Alan Pope

Episode 88: Well, Actually

March 27th, 2020  |  36 mins 40 secs

a cloud guru, askerror, bugs, chalkboard, consistency, developer, distro, fingernails, grimace, gtk, imposter syndrome, jupiter broadcasting, know-it-all, linux, linux academy, performance, photo, photograph, polish, qt, shame, smug, well actually, wince

The details that make a great distro, things that make us wince, smug people online, great photos, imposter syndrome, and more.

Episode 87: AksError

March 13th, 2020  |  36 mins 53 secs

2d, a cloud guru, apps, askerror, communication, crying, emotional, evolution, irc, jupiter broadcasting, language, linux academy, music, paper, pintrest, prinder, reddit, slack, slang, snapchat, songs, telegram, twitter, websites

Apps that make us feel old, emotional songs, using actual paper, evolution of language, IRC channels we never look at, and more.

Episode 86: \o/

February 28th, 2020  |  37 mins 53 secs

a cloud guru, alexa, apple, askerror, drama, ecosystem, emoji, facebook, hoodies, jupiter broadcasting, linux academy, linux desktop, news, playstation, twitter, windows, xbox, zip, zipper

Whether open source needs to be a complete experience, a deep need for conflict, preferred social media, and our favorite emoji.

Episode 85: Name Your Shoes

February 14th, 2020  |  39 mins 37 secs

a cloud guru, askerror, car, change the world, employer, foreign language, forgiveness, innovation, internet, jupiter broadcasting, linux academy, names, open source, permission, shoes, slack, soda stream

Open source at work, learning languages, naming cars, and innovations that haven't appropriately delivered.

Episode 84: Useless Dreams

January 31st, 2020  |  37 mins 24 secs

askerror, bath, bathing, bluetooth, description, dreams, feature complete, gadgets, headphones, jobs, jupiter broadcasting, linux academy, open source, pointless, shower, stories, tech, windows, work

Whether we'd use Windows if it was FOSS, pointless tech that most people want, bathing habits, useless jobs, and annoying popey with dream stories.

Episode 83: No, But

January 17th, 2020  |  40 mins 42 secs

app, askerror, conference, context switching, cringe, doppelganger, dumb, errorask, improv, jupiter broadcasting, life, linux academy, lookalike, yes and, yo

Context switching, improving Linux conferences, a positive approach to life, what makes us cringe, and more.

Episode 82: OK Then

January 3rd, 2020  |  41 mins 1 sec

anger, apps, argument, askerror, blame, browser, common sense, css, family, git, good idea, html, instagram, jupiter broadcasting, law, life hack, linux academy, ml, phone, pull request, safari, snapchat, web

Whether the Web is yesterday’s news, a possible new approach to law and order, resolving conflicts, and some surprisingly useful life hacks.

Episode 81: Larry Two-tails

December 20th, 2019  |  39 mins 37 secs

android, askerror, china, chromium, collaboration, cooking, development, drawing, eggs, jupiter broadcasting, linux academy, open source, painting, peertube, skill, talent, tiktok, webkit, youtube

The future of Internet video, the best way to develop open source software, skills vs talents, and our favourite types of animal companions.

Episode 80: Imaginary Turkey

December 6th, 2019  |  36 mins 59 secs

airbnb, askerror, bargain, beer, christmas, cider, cooking, flat, gig economy, holidays, jupiter broadcasting, linux academy, password, security, thanksgiving, turkey, uber, warm

Talking to ourselves, delicious family meals, and the complexities of modern work.

Episode 79: Is Vegan TV Art?

November 22nd, 2019  |  39 mins 28 secs

art, askerror, coffee, dban, dd, forgiveness, foss, hard drive, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux academy, queen, security, ssd, technology, tv, vegan

Disposing of hard drives, what a TV really is, and the veganism of software.

Episode 78: Ctrl V

November 8th, 2019  |  43 mins 55 secs

afraid, askerror, color, colour, copy paste, favorite, favourite, fear, genius, idea, invention, jupiter broadcasting, linux, metrics, silent majority, utm

Paying attention to all the Linux users we never hear from, being less clever than we thought, and our biggest fears.

Episode 77: Blinking Eye Patches

October 25th, 2019  |  38 mins 6 secs

amp, askerror, autumn, closed eyes, code, css, html, husband, jupiter broadcasting, mistake, partner, patch, regression, seasons, ssh, summer, tech blunder, wife, winter

Tech mistakes, communicating with spouses, and why you shouldn't let popey drive you anywhere.

Episode 76: Ghost, Meat, or Block?

October 11th, 2019  |  38 mins 27 secs

askerror, block, clean meat, employment, ethics, first computers, ghosts, ignore, jupiter broadcasting, lab-grown meat, money, mute, report, social media, sponsorship, ufos

Our first computers, the future of food, and ethical sources of funds.

Episode 75: Memelord

September 27th, 2019  |  39 mins 51 secs

askerror, debian, domain names, drugs, elementary os, foss, jupiter broadcasting, legal, linux podcast, memes, paywall, podcast, subscription, ubuntu, upstream

Being a good FOSS citizen, forcing popey to answer stupid questions, and personal freedom vs societal harm.

Episode 74: Splitting Fun and Profit

September 13th, 2019  |  36 mins 29 secs

askerror, automated vehicle, bad language, cbt, early, family, foss, jupiter broadcasting, late, linux podcast, llc, money, non-profit, restaurants, self-driving car, split check, swearing, upset

It's another #AskError episode. The finances of social situations and FOSS projects, automated vehicles, and ways to cheer up.

Episode 73: Stealing the Top Bunk

August 30th, 2019  |  35 mins 38 secs

askerror, bad habits, bunk beds, computers, crime, derivatives, foss, frugal, infrastructure, innovation, it, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, repos, stingy, tight, ubuntu

AskError special. Sleeping arrangements, hypothetical distro infrastructure, and IT milestones.

Plus bad habits, frugality, and breaking the law.