julia ferraioli: Hi, everyone. My name is Julia Ferraioli. My pronouns are she/her, and I am here today on a very, very rainy afternoon in Seattle, recording this for Open Source Stories. And I’m joined today by Richard Littauer. And I am really excited to chat with you, Richard. Do you want to introduce yourself a little bit? Richard Littauer: Sure. I’m excited to be here as well. Thank you for inviting me.

julia ferraioli: Hello, everyone. My name is julia ferraioli. My pronouns are she/her. I am coming to you for Open Source Stories on a very drizzly, rainy day in Seattle, which is why I have a ton of lights on in the background not only to grow some basil and mint, but also to make it not dark. And I’m here today with Eriol Fox. And Eriol, would you like to introduce yourself?

julia ferraioli: Welcome to Open Source Stories. My name is julia ferraioli. My pronouns are she/her, and I am sitting in my office in Seattle on a very windy day. So hopefully my internet will not cut out. I am talking to Dawn Wages today. Dawn, would you like to introduce yourself? Dawn Wages: Hi, so happy to be here. I am in Philadelphia. It is cloudy, but pretty nice out today, so I am not worried about my internet.

julia ferraioli: Hi, everyone. My name is julia ferraioli. My pronouns are she/her, and I’m recording this for Open Source Stories. I’m here with Emma. Emma, would you like to introduce yourself? Emma Irwin: Hi, julia. Hi, everyone. My name is Emma Irwin. My pronouns are she and her and I am coming from Vancouver Island here today to talk to you. Thank you. julia ferraioli: Exciting. I’ve never been to Vancouver Island.

julia ferraioli: Hello, everyone. My name is julia ferraioli, my pronouns are she/her, and I am based in Seattle, Washington. I’m recording this for Open Source Stories. And I will pass it off to Amanda to introduce herself. amanda casari: Hi, my name is amanda casari. I am speaking with Julia and Nic today. And I’m recording this conversation for Open Source Stories from northern Vermont, in New England, USA. And it’s still nice and snowy out here.

Amanda Casari: My name is Amanda Casari, my pronouns are she/her. Today is November 18. And I’m speaking with Elana Hashman, who I originally met, I think PyCon, maybe in like 2019, because we started nerding out together over open source and its complexities. We are recording this conversation for Open Source Stories. I am in an office in New England, which is lit much better now than it was a few weeks ago.

Amanda Casari: My name is Amanda Casari. My pronouns are she/her. Today is 23, October 2021. I’m speaking with Samson Goddy, who I met at PyCon two years ago now — I think it was 2019, in Cleveland, Ohio. I’m recording this conversation for Open Source Stories in what looks pretty dark, but it’s actually a beautiful sunny-ish day here in New England. My first memory of a computer — my uncle worked for IBM in the early 1980s.

Amanda Casari: Hello, my name is Amanda Casari. My pronouns are she/her. Today is October 21, 2021. I’m speaking with Julia Ferraioli and with Joe Beda. Julia, I know from our project, opensourcestories.org and then Joe, this is my first time meeting, I guess “in person” online. We are recording this conversation for Open Source Stories and I’m currently in, it looks like a cave but I promise it’s an office, in New England that just needs better lighting.