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

• Go to the Open Store and try out the apps we talked about here

• Check out (at least) the convergence video above to get inspired so you 'get it'

• If you didn't start last time, start learning a programming language. Python, C++ and QML are three big ones for Ubuntu Touch development.

• Discuss this Ubuntu Touch Audiocast episode in the Forum right now (before you forget or your passion fades).

• Send us a word of feedback (good or bad)! We would love to hear from you: wayne[at]ubports.com , joe[at]ubports.com