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+Intro
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+Reasons
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+Information
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+Properties
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+Timezones
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+Scheduling
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+Templates
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+Wiki
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+Etherpad
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+E-mail
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+BigBlueButton web conferences
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+Shortcuts
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+Logbook
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+Captions
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+Crontabs and playing the talks
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+Transitions
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+Wrapping up
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+NOTE Intro
 
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+Hi, I'm Sacha Chua. This presentation is a quick tour
 
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+of some of the things we do to run EmacsConf.
 
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+Since 2019, we've run it as an entirely online conference,
 
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+and we do as much of the organization as possible
 
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+within Emacs itself.
 
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+NOTE Reasons
 
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+I have three reasons for making this presentation.
 
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+The first is entirely selfish: I need to figure out
 
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+all the stuff I built for last year's EmacsConf,
 
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+since it was a bit of a crazy scramble.
 
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+The second is that I want to show people
 
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+the process of thinking about a complex project,
 
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+looking for little things to automate in Emacs,
 
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+and building things up from small pieces.
 
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+Maybe you'll get some ideas
 
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+and start building tools for yourself, too.
 
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+The third is that you find any of these little tools interesting,
 
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+I want to point you to blog posts and source code
 
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+where you can find out more.
 
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+That way, you don't need to try
 
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+to read and understand everything quickly.
 
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+You can find this presentation and other links
 
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+on the talk page at emacsconf.org/2023/talks/emacsconf.
 
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+There are a lot of different parts,
 
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+so I'll try to use this map to help make sense of it all.
 
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+NOTE Information
 
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+There's so much information to work with,
 
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+so it probably doesn't surprise you that we use Org Mode a lot.
 
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+Most of the conference coordination happens over e-mail,
 
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+which I can quickly search with notmuch.
 
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+Some of the information is private,
 
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+like emergency contact numbers.
 
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+We store the talk information in a private Org file.
 
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+I try to put as much as possible
 
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+into our public organizers' notebook
 
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+so that processes and decisions are documented.
 
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+We need a public website.
 
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+We use Ikiwiki to make the webpages
 
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+because we can work with plain text files
 
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+in a Git repository.
 
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+We also make a few static HTML pages
 
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+for things where Ikiwiki is a little awkward.
 
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+We post announcements to mailing lists.
 
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+We also receive submissions in a private mailing list
 
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+so that a number of people can review them.
 
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+We have a backstage area
 
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+for sharing files with volunteers and speakers.
 
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+We share those files publicly when the talk goes live.
 
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+And there's all the other stuff that goes into running EmacsConf,
 
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+like shell scripts and configuration files.
 
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+NOTE Properties
 
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+First, speakers propose a talk by sending an e-mail.
 
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+We take the info from that e-mail and store it in Org properties
 
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+so that we can work with it later.
 
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+Every talk is identified with an ID,
 
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+but since `:ID:` and `:CUSTOM_ID:` have special meanings for Org,
 
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+I use `:SLUG:` as the keyword.
 
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+Speakers' names go into the `:NAME:` property,
 
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+and a short version goes into `:NAME_SHORT:`
 
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+so that we can include that in a greeting.
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+If people follow the template closely...
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+...we can even automatically fill in the Org subtree for their talk.
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+We can use regular expressions to recognize the text
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+and extract the properties.
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+Other properties need to be set by hand.
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+I often mess things up when I retype them.
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+To avoid typos, I have a function that sets a property
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+based on the current region. I bind that to `C-c C-x p`.
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+That makes it much easier to set properties
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+that couldn't automatically be recognized.
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+Sometimes it makes sense to dynamically generate a property
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+and then edit it, like with filenames.
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+We like to name all the talk files the same way,
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+but sometimes special characters in talk titles or speaker names
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+need a little tweaking. I'll put that in a `:FILE_PREFIX:` property
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+so I can edit it.
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+An Org property match can map over all the talk entries
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+that don't have `:FILE_PREFIX:` defined.
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+We can use that `:FILE_PREFIX:` to rename files from Emacs.
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+With that property, we can then rename files using that prefix,
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+some extra text, and the file extension.
+
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+Sometimes it's easier to work with the data outside Emacs,
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+like when I want to rename files with a shell script.
+
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+If I export a subset of the data as JSON
+
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+or JavaScript Object Notation, using `json-encode`...
+
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+... then I can extract the data with `jq`
+
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+and use it in shell scripts.
+
+NOTE Timezones
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+Another example of semi-structured information
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+is speaker availability.
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+We have speakers from all over the world,
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+so we try to schedule live Q&A sessions when they're around.
+
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+That means working with timezones.
+
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+Completion makes it much easier to set the timezone property
+
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+without worrying about typos.
+
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+We can take advantage of the timezone list from the tzc package,
+
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+which works with Unix timezone definitions.
+
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+Then we can convert times using Emacs.
+
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+Using a standard format to encode the availability
+
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+makes it easier to parse.
+
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+I can use those availability constraints to report errors
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+when I'm experimenting with the schedule.
+
+NOTE Scheduling
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+Now that I have the availability information,
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+I can think about scheduling.
+
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+When we were planning EmacsConf 2022, the schedule was so full,
+
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+I wanted to see if we could make it more manageable
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+by splitting it up into two tracks.
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+It was hard to think about times with just a table.
+
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+I was able to turn the schedule information
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+into an SVG to convince the other organizers
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+to get on board with this crazy plan.
+
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+And the nice thing about SVGs is that
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+they can even be clickable on the wiki.
+
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+Being able to quickly make SVGs of different schedules
+
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+also helped me test scheduling ideas and think out loud.
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+I could change the time between talks, the order of the talks,
+
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+and even what tracks the talks were in.
+
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+This was helpful when I needed to include
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+some late submissions or availability changes
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+and I wanted to ask speakers what they thought.
+
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+They could see the different schedule options themselves.
+
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+It's really nice to have Emacs Lisp support for working with SVGs.
+
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+I also love how I can have an Emacs Lisp block
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+in an Org Mode document that updates an SVG
+
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+that I can view right there in my text editor.
+
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+Setting the timezone lets me automatically translate times
+
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+to the speaker's local timezone when I e-mail them.
+
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+That's mostly a matter of using `format-time-string` with a timezone.
+
+NOTE Templates
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+There's a lot of text to work with,
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+which means templates are super handy.
+
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+There are a number of templating functions for Emacs Lisp,
+
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+like the built-in `tempo.el` or `s-lex-format` from `s.el`.
+
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+I ended up writing something
+
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+that works with property lists (plists) instead,
+
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+since we use plists all over the emacsconf-el library.
+
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+All it does is replace `${variable}`
+
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+with the value from a property list.
+
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+I use this mostly because I have a hard time
+
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+keeping track of which `%s` is which when I use `format`,
+
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+and it's hard to get an overall view if I just use `concat`.
+
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+The code looks for the properties and replaces them with the values.
+
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+I just find it a little easier to think about sometimes.
+
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+Getting all the information is just a matter of going over
+
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+all the talk entries using `org-map-entries`.
+
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+This builds the talk info by running a bunch of functions.
+
+00:06:30.700 --> 00:06:33.819
+Some functions get the information from the Org file.
+
+00:06:33.820 --> 00:06:36.959
+Other functions use the info already collected.
+
+00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:39.259
+This can take a while to do again and again.
+
+00:06:39.260 --> 00:06:41.739
+It's useful to `memoize` this function
+
+00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:43.499
+when I know I'll be using it a lot,
+
+00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:45.959
+like when I export the organizers notebook.
+
+00:06:45.960 --> 00:06:48.399
+Memoize caches recent values.
+
+NOTE Wiki
+
+00:06:48.400 --> 00:06:50.239
+We combine this templating function
+
+00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:51.479
+with the talk information
+
+00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:53.439
+to fill in the conference wiki,
+
+00:06:53.440 --> 00:06:56.479
+since that's a matter of writing templated strings to files.
+
+00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.279
+The talk pages are generated once
+
+00:06:58.280 --> 00:07:00.279
+and then left alone for manual editing,
+
+00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:02.399
+while the navigation is regenerated
+
+00:07:02.400 --> 00:07:04.659
+every time we change the details.
+
+00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:05.799
+Here are some examples
+
+00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:07.919
+of how we fill in the conference wiki.
+
+00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.959
+We put in the format of the talk, how Q&A works,
+
+00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:12.319
+and what the status is.
+
+00:07:12.320 --> 00:07:14.959
+Once the talk is live, we include the video
+
+00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:17.079
+and the links to the files, too.
+
+00:07:17.080 --> 00:07:18.719
+The code is a little bit long,
+
+00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.079
+but the important part is that
+
+00:07:20.080 --> 00:07:22.879
+we fill in a plist with the values we calculate,
+
+00:07:22.880 --> 00:07:26.379
+and then we can use `emacsconf-replace-plist-in-string`
+
+00:07:26.380 --> 00:07:28.019
+to put that all together.
+
+00:07:28.020 --> 00:07:30.279
+The schedule is a little more complicated.
+
+00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:32.079
+I wrote an Ikiwiki directive
+
+00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:34.019
+so that the markup is more manageable,
+
+00:07:34.020 --> 00:07:36.519
+and the Emacs Lisp function uses that.
+
+00:07:36.520 --> 00:07:40.619
+The Ikiwiki directive takes all the data and turns it into HTML...
+
+00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:42.959
+...so we can use Emacs Lisp to iterate over
+
+00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:44.819
+a slightly smaller property list
+
+00:07:44.820 --> 00:07:47.779
+and put them into the format Ikiwiki expects.
+
+00:07:47.780 --> 00:07:50.079
+It's nice to be able to navigate between talks
+
+00:07:50.080 --> 00:07:52.839
+without going back to the schedule page each time.
+
+00:07:52.840 --> 00:07:55.579
+This is handled by keeping two extra copies of the list:
+
+00:07:55.580 --> 00:07:57.559
+one with the first talk popped off,
+
+00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:00.359
+and one with an extra element added to the beginning.
+
+00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.439
+Then we can use the heads of those lists
+
+00:08:02.440 --> 00:08:04.379
+for next/previous links.
+
+NOTE Etherpad
+
+00:08:04.380 --> 00:08:06.679
+Links to the next talks are also handy
+
+00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:08.639
+on the collaborative Etherpad documents
+
+00:08:08.640 --> 00:08:12.039
+that we use for collecting questions, answers, and notes
+
+00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:12.839
+during each talk.
+
+00:08:12.840 --> 00:08:15.299
+Etherpad has an API...
+
+00:08:15.300 --> 00:08:17.319
+...so I can start the pads off with a template
+
+00:08:17.320 --> 00:08:18.939
+before the conference.
+
+00:08:18.940 --> 00:08:21.239
+I don't want to accidentally overwrite a pad
+
+00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:22.939
+that has been manually edited.
+
+00:08:22.940 --> 00:08:25.719
+We can save the timestamp of the last modification
+
+00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:28.199
+and then compare it before overwriting.
+
+NOTE E-mail
+
+00:08:28.200 --> 00:08:31.239
+Templates are also very handy when it comes to e-mail.
+
+00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.599
+Sometimes we send e-mails one at a time,
+
+00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.199
+like when we let a speaker know
+
+00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:36.879
+that we've received their proposal.
+
+00:08:36.880 --> 00:08:39.559
+That's mostly a matter of plugging the talk's properties
+
+00:08:39.560 --> 00:08:41.559
+into the right places in the template.
+
+00:08:41.560 --> 00:08:45.019
+Sometimes we send e-mails to lots of speakers at the same time,
+
+00:08:45.020 --> 00:08:48.299
+like when we send them instructions for uploading their files.
+
+00:08:48.300 --> 00:08:51.619
+Instead of sending one e-mail and Bcc-ing everyone,
+
+00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:53.479
+or sending people multiple e-mails
+
+00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:55.139
+because they have multiple talks,
+
+00:08:55.140 --> 00:08:57.559
+I like to draft these as individual e-mails
+
+00:08:57.560 --> 00:08:59.799
+to each speaker (or group of speakers,
+
+00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:02.599
+if more than one person is associated with a talk).
+
+00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.919
+That gives me an opportunity to personalize it further.
+
+NOTE BigBlueButton web conferences
+
+00:09:05.920 --> 00:09:08.119
+Many speakers answer questions live
+
+00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:10.039
+in BigBlueButton web conference rooms.
+
+00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.639
+Setting up one room per group of speakers
+
+00:09:12.640 --> 00:09:15.199
+makes it easy to give the speakers the details
+
+00:09:15.400 --> 00:09:18.719
+and associate the recorded video with the talk afterwards.
+
+00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.599
+For EmacsConf 2023,
+
+00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:25.079
+I used Spookfox to control Mozilla Firefox from Emacs
+
+00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:27.479
+so that I could automate creating the rooms
+
+00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:30.919
+and adding the URLs to the talk properties in my Org file.
+
+00:09:30.957 --> 00:09:33.959
+Then I can use mail merge to send each speaker
+
+00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.899
+the check-in instructions for their specific room.
+
+00:09:36.900 --> 00:09:39.139
+Some speakers will take questions by e-mail
+
+00:09:39.140 --> 00:09:41.619
+after the conference instead of attending live,
+
+00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:43.359
+so we send them shorter instructions
+
+00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:45.539
+just in case they want to drop by.
+
+00:09:45.540 --> 00:09:47.799
+[Live Q&A sessions]: After the first rush of questions,
+
+00:09:47.800 --> 00:09:50.579
+we can open it up for other people to join.
+
+00:09:50.580 --> 00:09:53.039
+This is handled by changing the public page
+
+00:09:53.040 --> 00:09:55.119
+from one that just refreshes in a loop
+
+00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:58.820
+to one that redirects to the actual web conference room.
+
+00:09:58.821 --> 00:10:00.079
+Just in case, we also
+
+00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.159
+generate static copies of those redirects
+
+00:10:02.160 --> 00:10:04.299
+so that we can copy them if needed.
+
+00:10:04.300 --> 00:10:06.679
+That way, I don't have to count on Emacs being able to
+
+00:10:06.680 --> 00:10:08.120
+publish them over TRAMP.
+
+NOTE Shortcuts
+
+00:10:08.121 --> 00:10:11.659
+During the conference, I'm often jumping from talk to talk.
+
+00:10:11.660 --> 00:10:13.199
+Instead of going to the Org file
+
+00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:14.519
+and then searching for the talk,
+
+00:10:14.520 --> 00:10:17.239
+I've made a little Hydra with keyboard shortcuts.
+
+00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.079
+One of these shortcuts lets me
+
+00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:20.959
+jump to a talk with completion
+
+00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.259
+so that I can just type in part of the talk ID,
+
+00:10:24.260 --> 00:10:26.399
+title, or speaker name.
+
+00:10:26.400 --> 00:10:28.679
+I've also defined some Embark actions
+
+00:10:28.680 --> 00:10:32.079
+so that I can act on a talk right from the completion menu.
+
+00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:35.079
+For example, I might want to jump to the wiki page
+
+00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:36.699
+or e-mail the speaker.
+
+NOTE Logbook
+
+00:10:36.700 --> 00:10:40.099
+I can also add notes to a talk while looking at an email,
+
+00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:41.639
+like when a speaker lets me know
+
+00:10:41.640 --> 00:10:43.279
+that their video will be late.
+
+00:10:43.280 --> 00:10:45.799
+Making it easy to add a note turns Emacs into
+
+00:10:45.800 --> 00:10:49.959
+a very basic contact relationship management system, or CRM.
+
+00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:52.439
+The way this works is that we have a function
+
+00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.459
+that lists all the email addresses associated with a talk.
+
+00:10:55.460 --> 00:10:57.919
+We can then map that over the list of talks,
+
+00:10:57.920 --> 00:10:59.959
+look up the author of the current email,
+
+00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:03.679
+prompt the user for the talk to add the note to, and add the note.
+
+NOTE Captions
+
+00:11:03.680 --> 00:11:04.679
+On to captions.
+
+00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:07.239
+We've been doing captions for the last couple of years,
+
+00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:10.419
+and now we have a small army of volunteer captioners.
+
+00:11:10.420 --> 00:11:12.679
+They get early access to the recorded talks
+
+00:11:12.680 --> 00:11:16.159
+and fix up misrecognized words, format keyboard shortcuts
+
+00:11:16.160 --> 00:11:19.579
+to follow Emacs conventions, spell names correctly,
+
+00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:21.839
+and do all sorts of other wonderful things.
+
+00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.399
+One of our evil plans with EmacsConf
+
+00:11:24.400 --> 00:11:28.359
+is to get cool stuff out of people's heads into videos
+
+00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:32.039
+and also make captions so that those videos can be searched.
+
+00:11:32.040 --> 00:11:34.999
+To make that possible, we first need a backstage area
+
+00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.919
+where volunteers can get the files.
+
+00:11:36.920 --> 00:11:39.839
+This is just a simple password-protected directory
+
+00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.739
+with a static HTML page that lists the talks by status
+
+00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:46.379
+and shows the files related to each talk.
+
+00:11:46.380 --> 00:11:49.899
+As a talk moves through the process, I update its TODO state
+
+00:11:49.900 --> 00:11:51.359
+and republish this index.
+
+00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.519
+Talks that are ready to be captioned show up in that section,
+
+00:11:54.520 --> 00:11:58.179
+and volunteers can call dibs on the talk they're interested in.
+
+00:11:58.180 --> 00:12:00.979
+That's all done with a function that formats the information
+
+00:12:00.980 --> 00:12:04.319
+and uses TRAMP to save the file directly to the server.
+
+00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.679
+You can find more details on our captioning process
+
+00:12:06.680 --> 00:12:09.039
+at emacsconf.org/captioning.
+
+00:12:09.040 --> 00:12:13.219
+I like using subed to edit subtitles within Emacs.
+
+NOTE Crontabs and playing the talks
+
+00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:16.059
+Let's talk about actually playing the talks.
+
+00:12:16.060 --> 00:12:19.559
+For EmacsConf 2022, we tried using Emacs timers
+
+00:12:19.560 --> 00:12:20.939
+to run the talks.
+
+00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:24.079
+It turns out that you can't call TRAMP from a timer
+
+00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.719
+when you're already using TRAMP from another timer
+
+00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:27.799
+at the same time.
+
+00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:29.719
+I thought about just tweaking the schedule
+
+00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:31.799
+so that we always start things at different times,
+
+00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:35.119
+but I figured there's probably a more elegant way to do this.
+
+00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.519
+This year, I'm planning to experiment with using cron
+
+00:12:37.520 --> 00:12:39.599
+to start talks on autopilot.
+
+00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.479
+The shell scripts will take care of playing the videos...
+
+00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:44.839
+... figuring out the appropriate Q&A...
+
+00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.579
+... and joining the web conference if needed.
+
+00:12:47.580 --> 00:12:49.599
+We just need to format the information...
+
+00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.219
+...and install it as the track's crontab.
+
+00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:54.079
+It's useful to be able to switch tracks
+
+00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.879
+to manual mode independently,
+
+00:12:55.880 --> 00:12:57.899
+just in case things go haywire.
+
+00:12:57.900 --> 00:13:00.119
+Then we can start everything manually.
+
+00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:02.799
+I can also manually update a talk's status,
+
+00:13:02.800 --> 00:13:06.519
+like when the host tells me that it's okay to open up the Q&A.
+
+00:13:06.520 --> 00:13:08.719
+The shell scripts we run from the crontab
+
+00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:11.279
+can also update the talk status themselves.
+
+NOTE Transitions
+
+00:13:11.280 --> 00:13:14.319
+Then a bunch of things automatically happen based on
+
+00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:15.599
+the talk status changes.
+
+00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:18.959
+This uses `org-after-todo-state-change-hook`.
+
+00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.359
+We get the talk information
+
+00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.519
+and pass it to a list of functions.
+
+00:13:22.520 --> 00:13:26.279
+Internet Relay Chat or IRC is an easy way for people
+
+00:13:26.280 --> 00:13:29.139
+to join the conversation around EmacsConf.
+
+00:13:29.140 --> 00:13:31.799
+We announce a talk whenever it changes state.
+
+00:13:31.800 --> 00:13:33.599
+For example, when a talk starts,
+
+00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:36.039
+we post the URLs to the talk webpage
+
+00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:39.439
+and the Etherpad for questions. We change the topic as well,
+
+00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.879
+so anyone can see the current talk's information
+
+00:13:41.880 --> 00:13:43.039
+even if they're a little late.
+
+00:13:43.180 --> 00:13:45.799
+This is easy to do with a little bit of Emacs Lisp
+
+00:13:45.800 --> 00:13:48.519
+because (of course!) Emacs has an IRC client.
+
+00:13:48.520 --> 00:13:49.879
+In fact, it has several.
+
+NOTE Wrapping up
+
+00:13:49.880 --> 00:13:53.139
+It seems like a lot of automation and Emacs Lisp,
+
+00:13:53.140 --> 00:13:56.899
+but really, all of this was just built up little by little.
+
+00:13:56.900 --> 00:13:59.279
+And tinkering with this is *fun*, you know?
+
+00:13:59.280 --> 00:14:01.259
+It's like always being able to ask,
+
+00:14:01.260 --> 00:14:03.300
+"Hey, wouldn't it be cool if..."
+
+00:14:03.301 --> 00:14:05.279
+and then actually being able to go and do it.
+
+00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:07.999
+Sometimes it feels like EmacsConf is an excuse
+
+00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:10.199
+for me to play with Emacs.
+
+00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:11.999
+It's pretty amazing what you can do
+
+00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.799
+by combining a bunch of pieces.
+
+00:14:13.800 --> 00:14:16.719
+A way to store slightly-structured information.
+
+00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.879
+A way to get it out again. Templates.
+
+00:14:18.880 --> 00:14:20.679
+TRAMP, for working with remote files
+
+00:14:20.680 --> 00:14:21.919
+and running remote commands.
+
+00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:23.839
+A way to talk to a web browser.
+
+00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:25.399
+A way to work with SVGs.
+
+00:14:25.400 --> 00:14:27.759
+An email client. A chat client.
+
+00:14:27.760 --> 00:14:29.639
+You can smoosh them all together
+
+00:14:29.640 --> 00:14:32.699
+in a way that you couldn't if they were all separate things.
+
+00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:36.279
+The code is in the emacsconf-el repository.
+
+00:14:36.280 --> 00:14:39.119
+It's a bit of a tangle because it's accumulating organically
+
+00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:40.879
+and I haven't really had the brainspace
+
+00:14:40.880 --> 00:14:42.579
+to step back and clean it up.
+
+00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:45.919
+But if you spotted anything interesting in this presentation,
+
+00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:48.619
+you can go check it out and see what you can scavenge.
+
+00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:50.999
+The link and this presentation are available
+
+00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:59.119
+from this talk's webpage at emacsconf.org/2023/talks/emacsconf .
+
+00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:05.200
+Let's figure out how to make Emacsconf even awesomer next year!