Aaron Seigo is creating
videos about free software
exploring the luminosity of free software
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$79.57
Milestone Goals
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Audio FTW
At this level, an audio-only stream for the show will be set up so people can listen without video / youtube at their leisure. RSS feed and all!
Guaranteed Weekly
This will allow me to schedule the necessary hours each week to make the show happen rather than try and harvest the time from my spare time schedule. In other words: this will essentially guarantee a show every week without breaks or holes.
LoFS Web Presence
Using gratis online services is easy and works well enough, but it would be far nicer to have a free software powered web presence for LoFS that looks reasonably professional as well as being able to invest the time and effort required into switching to a more "home-brew" system for broadcasting that doesn't rely on proprietary software services. At this level of support I can begin to invest in that infrastructure
Studio 76
The LoFS shows are still very much of the "filmed on a webcam in my home office" variety, which admittedly has a certain charm to it. Kicking up the production quality as well as the kit on-hand for doing more extensive demos of the free software in review is the goal here.
Roadshow
At this level, I can start to think about taking the show on the road and hosting live shows at some of the cool free software / technology events around Europe.
About
I stumbled upon the concept of Free Software (perhaps better known as
"open source software" these days) back in 1994. I had been using free
software at work, but didn't realize what it was. A book on "Slackware"
which caught my eye in a bookstore one day fixed all that and by 1998 I
was using Linux and other free software on all of my computers. It
wasn't long from there until I was contributing back with patches and
other improvements to the free software I used. Thus started my free
software career.
I have traveled the world speaking about free software and sharing its promise and power with people; I have worked to bring people and organizations together around free software as a public persona in the free software community; I served as president and director of one of the largest free software commuity's global non-profit foundation (KDE e.V.); and have designed and developed significant free software products such as Plasma, the world's first 'convergence' desktop environment.
For me, free software is an ethical imperative ... but creating is my passion.
I have traveled the world speaking about free software and sharing its promise and power with people; I have worked to bring people and organizations together around free software as a public persona in the free software community; I served as president and director of one of the largest free software commuity's global non-profit foundation (KDE e.V.); and have designed and developed significant free software products such as Plasma, the world's first 'convergence' desktop environment.
For me, free software is an ethical imperative ... but creating is my passion.
Location
Zurich, Switzerland
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The Luminosity of Free Software (LoFS) is a half-hour show that show focuses on the outstanding positive achievements in free (as-in-freedom) software. I cover technical aspects of free software products; the communities that are involved in creating and using free software; and the political and philosophical issues free software faces from time to time, bringing my 15 years of experience as a free software developer and community organizer to every episode.
Episodes are divided into three segments: a technical review, an editorial and a Q&A session. The technical review focuses on a single software product and tend to be in-depth but as accessible to a general tech audience as possible. The focus is less on the marketing bullet-points of the product and more on the design and capabilities of the software, often with live demos. The editorial segments take on the "soft" topics of free software and the communities around it; free software is a social, collaborative phenomenon and this segment exists due to that. The Q&A session takes on a mix of questions sent in by email and social media as well as live on the irc channel ( #luminosity on irc.freenode.net).
The goal is to keep it interesting and informative. Yes, at the same time. :) Hopefully everyone, including me, gets to learn something and not fall asleep while watching.
Many people watch the show and provide encouraging feedback, but the LoFS episodes have remained a labor of love that takes time, energy and the occasional bit of money to keep going.
Based on feedback from viewers, I've purchased better audio and video equipment to improve the show and would like nothing more than to continue to invest in such improvements. Better lighting, a nice backdrop .. that sort of thing. Your support will help make that happen.
I organize the shows in my spare time. Researching, writing and other show prep takes several times as long as the actual show itself. I don't mind this, but when time gets short in the week due to family, work getting hectic or other fancy shiny things dancing around in my general field of vision, I sometimes find myself sacrificing these videos. Your demonstrated support will help keep me motivated and with the incentive to keep producing shows even when something new and shiny dances past. ;)
Episodes are divided into three segments: a technical review, an editorial and a Q&A session. The technical review focuses on a single software product and tend to be in-depth but as accessible to a general tech audience as possible. The focus is less on the marketing bullet-points of the product and more on the design and capabilities of the software, often with live demos. The editorial segments take on the "soft" topics of free software and the communities around it; free software is a social, collaborative phenomenon and this segment exists due to that. The Q&A session takes on a mix of questions sent in by email and social media as well as live on the irc channel ( #luminosity on irc.freenode.net).
The goal is to keep it interesting and informative. Yes, at the same time. :) Hopefully everyone, including me, gets to learn something and not fall asleep while watching.
Many people watch the show and provide encouraging feedback, but the LoFS episodes have remained a labor of love that takes time, energy and the occasional bit of money to keep going.
Based on feedback from viewers, I've purchased better audio and video equipment to improve the show and would like nothing more than to continue to invest in such improvements. Better lighting, a nice backdrop .. that sort of thing. Your support will help make that happen.
I organize the shows in my spare time. Researching, writing and other show prep takes several times as long as the actual show itself. I don't mind this, but when time gets short in the week due to family, work getting hectic or other fancy shiny things dancing around in my general field of vision, I sometimes find myself sacrificing these videos. Your demonstrated support will help keep me motivated and with the incentive to keep producing shows even when something new and shiny dances past. ;)