. Thank you and RIP Ruth Bader Ginsberg If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: * Ruth Bader Ginsberg: The Guardian's obituary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/19/ruth-bader-ginsburg-obituary * The official Hacktoberfest website: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com * Alice in Tech Land comic: https://aliceintechland.org/comics/breaking-programmer-stereotypes * What's stopping you coding like this? Article responding to the tweet that sparked the conversation https://www.tomdalling.com/blog/random-stuff/whats-stopping-you-from-coding-like-this * The CanCon Umbrackathon: https://candidcontributions.com/umbrackathon

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 [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributionsLinks:* Radical Candor: https://www.radicalcandor.com/* Let it Go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Go-Extraordinary-Entrepreneur-Philanthropist/dp/0241395496#ace-4127440567

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 [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributionsLinks:* https://compassionatecoding.com/* https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2RvaW5naXRyaWdodC9mZWVkLnhtbA/episode/ZG9pbmdpdHJpZ2h0LnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2U1NWNkN2RiLTIyODEtNTU1YS04Yzk3LTQzNDcxZWFiNjliZg?ved=0CAQQ8qgGahcKEwj40tKOp83qAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ* https://www.kateheddleston.com/blog/how-our-engineering-environments-are-killing-diversity-introduction* https://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/B07T7L39TN/* https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Wish-Your-Parents-Children/dp/0241250994/* https://code.likeagirl.io/the-myth-of-the-cool-tech-girl-7868fa63769b

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 encourage more people, or reduce their motivation to contribute? We all did our homework before recording by taking Harvard's "Implicit Association Test" and recommend you have a go yourself (link below). If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions LinksHarvard's Implicit Association Test - https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/uk/ Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow Russell McClain's TEDx Talk on Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Higher Education - https://www.ted.com/talks/russell_mcclain_implicit_bias_stereotype_threat_and_higher_education Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine by Derren Brown - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30142270-happy Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women NY Times article on the importance of diverse teams - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/business/artificial-intelligence-bias-tech.html Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Pragya Agarwal - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49678279-sway Dr Denae Ford's research on pull request reviews - https://blog.denaeford.me/2019/07/01/how-programmers-really-look-at-pull-requests/ Mozilla's Blind Review Experiment - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/03/08/gender-bias-code-reviews/

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/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vdW5sb2NraW5nLXVz/episode/ODZiNjcyODYtNzQzMi0xMWVhLWI1N2ItNWI5YTcyMTQ1MDFh?ved=0CAkQzsICahcKEwiInMzHpIHqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBA&hl=en-GB- Ibram X. Kendi, How to build an antiracist world: https://www.ted.com/talks/ibram_x_kendi_how_to_build_an_antiracist_world- Alexis Ohanian, Reddit Cofounder steps down: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/alexis-ohanian-reddit-resign-cofounder-black-candidate-serena-williams-a9551896.html- Ellen Pao, Reset: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34974754-reset- Beyonce, Lemonade: https://www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/songs/Additional resources for learning about anti-racism and donating to the Black Lives Matter movement:- Ways and places to donate to support Black lives and communities of colour: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html- Anti-racism resources: https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/49420/1/a-running-list-of-anti-racism-resources-protest-police-brutality-george-floyd- Scene on Radio podcast, Seeing White: https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/Next episode will be: BiasIf you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions

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, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions

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/book/show/4948826-sum- Life in Code- Ellen Ullman - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Code-Personal-Technology-International/dp/0374534519CodePatch will be May 29th & May 30th, more information here: https://candidcontributions.com/Next episode will be: PatchIf you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions

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 enterprise level and provides valuable insights into governance and licensing. We also talk about win+v, laminators, dungarees, and just how good Laura is at analogies! Next episode will be: Share If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Many thanks to our contributors to this episode for their wonderful perspectives: - Ashley Nicolson - https://twitter.com/miniridley - Per Ploug - https://twitter.com/pploug - Sebastiaan Janssen - https://twitter.com/cultiv Links: - MIT license - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License - VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/ - Storybook - https://storybook.js.org/ - The guy jumping out that thing up there (aka Felix Baumgartner!) - https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/projects/red-bull-stratos

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: OpenIf you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributionsLinks:Matthew Hart IIS Builder - Blog post: https://moriyama.co.uk/about-us/news/blog-automate-your-local-iis-development-environment/, Github repo: https://github.com/mattou07/iis-builderDaragh Byrne - internal success vs external success: https://twitter.com/codingmindfully/status/1251273614348845056?s=20Resharper - https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/

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 [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions

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.comBrave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524762334Teach Girls Bravery not Perfection :https://www.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection?language=enHow I Built This: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-thisNext episode will be : Hack If you have any feedback, comments or thoughts for next week you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions

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 we're mainly just staying indoors. Next episode will be : Perfect (that's the title, not a quality guarantee!) If you have any feedback, comments or thoughts for next week you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: Virtual hackathon details (April 10-11, 2020): https://candidcontributions.com Fork.dev, Emma's new favourite git client: https://fork.dev CodeGarden 2019 videos: https://codegarden19.com/schedule Umbraco's Package Format RFC: https://github.com/umbraco/rfcs/pull/22 Jeric's StravaArt: https://linktr.ee/coderunnerguy and https://www.instagram.com/coderunnerguy

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 input into this episode. We also discuss an upcoming virtual hackathon taking place on April 10 - April 11th (Easter weekend). This will run over the course of at least 24 hours and move through various time-zones allowing anyone to join regardless of where they are. Participants are encouraged to do everything from make their first open source contribution, to getting help finding new issues to work on, to just dropping in to say hi! We will be adding more details to the Candid Contributions site but in the meantime if you have any questions please don't hesitate to drop us a line. Next episode will be : Change If you have any feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs, email [email protected] or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Links: Coding Mindfully: https://codingmindfully.com/ Tabletop Simulator: https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/ Mark McDonald from Happy Porch (Endzone's new name): https://happyporch.com/ Nathan Wolfe: https://twitter.com/nathanwoulfe Janae Cram from Skrift: https://skrift.io Ewa Grabowiecka: https://twitter.com/lost_semicolonCodeCraft: https://twitter.com/codecraftuk

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 feedback, comments or questions you can tweet us @candidcontribs or email [email protected] Links: - Umbraco Spark: https://umbracospark.com/

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-Exposing-World-Designed/dp/1784741728/ We'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and questions so please get in touch! Email [email protected], tweet @candidcontribs, or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Next time, we'll be at Spark!

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 questions so please get in touch; especially if you would like to be involved in the first Candid Contributions *virtual* hackathon. Email [email protected], tweet @candidcontribs, or join the Umbraco Community slack channel #candid-contributions Next time, the good and the bad of saying Yes...!