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- [As one long webpage](https://sachachua.com/proj/emacsconf-2023-emacsconf/exported.html)
- [Presentation org file](https://sachachua.com/proj/emacsconf-2023-emacsconf/index.org)
+# Discussion
+
+## Questions and answers
+
+- Q: How \"easy\" would it be for someone else to reuse the EmacsConf
+ scripts and config to do a conf of their own?
+ - A:
+- Q: How can speakers and viewers help make preparing for next year\'s
+ EmacsConf even more fun for the organizers?
+ - A: 1.  Suggest ideas for talks!  They don\'t have to be big or
+ complicated.  2.  Share the word about things you liked!
+ - follow-up Q: Would you consider making a demonstration video of
+ using subed.el?
+- Q: What tools would you like to exist in Emacsland to help with
+ preparing the conference next time?
+ - A: Etherpad integration with Emacs from an API would be very
+ helpful, e.g. maybe using crdt.el.  Also it would be nice if
+ subed could be used to fix audio sync issues while editing
+ subtitles.
+- Q: Could you elaborate on the workflow that goes on in your mind for
+ when approaching these things? Do you start with an Emacs/Org
+ solution right off the bat at this point, when faced with a task?
+ Are there some conscious steps involved from early ideas to
+ automations of the kind you just showed?
+ - A: 1. Take the time to try to understand and automate a task,
+ even if you think you\'re only going to do it once.  The
+ learning process adds up over time and makes future, similar
+ tasks easier.
+- Q: How well does this approach allow for other organizers to do
+ individual customizations to their liking while still being able to
+ collaborate effectively?
+ - A:
+- Q:What was the hardest problem you encountered in organizing or
+ running the conference this year and how did you deal with it?
+- Q: Are you seeing year-to-year growth in attendance and after the
+ conference video watching?  You should build the searchable
+ EmacsConf archive!
+ - A: \"The evil plan is working!\" \--Sacha Chua, 2023
+- Q: Any chance of an in-person EmacsConf again someday?
+ - A: I\'m not travelling any time soon, but if someone else wants
+ to organize things, I\'ll be happy to spread the word and help
+ with the backstage things. I really like virtual conferences,
+ though!
+- Q: Any suggestions or specific recommendations for hosting an
+ EmacsConf satellite event? Sorry wait, what was that name again?
+ - A: 
+- Q: Do you have any stats on how many people watched, were in irc and
+ bbb , over those 2 days?
+ - A: 
+
+TODO check out mcron\
+
+## Notes
+
+- I talk really quickly! Here\'s a self-paced RevealJS presentation
+ with narration and clickable links, etc.
+ <https://sachachua.com/proj/emacsconf-2023-emacsconf/>
+ - and as a long HTML page:
+ <https://sachachua.com/proj/emacsconf-2023-emacsconf/exported.html>
+ - and the source Org file using org-re-reveal:
+ <https://sachachua.com/proj/emacsconf-2023-emacsconf/index.org>
+- Amazing presentation, Sacha!!! It\'s wonderful that all of your work
+ is well-documented. Thank you!!!
+- Feedback:  toobnix was streaming much better than the webm feeds, so
+ would be great to expand that.  Also, IRC on the web kept
+ disconnecting me and then I lose all the history.  Would be great if
+ Etherpad could handle all the dialog and then have it archived as
+ the chats are interesting to review later as well.
+- This is my first year attending the conference, it was amazing! All
+ of the presenters and material were very impressive. And from a
+ technical perspective, the event was extremely smooth. It was easy
+ to find the agenda material online, and then use mpv to watch, and
+ ask questions on etherpad.
+- New stuff for EmacsConf 2023:
+ - Other organizers busy during prep time, so prioritization was
+ key
+ - Wrote lots of blog posts on the way to refamiliarizing myself
+ with the code
+ - Early acceptance with a week for extra comments
+ - Two tracks from the start, could give everyone more time
+ - Moved more mail merge templates into the library
+ - Added more scripts for handling the sessions, playing talks,
+ joining Q&A
+ - Used Spookfox to control Firefox from Emacs: creating BBB rooms,
+ extracting data
+ - Phone recordings + subed-align + subed-record-compile-video =
+ intros, this presentation
+ - subed-waveform made it more fun to check and adjust the
+ timestamps
+ - I still don\'t like dealing with audio processing or sync
+ issues, good thing zaeph can handle them
+ - Reduced coordination needs by opening Q&A right away instead of
+ waiting for signal
+ - Used Tampermonkey to automatically connect to BigBlueButton from
+ streaming user
+ - Crontab working smoothly; used timers and TRAMP last year
+
+- Whatever you do, don't miss out @sachac's talk (this PM or otherwise). I stumbled on it on @bandali's channel following a link to Howard's, and it's a *masterclass* in wrangling things together to automate workflows in Emacs/Elisp/Org. When people ask about VS Code, this shows we are talking different mindsets and tools altogether.
+- Yeah! I'm excited for that one.
+ - So am I.. again! And I'll be rewatching it multiple times too, that's how packed in useful insights and tidbits it is. "What do you mean Emacs/Org is a platform and a way of life?" Well, here you go, great examplar :)
+
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