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Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #392

Indeed's FOSS Contributor Fund

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2020-04-30T21:00:00Z #oss +1 šŸŽ§ 20,994

Duane Oā€™Brien (head of open source at Indeed) joined the show to talk about their FOSS Contributor Fund and FOSS Responders. Heā€™s super passionate about open source, and through his role at Indeed Duane was able to implement this fund and open source it as a framework for other companies to use. We talk through all the details of the program, its impact and influence, as well as ways companies can use the framework in their organization. We also talk about FOSS Responders an initiative to support open source that has been negatively impacted by COVID-19.

Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #391

Work from home SUPERCUT

Today weā€™re featuring conversations from different perspectives on working from home from our JS Party, Go Time, and Brain Science podcasts here on Changelog.com. Because, heyā€¦if you didnā€™t know we have 6 active podcasts in our portfolio of shows. Head to changelog.com/podcasts to collect them all!

Practical AI Practical AI #86

Exploring the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset

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2020-04-20T16:00:00Z #ai +4 šŸŽ§ 8,619

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Daniel and Chris have a timely conversation with Lucy Lu Wang of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence about COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19). She relates how CORD-19 was created and organized, and how researchers around the world are currently using the data to answer important COVID-19 questions that will help the world through this ongoing crisis.

Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #390

Visualizing the spread of Coronavirus

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2020-04-13T21:00:00Z #dataviz +1 šŸŽ§ 22,285

Harry Stevens is a Graphics Reporter at The Washington Post and the author of ā€œWhy outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to ā€˜flatten the curveā€™ā€ ā€” the most popular post in The Washington Postā€™s online history.

We cover the necessary details of this global pandemic, the journalist, coding, and design skills required to be a graphics reporter, the backstory on visualizing this outbreak, why Harry chooses R over Python, advice for aspiring graphics reporters, and how all of this came together at the perfect time in history to give Harry a chance to catch lightning in a bottle.

Brain Science Brain Science #15

Working from home

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2020-04-08T20:00:00Z #wfh +2 šŸŽ§ 6,181

Given all of the recent changes and adjustments many individuals have made to working remotely, Mireille and Adam discuss some of the relevant aspects of working from home. How do you develop habits that work for you to be the most productive? Which factors make a difference to be successful in navigating challenges that emerge and how can you develop ways of staying socially connected while being physically distant?

Practical AI Practical AI #84

COVID-19 Q&A and CORD-19

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2020-04-06T16:45:00Z #coronavirus +2 šŸŽ§ 8,233

So many AI developers are coming up with creative, useful COVID-19 applications during this time of crisis. Among those are Timo from Deepset-AI and Tony from Intel. They are working on a question answering system for pandemic-related questions called COVID-QA. In this episode, they describe the system, related annotation of the CORD-19 data set, and ways that you can contribute!

JS Party JS Party #120

WFH!?

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2020-03-27T15:15:00Z #javascript +3 šŸŽ§ 9,444

With most of us working from home for the first time (or for a long time), we thought itā€™d be a good idea to share our experiences and opinions on how to manage it. We discuss how to optimize your location, your schedule, your communications, and the rest of you life during these stressful times.

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Go Time Go Time #123

WFH

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2020-03-26T17:00:00Z #wfh +3 šŸŽ§ 13,124

Working from home can be challenging, especially amid school closings and everything else caused by COVID-19. In this episode panelists Jon, Mat, Carmen, and Mark share advice and experiences they have accumulated over many years of working from home. They cover separating your work space from your personal space, signaling to your family that you are busy, ways to keep track of the time, and suggestions for getting some exercise in when you can.

Brain Science Brain Science #13

Brace for turbulence

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2020-03-16T20:30:00Z #coronavirus +2 šŸŽ§ 6,571

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak being declared a global pandemic and a national emergency here in the United States as well as many other countries around the world, it would be extremely difficult to have a serious conversation here on Brain Science thatā€™s not colored by todayā€™s very serious events. Mireille and Adam discuss the anxiety, fear, and panic that many may be facing. How do we navigate the unseeable unknown? How should we respond to change and the state of the world we are now living in?

Donā€™t panic. Prepare for change. Be adaptable. Be resilient.

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