The Nextcloud Podcast

This episode of the Nextcloud Podcast is an exciting contributor story. And just in time before holidays, we are talking about cooking... and code. Meet Christian Wolf, a long-term Nextcloud contributor and maintainer of the famous Cookbook app! During his early coding days, Christian was trying to learn more about web applications. Seeking an app to sharpen his skills with, he came across the Cookbook app. Many years later, Christian is the main brain behind Cookbook, while the app is one of the most popular apps on Nextcloud App Store. Christian shares with us how he got into coding and open source, his work on the Cookbook app and his vision for its future, and tips for people who want to start developing for Nextcloud.

We meet Simon Lindner, software engineer at Nextcloud, the developer of Nextcloud AIO, to duscover the history and present of Nextcloud AIO, Simon's personal journey, and, of course, everything a meticulous admin wants to know about the easiest way to host Nextcloud.

We're joined by Anna and Michael "Monty" Widenius, the people behind the MariaDB Foundation, who are here to help us unpack the challenges of the open source business, vendor lock-in, and owning your data through their unique lens — and experience.

From Andy's approach to problem-solving and guiding others to his personal values that give him direction, this episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of technology, community, and personal growth.

In this episode, we explore how open source solutions are revolutionizing the way governments work, from collaboration and knowledge sharing to digital sovereignty and artificial intelligence. Sven shares the factors that influenced their decision to adopt open source solutions, their implementation strategies along the way, and lessons learned from the adoption of open source in Munich.

Edward Snowden's disclosures in 2013 were not only revelatory but also catalyzed a necessary discussion around mass surveillance and yet Constanze argues we've since lost momentum in this critical conversation. She expresses concern that, as the public has become increasingly complacent, the intelligence services have grown even more powerful and influential. We reflect on the changing landscape of hacktivism and investigative reporting, and how policy is struggling to keep pace with modern technological advancements. Constanze also reminds us that there's still much work to be done in addressing the pressing issues facing us today – from mass surveillance and data protection to predictive policing and platform capitalism.

With the recent accelerating pace of innovation, public sector institutions throughout Europe have come to prioritize digital sovereignty as a primary driver in designing resilient IT systems. Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG, discusses the current innovations in the European public sector and the obligation of public buyers to deliver resilient and sovereign digital solutions that put citizens first. We explore how Bechtle - Germany’s largest IT system house - and Nextcloud's recent partnership in offering digitally sovereign collaboration services for the European public sector is an important step in building resilient IT systems that prioritize security and data protection.

So many Nextclouders - from enterprise and education to activists and families - decide to self-host their privacy-focused IT infrastructure. What exactly motivates us to self-host? Is this inherently an increased data security risk? What of the grit needed to host your own digital infrastructure? The answers to these questions may surprise you! Lea Gröber, PhD student in Usable Security @ CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, shares insight from two recent studies exploring motivations in self-hosting and Nextclouders specifically. We explore the topic of Usable Security and how, in terms of security, the human aspect of your digital infrastructure may be the most important, and yet the least understood. Afterall, "Users are not the enemy."

With a rich history throughout the Linux and open source world - from KDE to openSUSE, GNOME and more - Jos' insights into the power of community make it clear why the Nextcloud community is an essential aspect of our vision. With so many key community projects getting integrated and supported fully into Nextcloud, the open source lifestyle runs deep in Nextclouders' culture. If you're curious about the inner workings, personalities, history and friendships at Nextcloud - this episode has it all!

Today's episode features a fireside chat with Nextcloud CEO and founder Frank Karlitschek, where we learn of the values and ideals that motivated the very idea of Nextcloud - how it all began and evolved into the World's leading open source content collaboration platform.

One of the most impressive Nextcloud deployments is certainly Deutsche Telekom's MagentaCLOUD: currently serving 2.2 million active users storing 3.5 billion files, and totaling a massive 7.2 petabytes of data!

Julien Veyssier shares his unique journey from prolific Nextcloud community contributor through joining the Nextcloud team as Software Engineer. We learn how his PhoneTrack app saved a user's family in an emergency, how the Nextcloud ecosystem is a rich canvas for app development, the philosophical differences between Open Source and Free Software, and explore the current state of the artificial intelligence landscape.

Your new host, Brent Gervais, had the opportunity to sit down together with Max Schrems - privacy lawyer and pioneer in the European data privacy movement - to explore some thoughts and ideas that stemmed from Max's keynote given at the Nextcloud Conference 2023. We explore the newly adopted Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, it's implications and why we all need to care and pay attention. We also touch on the 15-year debate on EU-US data transfers, surveillance law, anti-competitive behaviours in Big Tech and the need for regulation, despite the challenges presented by the process.

In this episode, Marius sits down with Tobias Knöppler and James Sundquist to dive into the world of NextcloudPi, a community-driven project that brings Nextcloud to single board computers like the Raspberry Pi and other boards. They discuss the ins and outs of the project, its impact on the Nextcloud community, and more.

Collaboration in Design: How Nextcloud's Design Team and Community Work Together

Nextcloud had a busy year to say the least. From events like the Nextcloud Conference to the Nextcloud Hub 3 release and more, 2022 holds many milestones and experiences for our users. In this exciting new episode, Marius talked with Frank about a variety of Nextcloud topics.

In this 16th episode, our host Ingo talked with Daphne Muller, the Support lead at Nextcloud. Daphne shared with us the interesting story that led her to Nextcloud, her well-known Tedx talk on privacy and much more!

Max & Jonas share the idea behind the Collectives app and Marie explains what Prototype Fund is, how can you apply and get your innovative Open source project funded!

Galina explains what ONLYOFFICE is with all its capabilities and functionalities, and the important advantages of ONLYOFFICE with millions of users worldwide in various sectors, from SMEs to large enterprises.

Matthieu covers interesting topics of Desktop Client such as Sync Client, how it works, and the new features like Virtual files, Speedup sync, E2E encryption, and more.

Find more about UX Design in general and Nimisha's experience as a designer at Nextcloud!

Learn more about what hosting.de is, how and why they chose Nextcloud, and the simple and quick steps of getting started with Nextcloud, either as a home or business user.

In this 10th episode, our host Ingo talked with Michael Meeks, Open Source developer and General Manager of Collabora Productivity, leading Collabora Online and Office products, supporting customers, and consulting on development alongside his team.

In this 9th-episode, our host Ingo talked with Marco Nöchel, the CEO, and engineer Thorsten Krüger from HKN GmbH, which is the biggest multi-region German Openstack Cloud, and Nextcloud silver partner.

In this eight-episode, our host Ingo talked with Arthur, Senior Software Engineer at Nextcloud, about Nextcloud Flow. Nextcloud Flow is the workflow engine of Nextcloud.

On our seventh podcast, Ingo talks to our community member, Stefan Niedermann about his work and how he started contributing to Nextcloud and developing Nextcloud Notes and Nextcloud Deck app.

Edeltraut had the opportunity to work for Nextcloud from different locations and here’s her story from her current location: tuning in directly from Hawaii!

A brief discussion with the Nextcloud sales engineering team lead about sales and engineering, as well as the Nextcloud features around sharing between Nextcloud servers (federation), global address books and how Nextcloud makes it easier to keep your data private.

On our fourth podcast, host Ingo interviews Rhys Davies from Canonical about the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance. Find out what the Ubuntu appliances are all about, and what the benefits of Nextcloud as an appliance are.

On our third podcast, host Ingo discusses working remote with Nextcloud CEO Frank Karlitschek. Nextcloud is a company centered around remote work, hiring the best and most motivated people wherever they live. With some team members as far from our Stuttgart office as Hawaii and Cape Verde force us to work efficiently across time zones and vast distances. Frank and Ingo cover the what, why and how of working remotely, and discuss how Nextcloud itself is an important tool in how we collaborate.

In this episode we continue our conversation and turn towards the subject of design. What is design, how does Nextcloud do it and why is it so important?

In this very first episode we introduce our podcast, discussing with Nextcloud designer and community manager Jan Christoph Borchardt what our podcast will be covering going forward.