Join Wayne (out there) and Joe (in here) as they discuss professionals, converge-ables, and more!
Show Notes
- Are software engineers 'real engineeers'? Should they be?
- Will technologies like self-driving cars help push more accountability in software development community?
- What's our character makeup and how is it impacting community?
- Joe uses baby-making as a sneaky tactic to push his convergence agenda on Wayne
- Over-balanced (new word!): to care too much about things being balanced
- Is your fear of conflict keeping your mouth shut and doing the right thing?
- How can we solve stuff?
- Communication: The problem. The Solution
- It's important to be able to make a decision: wrong or right
- Wayne throws Nymea app out there as a good example of a well designed Ubuntu Touch app
- Fish can die! Guinea pigs can fly! ... And toy cats can poop!
- Wayne hints that Mr. Brian Douglass may show up on UTA one day
- Ubuntu Edge inspires Wayne's "Snappy Converging Thing" modular Edge thing (photo?)
- Wayne plugs System 76 laptop, Fluffy Chat again and sneaks in a raving review of Guitar Tools
- Both the Innards - and the Outards (new word!) - of stuff matters
- Fairphone2 can be purchased now and is both functionally and ethically well-matched for Ubuntu Touch
- Ubuntu Touch Audiocast listener, MrOkkieP, makes a convergence video for us! Check it out here
- Pronunciation of Ubuntu Touch Audiocast "UTA" revealed: oooo-tahhhh!
- Prediction time: which hardware company will get behind Ubuntu Touch?
- Git!!!!!
Action Items
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Go to the Open Store and try out the apps we talked about here
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Check out (at least) the convergence video above to get inspired so you 'get it'
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If you didn't start last time, start learning a programming language. Python, C++ and QML are three big ones for Ubuntu Touch development.
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Discuss this Ubuntu Touch Audiocast episode in the Forum right now (before you forget or your passion fades).
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Send us a word of feedback (good or bad)! We would love to hear from you: wayne[at]ubports.com , joe[at]ubports.com