Best wikimedia Podcasts (2024)

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My Wikimedia Hackathon Experience at Tallinn, Estonia By Abigail Afi Gbadago 9:07

6d ago9:07

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In the latest episode of Wiki Update, we had the pleasure of speaking with Abigail Afi Gbadago, a software engineer and dedicated open source contributor. Abigail shared her inspiring journey within the Wikimedia movement, detailing how she got started, the key projects she has worked on, and the challenges she has faced along the way. She also pro…

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S6 Ep276: International Cemeteries. Haunts, Legends & History. 34:39

3d ago34:39

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This week we grab the passports and head over to Argentina (La Charcarita Cemetery), Vietnam (Binh Húng Hóa Cemetery), England (London's Ancient Outcast Graveyard) and Mexico (Belen Cemetery) Ghosts, Haunts, Legends, and History. CREDITS & LINKS OPENING SONG: Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey COVER PHOTO: Not my own, found on Wikimedia Commons To…

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S6 Ep275: Destination Haunted Arkansas. Mount Holly Cemetery. Conway Cemetery State Park & The Gurdon Spook Light 26:42

10d ago26:42

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This week we venture over to Arkansas and check out three different haunted locations, 2 packed with history and haunts and the other is just altogether a mystery packed with legends. OPENING SONG: Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey CLOSING SONG: Courtesy of Khent Anantakai COVER PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkans…

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S6 Ep274: Phantom Smells at Laramie Prison & Haunts at the Kendrick Mansion 25:22

19d ago25:22

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Tessa ventures over to Wyoming, visiting two haunted locations, Laramie Prison where you may just smell an old inmates life...cigars and then the Kendrick Mansion, a beautiful historic mansion that was saved from being demolished. OPENING SONG: Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey COVER PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons Front and side of the Wyoming Territor…

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S6 Ep273: The Botched Execution of Charles Butler at the Whitley Jail & Hauntings at the Indiana Central State Hospital 20:45

24d ago20:45

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This week we find ourselves in two locations in Indiana. First up is the old Whitley County Jail. Home to escapes, and a botched execution that would change Indiana executions forever..The botched execution of Charles Butler. Next up is the Indiana Central State Hospital in Indianapolis, home to mistreatment, allegations of abuse, and tons of haunt…

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Championing Inclusion On The Internet: An Interview With Pamela Ofori Boateng 16:40

25d ago16:40

16:40

In the latest episode of Wiki Update, we had the honor of speaking with Pamela Ofori Boateng, who provided an insightful update on her project, the Open Inclusive Initiative, and its significant impact on the Wikimedia movement. Pamela discussed her professional journey, her involvement in the Wikimedia community, and the objectives and achievement…

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S6 Ep272: Historic Route 66. Part 5: Texas & Illinois 52:13

1M ago52:13

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In the final episode of the Historic Route 66 series, Tessa travels throughout Texas and Illinois. CREDITS AND LINKS INTRO MUSIC: Bobby Mackey COVER PHOTO/S: The images in the cover photo were taken by Tessa (me) in April of 2024 PIXABAY: https://pixabay.com/music/modern-country-coyote-canyon-198997/ https://pixabay.com/music/funk-on-the-ride-17372…

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S6 Ep271: Historic Route 66 Ghost Towns (& Not-So Ghost Towns). Part 4: Oklahoma 50:16

1M ago50:16

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This week we venture over to Oklahoma and check out the several Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns.Featured towns: Afton , Bridgeport , Catoosa , Clinton, Depew, Foss , McAlester, Miami, Picher , Narcissa , Texola, Tulsa, Warwick CREDITS & LINKS OPENING MUSIC: Courtesy of Bobby Mackey COVER PHOTO: TOP IMAGE Title: Big Blue …

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My Wikimedia Hackathon Experience at Tallinn, Estonia By Agnes Abah 11:56

1M ago11:56

11:56

In the latest episode of Wiki Update, we had the opportunity to speak with Agnes Abah, a dedicated Wikimedian from Nigeria. Agnes shares insights about her journey within the Wikimedia movement, highlighting her contributions and experiences. She also provides an exciting sneak peek into her recent participation in the Wikimedia Hackathon held in T…

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S6 Ep270: Historic Route 66 Ghost Towns (& Not-So Ghost Towns). Part 3: Arizona 24:23

2M ago24:23

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In part three of this historic Route 66 series, we hit up Arizona and check out several Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns. The Phenomenal locations: Adamana, Bellemont, Canyon Diablo, Chloride, Goldrod, Hackberry and Joplin CREDITS & LINKS OPENING MUSIC: Courtesy of Bobby Mackey COVER PICTURE: TOP LEFT: Found on Wikimedia …

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S6 Ep269: Historic Route 66 Ghost Towns (& Not-So-Ghost Towns). Part 2: New Mexico, Kansas & Missouri 24:19

2M ago24:19

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In this part 2 series of Historic Route 66 Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns. We check out three different states - New Mexico, Kansas and Missouri. New Mexico locations: Anaconda, Cuervo, Glenrio, Golden, Madrid, Montoya & Newkirk Kansas: Galena Missouri: Arlington, Clementine, Hooker & Joplin CREDITS & LINKS OPENING MUSI…

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Episode 162: Viktor Schelling 1:02:32

2M ago1:02:32

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🕑 1 hour 3 minutes Viktor Schelling is the Senior Principal MediaWiki Developer at Pegasystems. Links for some of the topics discussed: Pegasystems Wikipedia article Wikibase Solutions FlexForm MediaWiki extension Open CSPBy Yaron Koren

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S6 Ep268: Historic Route 66 Ghost Towns (& Not-So Ghost Towns). Part 1 : California 23:16

2M ago23:16

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This week we hop into our ride and cruise the Historic Route 66 and check out some Ghost Towns, almost ghost towns and totally not ghost towns. In Part 1 of this series, we stop in California and check out the following locations: Bagdad, Calico, Chambless, Essex, Ludlow, Newberry Springs and Siberia. CREDITS & LINKS OPENING SONG: Courtesy of the a…

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S6 Ep267: Lying Here Eternally in Virginia City. A Glance Into the Silver Terrace Cemeteries, The Great Fire of 1875 & the Yellow Jacket Mining Disaster 32:31

2M ago32:31

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Today we explore Virginia City, Nevada...stopping at several phenomenal locations along the way.. including the Yellow Jacket Mine - a location were some unlucky miners remain to this very day, forever entombed - The Silver Terrace Cemeteries (Not all, as there are 11 of them) The Gold Hill Hotel, and deadly events - The Yellow Jacket Mining Disast…

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Episode 161: Moritz Schubotz 1:27:45

2M ago1:27:45

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🕑 1 hour 28 minutes Dr. Moritz Schubotz (developer username Physikerwelt) is head of research at the mathematics department at FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. He is the author or co-author of the MediaWiki extensions Math and MathSearch, and the Mathoid application, among others. Links for some of the topics discus…

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S6 Ep266: The Stuff Nightmares are Made Out of. Letchworth Village & Willowbrook State School 27:40

2M ago27:40

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This week Tessa discusses two notorious locations in New York. Plagued with death, severe mistreatment, and horrific living conditions. CREDIT & LINKS OPENING SONG: Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: Letchworth Village - Rockland County, New York Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2…

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S6 Ep265: Battling the Sioux at Fort Abercrombie and Mausoleum Haunts at Riverside Cemetery 16:54

3M ago16:54

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This week we visit two phenomenal locations in North Dakota. First up is Fort Abercrombie in Abercrombie, ND where people have seen apparitions of the Dakota Sioux and of Soldiers. Reporting for Spiritual Active Duty! Second location is Riverside Cemetery in Fargo, ND where many have heard scratch like sounds coming from a 1920 mausoleum! CREDIT & …

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Episode 160: Megan Cutrofello 1:42:53

3M ago1:42:53

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🕑 1 hour 43 minutes Megan Cutrofello, better known as River, returns to the podcast. She is a freelance wiki developer who has worked with Gamepedia, Fandom and wiki.gg, among others. Links for some of the topics discussed: wiki.gg "What's going on with gaming communities moving from Fandom to Wiki.gg?" (2023 Reddit thread) River Writes blog The Se…

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S5 Ep264: A Peek Inside the Old Idaho State Penitentiary 39:54

3M ago39:54

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In Season 5's final episode - During its 101 years, first as a Territory prison, then a State prison, it had seen thousands of dangerous individuals come through, some being notorious serial killers. CREDITS & LINKS INTRO SONG: Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: Cover Photo is not my own, but found on WikiMedia Commons - The Old…

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S5 Ep263: Snake Island. Population Zero. 21:37

3M ago21:37

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Welcome to Brazil's Bermuda Triangle. Snake Island. Where your next step could easily be your last, and this is said with no exaggeration. Thousands of extremely venomous snakes - the Golden Lance Head, call this place home. CREDITS & LINKS INTRO SONG: Courtesy of the lovely Bobby Mackey COVER PHOTO: Not my own, found on Wikimedia Commons. A Golden…

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Episode 159: BTB Digest 25 21:05

3M ago21:05

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🕑 21 minutes It's a BTB Digest episode! Hear clips from five recent episodes. Steve Schneider describes his remarkably AI-centered approach to teaching, Birgit Müller boasts about her team's success in improving code review, Srishti Sethi considers the usefulness of developer outreach programs, Alan Ang lists the steps in getting a knowledge base o…

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S5 Ep262: The Life & Death of Ernest Hemingway 24:53

3M ago24:53

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Ernest Hemingway, beloved novelist, world traveler, ladies man and much more. From surviving plane crashes, to the women in his life. CREDITS & LINKS INTRO SONG: Courtesy of the amazing Bobby Mackey COVER PHOTO: 4 were Taken by me in Key West, Florida at the Hemingway House circa 2020 Hemingway photo: Wikimedia Commons: Hemingway posing for a dust …

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S5 Ep261: Swinging to Eternity at Newgate Prison & the Tyburn Gallows 50:35

4M ago50:35

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For several hundred years the Newgate Prison in London have seen countless inmates come and go, some would enter the prison and never leave. Hear about history, executions at both Tyburn Gallows and the orison itself and about the executioners themselves. CREDITS: INTRO SONG: Courtesy of Bobby Mackey PIXABAY: Mysterious And Mystic Strings Witches C…

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Episode 158: Taavi Väänänen 37:53

4M ago37:53

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🕑 38 minutes Taavi Väänänen is a site reliability engineer in the Wikimedia Cloud Services team at the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2022, when he was still just a volunteer contributor, he was named Tech Contributor of the Year by Jimmy Wales. Links for some of the topics discussed: Taavi Väänänen homepage Wikimedia Toolforge CentralAuth MediaWiki exte…

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S5 Ep260: A View Behind the Yellow Tape. Featuring Cloyd Steiger 1:00:01

4M ago1:00:01

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Out of his 36 years in Law Enforcement for the Seattle area, Cloyd Steiger spent 22 of those years as a Homicide Detective. During his time, he came face to face with some of the most heinous murderers Washington has ever seen. Be sure to check out the Podcast that Cloyd is part of - "Citizen Detective Podcast" and find his book "Homicide: A View F…

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S5 Ep259: A Look Into Australia's Most Haunted Home : The Monte Cristo Homestead 26:23

4M ago26:23

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Located in the town of Junee stands the Monte Cristo Homestead. Many consider this to be one of Australia's most haunted homes. Learn more about the history of this site, the deaths and the haunts. CREDITS Picture for the cover photo was found on Wikimedia Commons: Monte Cristo Homestead.jpg Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales. Bidgee …

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Episode 157: Jeffrey Wang 1:28:15

4M ago1:28:15

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🕑 1 hour 28 minutes Jeffrey Wang returns to the podcast to talk about his new-ish job at Microsoft, his much older job as head of MyWikis, the upcoming MediaWiki conference, AI, and various other things. Some of the topics discussed: MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference 2024 MyWikis MyWikis Europe "Why People Don't Like Fandom Wikis" (2022 blo…

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S5 Ep258: The Bridgewater Triangle. Home to Haunts, UFO's, Murder & More 29:30

4M ago29:30

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Located in Massachusetts you can find Bridgewater Triangle which hosts residents like unidentified flying objects, Bigfoot, bizarrely large snakes and much more. CREDITS & LINKS WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: Bridgewater Triangle.png A map of the Bridgewater Triangle. Lord Belbury Open Database License Bridgewater Triangle.png PIXABAY: Background mysterious mu…

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International Women's Day: My Wiki Indaba 2023 Experience By Euphemia Uwandu 12:53

5M ago12:53

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In our latest episode, we commemorate International Women's Day by featuring an insightful conversation with Euphemia Uwandu. She takes us behind the scenes of the 2023 Wiki Indaba held in Morocco, providing a vivid account of the engaging activities and profound insights shared during the event. Euphemia, a key participant, shares her perspectives…

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S5 Ep257: Death at San Quentin. Part 2: Executions. Past + Current Inmates 58:07

5M ago58:07

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Part two of this special two part series, Tessa discusses some of the executions, where both men and women drew their last breaths. CREDITS & LINKS WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: Cover photo: SQ Lethal Injection Room.jpg The lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison, completed in 2010. CACorrections (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitat…

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Episode 156: Guillaume Coulombe 1:08:27

5M ago1:08:27

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🕑 1 hour 9 minutes Guillaume Coulombe is the head of Procédurable, a process consulting company with a focus on open source software and open data, and an even more specific focus on MediaWiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: Procédurable Arbre-Évolution Coop "Understanding wiki collaboration in Quebec healthcare organizations" (2012 paper …

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S5 Ep256: Death at San Quentin. Part 1: Executions + Amos Lunt the Executioner 25:57

5M ago25:57

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When John Miller's head is nearly decapitated during a botched execution, it rattles Amos Lunt, San Quentin's official executioner, to the bone. Hear about some of California's death penalty history and a handful of the executions that were conducted here at one of the United States most notorious state prisons. SAN QUENTIN. CREDITS & LINKS Intro S…

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S5 Ep255: Without a Trace. The Eerie Disappearance of Glenn Miller. 23:35

5M ago23:35

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December 15th of 1944, Major Glenn Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Norman Baessell and Flight Officer John Stuart Morgan take off in a bush plane headed to France, but something happens during the trip and the men and the plane are never heard from or seen again. CREDITS & LINKS Into song “Johanna” courtesy of my friend Bobby Mackey VOICEOVER: Journal e…

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Episode 155: Alan Ang and Kris Litson 1:12:23

5M ago1:12:23

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🕑 1 hour 13 minutes Alan Ang and Kris Litson (pictured, left to right) are both employees at Wikimedia Deutschland, the German Wikimedia chapter: Alan is a partner manager for Wikidata, while Kris is head of software communications. The two are both involved in evangelism for both Wikidata and its backend software, Wikibase. Links for some of the t…

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S5 Ep254: History + Haunts of the Mineshaft Tavern 23:01

5M ago23:01

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In the small town of Madrid, New Mexico, stands Santa Fe counties oldest continually run Tavern = Mineshaft Tavern. Long since believed to be haunted it is jam packed with history and a few haunts! CREDITS & LINKS Into song “Johanna” courtesy of my friend Bobby Mackey The photo you see in the cover picture was taken by Tessa Mauro, me, in 2022 of O…

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S5 Ep253: The Griffith Park Curse. 37:51

6M ago37:51

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In addition to the tragic suicide of actress Peg Entwistle, Griffith Park has had its fair share of heartbreaking tragedies...with the land being used as dumping grounds for killers and at least two serial killers = the cousin duo the Hillside Stranglers (Angelo and Kenneth) and so much more. Cover photo credit: found in Wikimedia Commons: Griffith…

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Episode 154: Srishti Sethi 51:11

6M ago51:11

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🕑 52 minutes Srishti Sethi (also known as SrishAkaTux) is a developer advocate in the Language Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Prior to the mass reorganization at the Wikimedia Foundation in summer 2023, she was part of the Technical Engagement team. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia outreach programs Outreach programs success sto…

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S5 Ep252: The Life, Death & Haunting of Peg Entwistle 20:16

6M ago20:16

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Filled with heartbreak after the sudden death of her beloved father, young Peg moves to Hollywood with hopes of becoming a big movie star. While she gets tiny parts here and there, her first major role is suddenly taken away from her, leaving her depressed and feeling as if her dreams had been stolen from her. She takes her own life, jumping from t…

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S5 Ep251: The Legend of Chicago's Resurrection Mary. 27:08

6M ago27:08

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Many reports have poured in about a vanishing hitch hiker in Chicago, Illinois. Her true identity remains a mystery but she is forever known as Resurrection Mary. CREDITS & LINKS Cover photo is not my own. Wikimedia Commons: Resurrection Cemetery Gabriel Vanslette Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intro Song courtesy of the amazing Bobby Mackey PIXA…

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The Impact of Web 3 on Open Source Technology With With Michael Asiedu-Asare 32:48

6M ago32:48

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Greetings, everyone, and a warm welcome to the year 2024! We hope the new year brings prosperity and meaningful engagement to all our listeners worldwide. In our most recent episode, we had the privilege of hosting Michael Asiedu-Asare, a tech enthusiast and Engineering Student from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. M…

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Episode 153: BTB Digest 24 22:17

6M ago22:17

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🕑 23 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Highlights from five recent episodes. Bryan Hilderbrand considers the future of scientific publishing, Jan Ainali thinks about solutions for Wikidata's messiness, Tricia Burmeister recounts the challenges of changing a wiki's front page, Ilias Sarantopoulos praises the new Lift Wing software, Alissa Stern expla…

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