How often do you read some news headline about free speech denied and human rights being suppressed

and think, that sucks, but there's nothing I can do about it from my distant place?

I guess you could vote slightly differently in your next election and maybe, just maybe,

it'll have a small impact in four years' time.

Well, if you're a technologist or developer, you have way more power than you realize. Still, the challenge is, could you use your skills to make a difference?

Maybe you could remove a layer of surveillance or add a layer of anonymity to the affected people.

If the answer is yes, and it probably is, actually, then the question becomes, what would you do and even should you act?

This week on talk python

to me you'll meet pete fine who spent two years of his life helping others using his technical skills

his story is both inspiring and amazing this is talk python to me episode 61 recorded may

12th 2016 i'm a developer, developers, developers, developers, developers

developer in many senses of the word, because I make these applications,

but I also use these verbs to make this music.

I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.

In both cases, it's about design patterns.

Anyone can get the job done.

It's the execution that matters.

I have many interests.

Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.

This is your host, Michael Kennedy.

Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.

Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at talk python.fm.

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