Sustainable Podcasting Ross Gardler OSS Watch Service Manager [email_address] http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk http://www.slideshare.net/rgardler/tags/osswatch Topic Tags: OSSWatch-Podcast and Podcastoxford2008 Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this presentation are © 2008 University of Oxford and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales licence .

Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this presentation are © 2008 University of Oxford

and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales licence .

Who Are OSS Watch? JISC funded open source software advisory service (non-advocacy)‏ Online and Face to Face support Licencing and IPR management Open source project support Evaluating and using open source Business Models

JISC funded open source software advisory service (non-advocacy)‏

Online and Face to Face support

Licencing and IPR management

Open source project support

Evaluating and using open source

Business Models

Who is Ross Gardler? Open source developer Member of The Apache Software Foundation Joined OSS Watch in Jan 2007 Service Manager in July 2007 My focus is on open source for sustainability

Open source developer

Member of The Apache Software Foundation

Joined OSS Watch in Jan 2007

Service Manager in July 2007

My focus is on open source for sustainability

What is sustainability? The ongoing process of achieving development or redevelopment that does not undermine its physical or social systems of support. http://www.smarte.org/smarte/resource/sn-glossary.xml The economy The environment The Social System

The ongoing process of achieving development or redevelopment that does not undermine its physical or social systems of support. http://www.smarte.org/smarte/resource/sn-glossary.xml

The economy

The environment

The Social System

A Sustainable Podcast Network? The Conversations Network “The Conversations Network is a listener-supported non-profit podcast network brought to you by a global team of passionate audio/video producers and editors.” http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/ Lets look at their sustainability model

“The Conversations Network is a listener-supported non-profit podcast network brought to you by a global team of passionate audio/video producers and editors.” http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/

Lets look at their sustainability model

The Economy Value-add paid membership Donations Sponsorship/Advertising Commercial exploitation of software Training and Consultancy Barter ecosystem

Value-add paid membership

Donations

Sponsorship/Advertising

Commercial exploitation of software

Training and Consultancy

Barter ecosystem

The Environment Managed work flows Cloud computing architecture Creative Commons Licence Reusable across other environments Promotes your message Win-win partnerships An environment for barter

Managed work flows

Cloud computing architecture

Creative Commons Licence

Reusable across other environments

Promotes your message

Win-win partnerships

An environment for barter

The Social System Community of “volunteers” (bartering) Find/Become a volunteer Skills Development Apprenticeship programme Peer recognition “Share and reward” culture Encourage barter

Community of “volunteers” (bartering)

Find/Become a volunteer

Skills Development

Apprenticeship programme

Peer recognition

“Share and reward” culture

Encourage barter

What is missing from CN? Focus is entirely on podcast production Software solutions are entirely closed Minimal community feedback into processes and tools Relies on strength of distribution networks rather than adaptability of solutions

Focus is entirely on podcast production

Software solutions are entirely closed

Minimal community feedback into processes and tools

Relies on strength of distribution networks rather than adaptability of solutions

Is OpenCast similar to CN? Process and/or tools? What are your users focus? Own institution or wider community? Own materials or community materials? Why should users come to OpenCast? What do you offer for barter that others don't? PLUG: Remember tomorrows workshop

Process and/or tools?

What are your users focus?

Own institution or wider community?

Own materials or community materials?

Why should users come to OpenCast?

What do you offer for barter that others don't?

PLUG: Remember tomorrows workshop

The $1b community “ You need a good user base before you start getting contributions.” “ Those who contribute to us are as selfish as anybody else. There's rarely any charitable aspect of this.” Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

“ You need a good user base before you start getting contributions.”

“ Those who contribute to us are as selfish as anybody else. There's rarely any charitable aspect of this.”

Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

Why build a community? “I think that innovation happens in encounters when you encounter other people and also when you step over some boundary and you combine ideas that haven't been combined before.” Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

“I think that innovation happens in encounters when you encounter other people and also when you step over some boundary and you combine ideas that haven't been combined before.”

Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

Community is everything More users creates more opportunity for innovation Today's users may be tomorrows contributors or developers More innovation means more users More users means more sustainability opportunities

More users creates more opportunity for innovation

Today's users may be tomorrows contributors or developers

More innovation means more users

More users means more sustainability opportunities

Building a Community Open development (or Community Led Development) A way for distributed team members to collaboratively develop a shared resource

Open Development... Particularly useful in distributed self selecting teams found in successful open source projects Key attributes include: User engagement Transparency Collaboration Agility

Particularly useful in distributed self selecting teams

found in successful open source projects

Key attributes include:

User engagement

Transparency

Collaboration

Agility

Community Source is not Open Development? Community source provides contracted resources at an early stage (no barter) Open development resources are not necessarily contracted (No “guarantees”) Open development allows for wider, earlier barter – no buy-in required But requires resources for managing and nurturing communitry

Community source provides contracted resources at an early stage (no barter)

Open development resources are not necessarily contracted (No “guarantees”)

Open development allows for wider, earlier barter – no buy-in required

But requires resources for managing and nurturing communitry

OSS Watch Strategic Projects Open Development (community led) We believe community source is a sub-optimal community development model Sustainability planning (from at bid stage) Community development effort Project communities Inter-project communities

Open Development (community led)

We believe community source is a sub-optimal community development model

Sustainability planning (from at bid stage)

Community development effort

Project communities

Inter-project communities

Is OpenCast an OSS Watch strategic project?

Is OpenCast an OSS Watch strategic project?

Thank you for listening, For more information... [email_address] www.oss-watch.ac.uk Ross Gardler Image: Some Rights Reserved http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksaad/152579107/

Thank you for listening,

For more information...

[email_address]

www.oss-watch.ac.uk

Ross Gardler

Image: Some Rights Reserved http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksaad/152579107/