Maintainers Anonymous Podcast
1) 16: Philip Gee (#3) on Life After Digital Death
What's life after removing yourself from social media? Philip Gee joins Henry (the last in the "trilogy") to chat about LAT, life after Twitter. We discuss being irrelevant, forcing yourself to think ...Show More
2) 15: Philip Gee (#2) on Unlisting Yourself
Why would you choose to leave the public internet on your own terms? Philip Gee joins Henry (for the 2nd time) to chat about his recent choice to make a minimal public web presence after being on the ...Show More
3) 14: Shawn Wang on Open Knowledge
What does it mean to be code adjacent? Shawn Wang joins Henry to chat about not just open code but open thinking with his experience in community managing, the idea of tumbling, moderating /r/reactjs,...Show More
4) 13: Jordan Scales on Nostalgia and Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously
Why attempt to faithfully recreate the past? Jordan Scales joins Henry to chat about 98.css, design systems, being pixel perfect, accessibility, the Microsoft Windows User Experience reference manual,...Show More
5) 12: Maggie Appleton on Embodiment Through Metaphors
Is programming all digital/cerebral or do we still have embodied roots? How does this affect how we write, teach, and learn code? Maggie Appleton joins Henry to discuss everything metaphors (basically...Show More
6) 11: Maggie Appleton on Open Source as a Gift Economy
Is the open source community a gift economy? What even is a gift? Maggie Appleton joins Henry to discuss open source as a gift economy (versus a market economy), why we participate in open source and ...Show More
7) 10: Jonathan Farbowitz on the Commitment to Infinite Uptime
How should we think about saving something forever? Jonathan Farbowitz (Guggenheim) continues the on-going discussion of software preservation with Henry in talking about the goals of museums, the har...Show More
8) 9: Wendy Hagenmaier on Preserving the (Digital) Past
In our pursuit to create products for the future do we neglect the past? Wendy Hagenmaier (Georgia Tech) discusses with Henry on the importance of maintaining our history, especially in software itsel...Show More
9) 8: Anthony Giovannetti on Mastery and Learning through Games
Why play or even make games? Anthony Giovannetti (MegaCrit) joins Henry to chat building the video game Slay the Spire with the community. They discuss games an a interactive medium, immersion, player...Show More
10) 7: Philip Gee On Growing Old with the Web
Do we learn in a vacuum, or does it involve our whole selves? Philip Gee (UC San Diego) joins Henry to chat about maintaining a web presence since its beginnings. We discuss some of the points made in...Show More