24: Get Organized!

24: Get Organized!

Author: FOSS and Crafts March 12, 2021 Duration: 0:00

Morgan returns from handing in her dissertation! Very topically, Morgan and Chris talk about organizational systems which can help you stay on track... even when you're working from home or trying to finish your PhD during a global pandemic.

Links:

  • The Hipster PDA, including the original semi-satirical announcement post.

  • Org Mode, the world's greatest organizational and outliner system (or so claims Chris), if you're an Emacs user anyway (honestly, Org Mode is a great reason to pick up Emacs)

  • Locating purveyors of excessively priced office supplies left as an exercise for only a very particular kind of reader.


There's a quiet hum of activity in the spaces where code meets clay, where shared patterns build both software and sweaters. FOSS and Crafts lives in that overlap, exploring the tangible connections between free and open-source software and the hands-on world of making. Each episode is a conversation that wanders from the philosophy of shared source code to the practical joys of knitting, woodworking, electronics, or any craft fueled by community and open knowledge. You'll hear from people who see little distinction between contributing to a software project and preserving a traditional skill; both are acts of care passed along. This podcast digs into how these parallel cultures solve problems, welcome newcomers, and sustain themselves not through scarcity but through abundance. It’s for anyone who has ever felt the satisfaction of fixing something with a well-placed line of code or a perfectly sewn stitch, and who believes the best things are often made together. Tune in for thoughtful discussions that are less about tutorials and more about the underlying spirit of creation, all while keeping your hands busy.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 63

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Podcast Episodes
42: Learning the Sewing Machine [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Christine finally overcomes her fear of the sewing machine and we talk about Christine and Morgan's respective experiences learning it, and how you can pick it up too!Links:Morgan's article on Basic Sewing Patterns. Incl…
41: Learning Emacs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Morgan finally overcomes her fear of Emacs and we talk about Morgan and Christine's respective experiences learning it, and how you can pick it up too!Our talks tomorrow at FOSDEM's Declarative and Minimalistic Computing…
40: Interdisciplinarity and FOSS (SeaGL Keynote) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Morgan and Christine talk about the skills they’ve learned in their humanities backgrounds and how those have translated into their work within FOSS communities and projects. They’ll then discuss the benefits of seeking…
39: The TinyNES: An Open Hardware "Tiny Nostalgia Evocation Square" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Dan Gilbert of Tall Dog joins us to talk about the Tiny Nostalgia Evocation Square (or TinyNES for short)! The TinyNES is an open hardware system compatible with the compatible with original Nintendo Entertainment System…
38: Spritely Updates! (November 2021) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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It's time for some updates on Spritely, the project Christine founded to advance decentralized networking technology! A lot has happened since our episode about Spritely from last year (which is really where Spritely got…
37: Salt on Resilience in FOSS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Wm Salt Hale joins us to talk about his dissertation on resilience in FOSS communities (especially after crisis events), the kind of impacts founder decisions can have on long-term community development, especially as se…
36: Topics of interest! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Lightning round! Morgan and Christine blast through a bunch of snack-sized topics they're currently interested in, ranging from an actual FOSS video game made for the NES, to "Free Soft Wear" clothing, to compiler towers…
35: Women and Wool Working in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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In Part 1 of Women and Wool Working in the Ancient Roman Empire, we discussed the practical matters of textile production in domestic and commercial contexts. In this second episode, we look at the performative ways that…
34: Women and Wool Working in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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In the first of two episodes on Morgan's dissertation we introduce the topic of women and textile production in the Roman Empire. Scholars have often viewed the domestic and commercial divide in textile production along…
33: Which Color Should We Paint This Episode? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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In this episode, we discuss "bikeshedding" (also known as the Law of Triviality), the famous proposition that complex contributions and ideas (such as plans to build a nuclear power plant), often of high impact and impor…