{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenewstack.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F133-a-preview-of-oscon-2017-fpr0V_6s","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#133: A Preview of OSCON 2017","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5672b5/5672b58f-7201-4e0e-b0af-da702259d97f/9d5c8b37-b3c9-42c0-9977-260b35db45aa/avatars-000100708034-it6sgo-original.png","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/9d5c8b37-b3c9-42c0-9977-260b35db45aa\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#133: A Preview of OSCON 2017\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this episode of The New Stack Analysts podcast, we talked to conference co-chairs of OSCON, the open source convention being held in Austin on May 8-11. Interview participants were:\n\nRachel Roumeliotis, Strategic Content Director, O’Reilly Media, Inc.\nScott Hanselman, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft.\nKelsey Hightower, Google developer advocate.\n\nA few highlights from the conversation include:\n\nThere will be a lot of discussion about collaboration and community. Topics will cover managing contributions in a large organization, incentivizing community members and how to leave a project. Outside of the actual sessions, expect lots of one-on-one mentoring in the hallways.\n\nOpen source business models continue to be something people want to talk about even if there is no long-term plan to transition a project to a full-blown start-up.\n\nHanselman made sure to let us know about the care with which speakers were picked. All the co-chairs are on the speaking circuit and didn’t want to hear the same old people giving the same old talk."}