#indieweb 2019-09-28

2019-09-28 UTC
KartikPrabhu, nitot, bltavares_, kensp and [fluffy] joined the channel
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jacky
TFW instagram makes syndication hard :( :(
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jacky
I'm feeling your pain, aaronpk
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jacky
I might post this to my site directly and do a manual syndication of info tbh
kensp, gxt, [Michael_Beckwit, ichoquo0Aigh9ie, wolftune, [tantek], [fluffy], nitot, patterson, [schmarty], [frank], gareppa, KartikPrabhu, KapiX and adactio joined the channel
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aaronpk
We are kicking off IWS Amsterdam! https://zoom.us/j/4955358768
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[tantek]
[schmarty] is demoing his site
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[tantek]
showing RSVPs
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[tantek]
"my website is for some serious things, but mostly random garbage"
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[frank]
Nice to be on the livestream! Thanks [tonz] for a great introduction
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[tantek]
[frank] is the audio coming through ok? Can you help with note taking the demos?
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sebsel
next up is Tantek
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[frank]
Yeah audio is great. I can try to take some notes (here?) but I need to leave the laptop in about 15 minutes
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sebsel
shows an unfortunate 500 error on his server, but manages to get through :)
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sebsel
also posts random stuff to his site
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Loqi
Tantek Çelik
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sebsel
He only posts on twitter through his site
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sebsel
shows off other post types, like RSVPs and replies on Github issues
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sebsel
oh no, actual issues*
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[frank]
He crossposts to Github as well
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[frank]
Next up is Ton
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[frank]
[tonz] that is
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[frank]
Blogging about professional interests
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[frank]
and incorporating day to day stuff but hiding that from homepage in separate stream
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[frank]
(audio is a bit muffled when you're not close to the laptop, just a tip)
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[frank]
Has his own Mastodon instance
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[frank]
Next up is [aaronpk]
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[frank]
His homepage on https://aaronparecki.com/ has lots of different type of posts. Photos, blogposts, checkins
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[frank]
Recently added travelplans
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[frank]
(I so feel like [Zegnat] now, making notes here...)
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[frank]
Aaron shows a nice mapview of his travels
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sebsel
shows a post by tantek, that showed up on aarons site
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sebsel
because it linked to it
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[frank]
Next up is Anna Dodson
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sebsel
Next up Anna, annadodson.co.uk
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[frank]
(audio is a bit broken so hard to follow on the livestream)
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sebsel
'it's not really indieweb'
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sebsel
(I disagree)
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sebsel
shows off her dark mode
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sebsel
next up, Jamie Tanna, jvt.me
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[tantek]
(agreed sebsel, it's very indieweb!)
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sebsel
has a site with posts that syndicate to twitter.
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sebsel
uses Hugo to staticly generate the site
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sebsel
Next up David Bryant, orangemoose.com
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[tantek]
David Bryant, works at Mozilla, been doing the internet since the 1980s
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[tantek]
has a hybrid of handcrafted stuff and a WordPress installation
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sebsel
Next up, Jeremy Keith, adactio.com
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sebsel
shows notes that go to twitter and with a reply by Aaron on one of those notes
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sebsel
points out that, because Aaron has marked his note with microformats, adactio.com can understand what the body of the content is
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sebsel
thus only showing the relevant information
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sebsel
shows how his site also works when the visitor is offline
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sebsel
next up Emily Vernon emilyvernon.com
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sebsel
is on the UI/UX side of things
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sebsel
tries to come up with ways to show her content on her site in a way people can browse
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sebsel
next up Taras Kalapun, kalapun.com
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sebsel
'because I'm lazy', he hasn't posted for a while
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[tantek]
but maybe with Micropub he can post more
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sebsel
next up Gabriella, imgabi.com
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sebsel
shows her homepage
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[frank]
I'm going offline for a while. I will see you this afternoon I hope
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[tantek]
wants to improve her technical proficiency, and wants to help technical folks with things like branding and such!
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sebsel
next up is Katrin, die-katrin.eu
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[tantek]
WordPress site
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sebsel
also shows die-katrin.eu/frontend-dev, which is just HTML and CSS.
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[tantek]
teaching students CSS and HTML, building simple static sites is often enough, and gives them power and agency already
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sebsel
talks about the power of writing your own HTML
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[tantek]
Jay (sp?) does not have his own website, and has worked in the dark data market
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[tantek]
joined a group called humanitarian hackers
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[frank]
Jay Wake (according to the signup list ;-))
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[frank]
Now I _really_ need to go offline
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sebsel
shows a password-protected website humanitarianhackers.com
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[tantek]
does not have a website, works as an anthropologist
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[tantek]
has been thinking about what would a social media platform look like that would do good to its users and society at large
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[tantek]
Val - does not have her own website, does a lot of social movement organizing. Relies on platforms for that but doesn't want to
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[tantek]
up next Sebsel
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[tantek]
seblog.nl - Sebastian
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[tantek]
shows login via IndieAuth into his own website
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[tantek]
tonz is back - I think that's everyone
nitot, vgszmilhv, [jgmac1106] and anotheryou joined the channel
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[frank]
On my way to IndieWebCamp Amsterdam! [tonz]
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[tantek]
in the standards & accessibility session
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[tantek]
what is accessibility
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Loqi
Accessibility is the practice of designing so that people with disabilities can have equal access to information and functionality, applicable to both websites as well as physical environments https://indieweb.org/accessibility
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sebsel
trying to get the conversation in Guitar captured in https://etherpad.indieweb.org/evil-tactics
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[tantek]
sebsel: "makewebgreatagain"
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sebsel
no idea what the real hashtag is.
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[tantek]
that's what it says for the hashtag on the session proposal
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sebsel
ah, I have no idea how to move it
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[tantek]
please use that instead
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[tantek]
copy and paste into a new etherpad
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[tantek]
is how you "move" an etherpad
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[frank]
Following the Guitar session in etherpad while in the train.
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[tantek]
Frank, that session has a new etherpad
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[frank]
Yeah I see. So switching
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aaronpk
we are working on the schedule grid then you'll be able to just follow the links
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sebsel
I am lost on the discussion now though
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[tantek]
it's ok to ask people to repeat or summarize
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[tantek]
sebsel, especially capture the questions like what did Val just ask
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[tantek]
because questions are particularly interesting for folks after the fact to reconsider, and for folks who were not here
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Zegnat
Good morning IndieWeb, good morning Amsterdam!
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jamietanna[m]
Morning 👋
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aaronpk
schedule grid is posted!
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aaronpk
with links to the zoom rooms
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aaronpk
and etherpads
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Zegnat
Ooh, some interesting stuff on there!
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Zegnat
Second session already on its way?
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[frank]
On my way to the venue. Hope to be in time for the photo
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Zegnat
hears sebsel speak about his private postings
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aaronpk
the acoustics in here are pretty bad sorry!
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Zegnat
aaronpk, yeah, the mic seems to have a very hard time focussing on specific voices
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Zegnat
Which makes it very hard for me to focus, when I am on only half a glass of tea ;)
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GWG
aaronpk, can I have the meeting numbers on the schedule?
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aaronpk
GWG: they're at the top
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GWG
There they are... sorry, tired.
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GWG
Multiple private posts sessions
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aaronpk
oops nope my copy paste error
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[aaronpk]
Lunch break!
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GWG
Only two out of three have remote?
djmoch, nitot, patterson, CrocodillianDisc, jgmac1106, [jgmac1106] and krychu joined the channel
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GWG
And neither of the meeting links are up. Oh well
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GWG
aaronpk: Are any of the rooms on?
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GWG
Because it says it is waiting for someone to start both of the links
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aaronpk
We are late, going to update the schedule shortly
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GWG
I have triangle up remote now.
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jamietanna[m]
I've got a blog post about the licensing/ownership conversation today at IWC Amsterdam, but GitLab.com is having some issues so I can't publish it - I'll hopefully have it live in the morning :)
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