It's all about the infrastructure — with Michael Lenczner

Michael Lenczner works at the intersection of technology and the nonprofit sector, he runs Ajah and Powered by Data, and serves on several nonprofit boards and advisory groups related to technology, democracy, and the nonprofit sector. We discuss the importance of translating between fields and their different lenses, open data, open government, managing change, the flow of information, and adapting new technologies, methods, and possibilities for nonprofits.

Links

• Follow Michael on Twitter [https://twitter.com/mlenc]
• Michael’s company [https://www.ajah.ca]
• Their nonprofit initiative: [https://poweredbydata.org] and an article about their work on the foster care system: [https://poweredbydata.org/blog/2020/6/5/a-data-justice-project-for-youth-in-and-leaving-care-part-i] 
• The Steve Yegge Google platforms rant referenced a couple of times: [https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611] and some background on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Yegge#Blog 
• Neurotribes, The Legacy of Autism and the Future or Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman: [https://www.stevesilberman.com/books/]
• Not mentioned in the podcast but very much related to the last few minutes where we talk about temporal chauvinism and end of days: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/01/civilization-collapse-rome-angkor-harappa/] by Annalee Newitz is a great read.

Your hosts

Peter Bihr (website, Twitter)

Patrick Tanguay (website, Twitter)

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