The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

The power of wikis, the problem with social networks, the promise of AI (Interview)

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July 14, 2017 10:00am

1h 26m

Evan Prodromou has been involved in open source since the mid ‘90s. His open source travel guide – Wikitravel – grew up alongside Wikipedia and the web itself. In this episode, we hear Evan’s history, try to solve open social networking once and for all, and learn how sprinkling a little artificial intelligence on to our products can yield big wins without having to shoot the moon.

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Show Notes:

The Power of Wikis

The Problem with Social Networks

The Promise of A.I.

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    Adam Stacoviak

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    Evan Prodromou

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    Jerod Santo

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