Lessons from Two Decades of Open Source and the Social Internet
From Open Web Conversations by Open Channels FM
April 14, 2026 · 1h 4m
About this episode
Matthias Pfefferle interviews Will Norris about his contributions to open source and the evolution of decentralized social networking.
In this episode, host Matthias Pfefferle chats with software engineer Will Norris, discussing his extensive contributions to open standards, federated identity, and open source, particularly within the WordPress ecosystem and the evolution of decentralized social networking.
People in this episode
Host: Matthias Pfefferle
Guest: Will Norris
Topics covered
- open source
- federated identity
- decentralized social networking
- software engineering
- open standards
Keywords
- open source
- federated identity
- WordPress
- social internet
- software engineer
- decentralized networking
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WordPress
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