WHO WE ARE

This issue we asked our experts: Now we’re all in a global lockdown, what open source activity is helping you keep busy?

Jonni Bidwell

I made a pointless device that alerts the household to the internet breaking by glowing an ominous red. It’s pointless because we already have devices that alert us to a loss of connectivity. They are called humans and they make, with very little latency, angry noises in this event.

Nick Peers

I’m taking the opportunity to finally get around to expanding my Booksonic audiobook streaming library with my wife’s massive library of audiobook CDS. I’d be shocked at their number if it wasn’t for the size of my own DVD and CD collections…

Les Pounder

Blackpool LUG are using https://jitsi.org, a multi-platform, open source video conferencing tool, to keep in touch. Jitsi works without any plugins or installation on Linux, Mac, Windows and mobile. With this we can all share our projects, help one another and stay social!

Mayank Sharma

I’ve been using the lockdown to peddle open source alternatives to friends and family – they finally have the time to give it a proper shakedown. One piece of tech that’s been an instant hit in both my personal and professional circles is Jitsi Meet, https://meet.jit.si, for video conferencing (hey hey, great minds etc! – Ed).

Shashank Sharma

It’s given me the chance to work my way back into something I used to enjoy and spent considerable time doing until a few years ago: forum boards. Assisting users in helping fix their problems and leaving behind the instructions that others might stumble across is priceless.