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diff --git a/2022/info/survey-after.md b/2022/info/survey-after.md index 9e3640a9..9491cd14 100644 --- a/2022/info/survey-after.md +++ b/2022/info/survey-after.md @@ -1,6 +1,536 @@ <!-- Automatically generated by emacsconf-publish-after-page --> +<a name="survey-mainVideo-transcript"></a> +# Transcript + +[[!template new="1" text="""Hello everyone and thanks for tuning in. I'm Timothy,""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and in this talk, we'll be going over""" start="00:00:06.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the 2022 Emacs User Survey.""" start="00:00:08.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Since this is the first time we're discussing this,""" start="00:00:11.970" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we'll be going over the survey itself a bit,""" start="00:00:15.079" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""how it's being put together and run,""" start="00:00:18.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then we'll have a little taste of the results""" start="00:00:21.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""with more analysis to be published in the future.""" start="00:00:24.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template new="1" text="""To start with though, a bit of background.""" start="00:00:26.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So in 2020, we had an Emacs User Survey""" start="00:00:32.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""run by Adrien Brochard.""" start="00:00:36.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Now this is, to the best of my knowledge,""" start="00:00:38.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the first time that a large-scale Emacs User Survey""" start="00:00:41.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""has actually been run.""" start="00:00:45.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""About 7,000 people responded to the survey,""" start="00:00:48.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""so in many respects, it was quite successful.""" start="00:00:50.440" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And what's significant about this is that""" start="00:00:53.240" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""with this being the first time""" start="00:00:56.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that a large-scale survey has been run,""" start="00:00:57.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it actually provided some insight""" start="00:01:00.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""into questions about how the community is using Emacs""" start="00:01:01.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that allow for much better guesses""" start="00:01:06.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""than just speculation based on the small number of people""" start="00:01:09.960" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""who respond on the mailing list usually.""" start="00:01:15.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So, why are we doing another survey? Well, to start with,""" start="00:01:16.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in order to get the most value out of an Emacs User Survey,""" start="00:01:24.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it's quite helpful if the information in it is recent.""" start="00:01:28.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Furthermore, we can actually get some more value""" start="00:01:32.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""if we can examine trends,""" start="00:01:35.440" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""shifts in the way that people are using Emacs,""" start="00:01:38.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""where the pain points lie,""" start="00:01:41.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""what people are enjoying the most, etc.""" start="00:01:42.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So in both of these respects,""" start="00:01:45.480" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it's to our benefit if the survey""" start="00:01:46.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is actually a regular event,""" start="00:01:49.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""instead of just something that's run once.""" start="00:01:51.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template new="1" text="""Now, with this in mind,""" start="00:01:54.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we ran the 2022 Emacs User Survey with the plan""" start="00:01:57.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that this will actually become an annual event.""" start="00:02:00.960" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""In the design of the survey, there are a few goals here.""" start="00:02:05.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The main one is of the user community.""" start="00:02:09.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Now, user community is a rather nebulous phrase.""" start="00:02:11.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""In this case, what's meant in particular""" start="00:02:14.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is value in questions, for example,""" start="00:02:17.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""things like pain points with Emacs,""" start="00:02:21.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which versions people are using,""" start="00:02:23.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which capabilities people are making the most use of,""" start="00:02:27.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which could potentially be helpful to both emacs-devel""" start="00:02:30.240" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but also our collection of Emacs package maintainers""" start="00:02:34.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and the whole community.""" start="00:02:36.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Actually, I think going beyond just the packages,""" start="00:02:38.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we've also got the people who develop tutorials, guides,""" start="00:02:40.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and all of that sort of surrounding activity,""" start="00:02:46.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which can benefit from a clear understanding""" start="00:02:49.280" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""of how Emacs users use Emacs.""" start="00:02:51.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Separately to that,""" start="00:02:56.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I think as an Emacs user myself,""" start="00:02:58.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that it's rather interesting to see""" start="00:03:01.640" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""how other people are using Emacs""" start="00:03:02.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and what their experience is. So yes, basically,""" start="00:03:04.480" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you've got utility and interest""" start="00:03:07.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""as the two separate driving factors""" start="00:03:08.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""as we try to pick questions, which actually can give us""" start="00:03:10.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""all of this without taking up too much""" start="00:03:14.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""of the respondents time.""" start="00:03:16.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template new="1" text="""Now, last time in 2020, the Emacs survey that Adrien ran""" start="00:03:18.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""used, I think Google Forms, if I recall correctly,""" start="00:03:24.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""with an option to send in responses manually.""" start="00:03:27.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This worked, but it's not great,""" start="00:03:28.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""particularly given that this is for a survey""" start="00:03:33.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""being run in an ardently FOSS community.""" start="00:03:35.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Ideally, we actually want""" start="00:03:37.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to find a survey framework""" start="00:03:38.960" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that respects the priorities of users, is open source,""" start="00:03:40.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""ideally free and open source,""" start="00:03:44.320" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and is a relatively pleasant experience.""" start="00:03:46.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Unfortunately, looking at available options,""" start="00:03:50.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it seems that one always has to compromise on at least one,""" start="00:03:53.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""if not all of those criteria,""" start="00:03:56.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which is quite far from ideal.""" start="00:03:58.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template new="1" text="""So what's the obvious solution?""" start="00:04:01.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Okay, we should just write a new survey framework.""" start="00:04:04.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Obviously, this is easier said than done.""" start="00:04:06.640" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""But around a year ago,""" start="00:04:10.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I actually started doing exactly this.""" start="00:04:12.240" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I've used the programming language Julia quite a bit""" start="00:04:13.640" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""on a day to day basis. And there just so happens to be""" start="00:04:17.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a web framework for that called Genie.""" start="00:04:21.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So I thought I'd give it a shot.""" start="00:04:23.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And well, here we are today.""" start="00:04:24.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I ended up putting something together,""" start="00:04:26.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which could take a set of questions written in Julia""" start="00:04:28.480" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and using a survey library,""" start="00:04:34.280" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""actually pass that into this helpful structure""" start="00:04:35.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then construct HTML forms based on that,""" start="00:04:38.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and ingest results from the HTML forms,""" start="00:04:44.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and just sort of handle that altogether.""" start="00:04:47.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Now, all of this ends up being fed into an SQLite DB.""" start="00:04:48.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So everything's there, even part responses.""" start="00:04:52.440" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""One of the goals with the actual design of this has been""" start="00:04:55.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to just minimize what's actually done on the client side.""" start="00:04:57.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So that means JavaScript, cookies, the whole lot.""" start="00:05:01.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Basically, as far as this could reasonably be taken,""" start="00:05:05.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we've just got static HTML being shoved to the user,""" start="00:05:08.760" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""or respondent rather. And then we just""" start="00:05:14.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""take an HTTP post request back""" start="00:05:16.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and update the results that way.""" start="00:05:18.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Now by doing things like actually paging the survey,""" start="00:05:20.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we can allow for incremental saving of results""" start="00:05:24.240" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and a few other niceties while essentially preserving""" start="00:05:26.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""an experience that doesn't really require any data""" start="00:05:30.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""of any particular capabilities, which is sort of""" start="00:05:36.320" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a nice, clean, minimal experience as far as I'm concerned.""" start="00:05:37.320" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template new="1" text="""So how does this actually look like in practice?""" start="00:05:40.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Well, one of the nice things about this is""" start="00:05:45.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""because the question itself is written in Julia,""" start="00:05:48.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we can get some nice features like custom validators""" start="00:05:51.480" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and other fancy behavior and directly specify""" start="00:05:54.280" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""how we actually want questions to be registered""" start="00:05:57.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in the database. So here we have, for example,""" start="00:06:01.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""two questions we had from this email survey.""" start="00:06:04.440" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""One is a multi-select. Another one is just putting in""" start="00:06:06.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the number of years people have used Emacs for.""" start="00:06:09.960" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I think this gives a brief overview of the capabilities.""" start="00:06:14.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""One of the things I'd like to draw particular attention""" start="00:06:16.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to here is in the multi-select,""" start="00:06:19.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you'll see an array of options,""" start="00:06:20.760" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the first one of which actually maps for different value""" start="00:06:22.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to be stored for convenience.""" start="00:06:24.320" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And then the final one is a special one, :other,""" start="00:06:25.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and you can see that's a bit different to the rest""" start="00:06:29.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""where it's got that colon function,""" start="00:06:30.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it's a symbol, not a string.""" start="00:06:32.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And this is quite a nice one because the way""" start="00:06:33.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that this framework's been designed,""" start="00:06:37.640" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""when we have an :other value like that,""" start="00:06:39.280" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""instead of it just being a sort of tick box "Other",""" start="00:06:41.760" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it actually provides the option to write""" start="00:06:44.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""your own different response to all of the above.""" start="00:06:47.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template new="1" text="""Okay, so at the very end, we've now got""" start="00:06:50.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a completely FOSS survey framework, rather nice.""" start="00:06:55.320" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So the set of what were these...""" start="00:06:58.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Decent array of input types.""" start="00:07:00.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It would be nice to expand, but at the moment""" start="00:07:01.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I think we could just about describe it as a rich set.""" start="00:07:02.640" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Zero JavaScript required, but a little bit useful""" start="00:07:04.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for progressive enhancement.""" start="00:07:07.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""As demonstrated, we can get some fancy validation going on.""" start="00:07:08.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And then because we've got the results""" start="00:07:12.760" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""tied into this quite nicely,""" start="00:07:16.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we can actually have them available live""" start="00:07:18.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and in quite a number of formats.""" start="00:07:21.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'm not sure how much you saw in the architecture diagram,""" start="00:07:23.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but we've got all sorts of things here.""" start="00:07:25.440" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""CSV, TSV, plain text, JSON,""" start="00:07:27.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""just grab a copy of the SQLite database,""" start="00:07:29.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but only the relevant bits.""" start="00:07:32.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Or something called JLD2,""" start="00:07:33.320" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which preserves a lot of type information""" start="00:07:35.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and a few other nice things.""" start="00:07:38.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template new="1" text="""Now, what are we going to do going forward from here?""" start="00:07:39.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Well, there are a few minor issues here.""" start="00:07:43.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""For example, there's a memory leak issue which is going on,""" start="00:07:46.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""resulting in the service being restarted,""" start="00:07:48.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I think every day or two, while the survey was running.""" start="00:07:51.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I actually have the suspicion""" start="00:07:54.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that that's largely responsible for""" start="00:07:56.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""about 1% of respondents, which is about 75 people,""" start="00:07:57.640" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""who described the survey experience as not great.""" start="00:08:01.480" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Overall though, the feedback has been quite positive.""" start="00:08:04.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""There's been some detailed written feedback,""" start="00:08:08.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but just from the quick great/okay/not great options,""" start="00:08:09.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we had about two-thirds of people saying""" start="00:08:12.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that the user experience was great,""" start="00:08:14.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which is really nice to hear the first time being run.""" start="00:08:16.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""A few other things would be nice to add, for example,""" start="00:08:19.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in future control flow. By this, I mean""" start="00:08:22.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the option to present different questions""" start="00:08:25.760" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""based on previous answers""" start="00:08:27.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""would be quite nice to streamline the experience.""" start="00:08:29.000" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""For example, having a set of questions""" start="00:08:31.200" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for first-time respondents or people who are involved""" start="00:08:33.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in the packaging side of things""" start="00:08:37.240" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""without actually cluttering the experience""" start="00:08:42.240" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for everybody else. That'd be quite nice.""" start="00:08:45.080" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Further to this, all of this,""" start="00:08:46.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I think on top of the standard web interface,""" start="00:08:48.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""it'd be quite nice to actually write a server API.""" start="00:08:51.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And the particular reason why I mentioned this""" start="00:08:53.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is because this could potentially allow for""" start="00:08:55.521" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""basically an Emacs survey package.""" start="00:08:58.021" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I mean, we already use Emacs for so many things,""" start="00:09:00.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] 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id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Once I've done a bit more analysis,""" start="00:22:08.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""particularly the more sophisticated analysis""" start="00:22:11.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which I'm planning, which will probably come out actually""" start="00:22:13.120" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""maybe in the first quarter of next year,""" start="00:22:17.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we can see which questions there seem to have provided""" start="00:22:18.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the most interesting or surprising results""" start="00:22:22.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and those are probably worth keeping.""" start="00:22:25.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Lastly, once we actually have an API""" 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video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""how long the survey is open for.""" start="00:23:30.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So from the initial opening date,""" start="00:23:32.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""what we have here is a plot of""" start="00:23:36.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the page which people ended up on""" start="00:23:38.480" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and when they started the survey.""" start="00:23:41.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So what we can see is a huge spike in the first few days.""" start="00:23:43.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I've just realised that this plot""" start="00:23:46.760" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is actually labelled incorrectly.""" start="00:23:50.240" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Please disregard the minutes to complete the survey.""" start="00:23:53.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This should be days after survey opening""" start="00:23:55.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""that a response is actually submitted.""" start="00:23:58.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""And what we have here is a big spike""" start="00:24:01.520" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in popularity in the first week basically,""" start="00:24:05.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then it trickles down""" start="00:24:08.680" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to a fairly consistent level after that.""" start="00:24:10.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'm about to publish a last call for survey 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+[[!template text="""the experience, and the analysis that's done.""" start="00:24:38.400" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This year has been the hardest by far""" start="00:24:41.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""because a lot had to be set up from scratch.""" start="00:24:43.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The hope is that moving on from here,""" start="00:24:45.840" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a lot of it can be reused.""" start="00:24:50.160" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""For example, with my comments about""" start="00:24:51.800" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""more sophisticated analysis being down the line,""" start="00:24:54.040" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""once that's all worked out,""" start="00:24:56.440" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""as long as nothing changes too drastically,""" start="00:24:58.440" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""we should be able to reuse a lot of that work""" start="00:25:00.720" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""quite easily in future years.""" start="00:25:03.560" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Alright, that's it for now.""" start="00:25:05.760" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Hopefully, you've found this an interesting peek""" start="00:25:08.600" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""into how the survey is operated""" start="00:25:11.880" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and some of the initial results,""" start="00:25:13.360" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and hopefully, I'll see you around next year""" start="00:25:15.320" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] 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Thanks for listening.""" start="00:25:18.920" video="mainVideo-survey" id="subtitle"]] + + + +Captioner: sachac Questions or comments? Please e-mail [emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org](mailto:emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org?subject=Comment%20for%20EmacsConf%202022%20survey%3A%20Results%20of%20the%202022%20Emacs%20Survey) diff --git a/2022/info/survey-before.md b/2022/info/survey-before.md index 6a350c9a..fea37046 100644 --- a/2022/info/survey-before.md +++ b/2022/info/survey-before.md @@ -1,16 +1,48 @@ <!-- Automatically generated by emacsconf-publish-before-page --> The following image shows where the talk is in the schedule for Sun 2022-12-04. Solid lines show talks with Q&A via BigBlueButton. 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transform="rotate(-90)"> rolodex</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/orgsuperlinks" title="Linking headings with org-super-links (poor-man's Zettelkasten)" data-slug="orgsuperlinks"> <title> 10:40-10:50 Linking headings with org-super-links (poor-man's Zettelkasten)</title> <rect x="156" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(169,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> orgsuperlinks</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/orgvm" title="orgvm: a simple HTTP server for org" data-slug="orgvm"> <title> 11:10-11:20 orgvm: a simple HTTP server for org</title> <rect x="203" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(216,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> orgvm</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/hyperorg" title="Powerful productivity with Hyperbole and Org Mode" data-slug="hyperorg"> <title> 1:00- 1:30 Powerful productivity with Hyperbole and Org Mode</title> <rect x="376" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="47" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(421,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> hyperorg</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/workflows" title="Org workflows for developers" data-slug="workflows"> <title> 1:50- 2:15 Org workflows for developers</title> <rect x="454" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="39" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(491,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> workflows</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/grail" title="GRAIL---A Generalized Representation and Aggregation of Information Layers" data-slug="grail"> <title> 2:35- 2:55 GRAIL---A Generalized Representation and Aggregation of Information Layers</title> <rect 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devel</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/fanfare" title="Fanfare for the Common Emacs User" data-slug="fanfare"> <title> 4:25- 4:35 Fanfare for the Common Emacs User</title> <rect x="698" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(711,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> fanfare</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/sun-close" title="Sunday closing remarks" data-slug="sun-close"> <title> 4:50- 5:00 Sunday closing remarks</title> <rect x="737" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(750,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> sun-close</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/rde" title="rde Emacs introduction" data-slug="rde"> <title> 10:00-10:25 rde Emacs introduction</title> <rect x="94" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="39" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(131,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> rde</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/justl" title="justl: Driving recipes within Emacs" data-slug="justl"> <title> 10:50-11:05 justl: Driving recipes within Emacs</title> <rect x="172" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="23" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(193,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> justl</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/rms" title="What I'd like to see in Emacs" data-slug="rms"> <title> 11:15-11:35 What I'd like to see in Emacs</title> <rect x="211" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(240,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> rms</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/detached" title="Getting detached from Emacs" data-slug="detached"> <title> 1:00- 1:15 Getting detached from Emacs</title> <rect x="376" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="23" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(397,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> detached</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/eshell" title="Top 10 reasons why you should be using Eshell" data-slug="eshell"> <title> 1:40- 1:55 Top 10 reasons why you should be using Eshell</title> <rect x="439" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="23" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(460,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> eshell</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/async" title="Emacs was async before async was cool" data-slug="async"> <title> 2:20- 2:40 Emacs was async before async was cool</title> <rect x="501" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(530,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> async</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/dbus" title="The Wheels on D-Bus" data-slug="dbus"> <title> 3:15- 3:35 The Wheels on D-Bus</title> <rect x="588" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(617,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> dbus</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/localizing" title="Pre-localizing Emacs" data-slug="localizing"> <title> 4:00- 4:10 Pre-localizing Emacs</title> <rect x="658" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(671,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> localizing</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/python" title="Short 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width="800" height="150" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <title> Schedule for Sunday</title> <rect width="800" height="150" x="0" y="0" fill="white"></rect> <text font-size="10" fill="black" y="12" x="3"> Sunday</text> <a href="/2022/talks/sun-open" title="Sunday opening remarks" data-slug="sun-open"> <title> 9:00- 9:05 Sunday opening remarks</title> <rect x="0" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="7" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(5,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> sun-open</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/survey" title="Results of the 2022 Emacs Survey" data-slug="survey"> <title> 9:06- 9:26 Results of the 2022 Emacs Survey</title> <rect stroke-width="3" x="9" y="15" opacity="0.8" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(38,73)"> <text font-weight="bold" fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> survey</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/orgyear" title="This Year in Org" data-slug="orgyear"> <title> 9:35- 9:45 This Year in Org</title> <rect x="54" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(67,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> orgyear</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/rolodex" title="Build a Zettelkasten with the Hyperbole Rolodex" data-slug="rolodex"> <title> 9:55-10:20 Build a Zettelkasten with the Hyperbole Rolodex</title> <rect x="86" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="39" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(123,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> rolodex</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/orgsuperlinks" title="Linking headings with org-super-links (poor-man's 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opacity="0.5" width="47" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(421,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> hyperorg</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/workflows" title="Org workflows for developers" data-slug="workflows"> <title> 1:50- 2:15 Org workflows for developers</title> <rect x="454" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="39" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(491,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> workflows</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/grail" title="GRAIL---A Generalized Representation and Aggregation of Information Layers" data-slug="grail"> <title> 2:35- 2:55 GRAIL---A Generalized Representation and Aggregation of Information Layers</title> <rect x="525" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(554,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> grail</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/indieweb" title="Putting Org Mode on the Indieweb" data-slug="indieweb"> <title> 3:25- 3:45 Putting Org Mode on the Indieweb</title> <rect x="603" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(632,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> indieweb</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/devel" title="Emacs development updates" data-slug="devel"> <title> 4:05- 4:15 Emacs development updates</title> <rect x="666" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(679,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> devel</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/fanfare" title="Fanfare for the Common Emacs User" data-slug="fanfare"> 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font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> rde</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/justl" title="justl: Driving recipes within Emacs" data-slug="justl"> <title> 10:50-11:05 justl: Driving recipes within Emacs</title> <rect x="172" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="23" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(193,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> justl</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/rms" title="What I'd like to see in Emacs" data-slug="rms"> <title> 11:15-11:35 What I'd like to see in Emacs</title> <rect x="211" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(240,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> rms</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/detached" title="Getting detached from Emacs" data-slug="detached"> <title> 1:00- 1:15 Getting detached from Emacs</title> <rect 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font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> async</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/dbus" title="The Wheels on D-Bus" data-slug="dbus"> <title> 3:15- 3:35 The Wheels on D-Bus</title> <rect x="588" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(617,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> dbus</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/localizing" title="Pre-localizing Emacs" data-slug="localizing"> <title> 4:00- 4:10 Pre-localizing Emacs</title> <rect x="658" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="skyblue"></rect> <g transform="translate(671,133)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> localizing</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/python" title="Short hyperlinks to Python docs" data-slug="python"> <title> 4:30- 4:35 Short hyperlinks to Python docs</title> <rect x="705" y="75" opacity="0.5" width="7" 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href="https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf,emacsconf-org,emacsconf-accessible,emacsconf-dev,emacsconf-gen">#emacsconf-gen</a>) Etherpad: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2022-survey> Discuss on IRC: [#emacsconf-gen](https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf,emacsconf-gen) -Status: Talk captioned -<div>Times in different timezones:</div><div class="times" start="2022-12-04T14:05:00Z" end="2022-12-04T14:25:00Z"><div class="conf-time">Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~9:05 AM - 9:25 AM EST (US/Eastern)</div><div class="others"><div>which is the same as:</div>Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~8:05 AM - 8:25 AM CST (US/Central)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~7:05 AM - 7:25 AM MST (US/Mountain)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~6:05 AM - 6:25 AM PST (US/Pacific)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~2:05 PM - 2:25 PM UTC <br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~3:05 PM - 3:25 PM CET (Europe/Paris)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~4:05 PM - 4:25 PM EET (Europe/Athens)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~7:35 PM - 7:55 PM IST (Asia/Kolkata)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~10:05 PM - 10:25 PM +08 (Asia/Singapore)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~11:05 PM - 11:25 PM JST (Asia/Tokyo)</div></div><div><a href="/2022/watch/gen/">Find out how to watch and participate</a></div> +Status: Now playing on the conference livestream +<div>Times in different timezones:</div><div class="times" start="2022-12-04T14:06:00Z" end="2022-12-04T14:26:00Z"><div class="conf-time">Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~9:06 AM - 9:26 AM EST (US/Eastern)</div><div class="others"><div>which is the same as:</div>Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~8:06 AM - 8:26 AM CST (US/Central)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~7:06 AM - 7:26 AM MST (US/Mountain)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~6:06 AM - 6:26 AM PST (US/Pacific)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~2:06 PM - 2:26 PM UTC <br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~3:06 PM - 3:26 PM CET (Europe/Paris)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~4:06 PM - 4:26 PM EET (Europe/Athens)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~7:36 PM - 7:56 PM IST (Asia/Kolkata)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~10:06 PM - 10:26 PM +08 (Asia/Singapore)<br />Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~11:06 PM - 11:26 PM JST (Asia/Tokyo)</div></div><div><a href="/2022/watch/gen/">Find out how to watch and participate</a></div> +[[!template id="vid" vidid="survey-mainVideo" src="https://media.emacsconf.org/2022/emacsconf-2022-survey--results-of-the-2022-emacs-survey--timothy--main.webm" poster="https://media.emacsconf.org/2022/emacsconf-2022-survey--results-of-the-2022-emacs-survey--timothy--main.png" captions="""<track label="English" kind="captions" srclang="en" src="/2022/captions/emacsconf-2022-survey--results-of-the-2022-emacs-survey--timothy--main.vtt" default />""" +size="16M" duration="25:37" other_resources="""[Download --main.webm (16MB)](https://media.emacsconf.org/2022/emacsconf-2022-survey--results-of-the-2022-emacs-survey--timothy--main.webm) +[Download --main.vtt](https://media.emacsconf.org/2022/emacsconf-2022-survey--results-of-the-2022-emacs-survey--timothy--main.vtt) +[Download 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