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diff --git a/2023/talks/mentor.md b/2023/talks/mentor.md index b9f12883..3fa381a4 100644 --- a/2023/talks/mentor.md +++ b/2023/talks/mentor.md @@ -50,63 +50,63 @@ nudging folks to practice and explore their tools. ## Questions and answers -- Q: re: super-. \-- which key do you bind to super? then where is +- Q: re: super-. -- which key do you bind to super? then where is meta? - - A:mac: ctrl-meta-super\-\--space\-\--hyper-meta-ctrl (caps lock + - A:mac: ctrl-meta-super---space---hyper-meta-ctrl (caps lock as ctrl) -- Q:Great talk; what\'s the package you use to make the Org slide? +- Q:Great talk; what's the package you use to make the Org slide? - A: prot's logos, olivetti mode? I have a minor mode that I turned on: <https://github.com/jeremyf/dotemacs/blob/2c5d37c2d0cc3f0433bc4588352bd6bf5bd09460/emacs.d/jf-framing.el#L109-L123> - Q: If people do get interested in picking up Emacs because of what they see you do, how do you recommend they get into it? - - A: A lot of it comes down to the problems that they\'re trying + - A: A lot of it comes down to the problems that they're trying to solve. I worked in TextMate for a long time, then Sublime, - then Atom\... I chose Spacemacs, and then I chose Doom, and then + then Atom... I chose Spacemacs, and then I chose Doom, and then I said, wait, start over, erase everything, start with the tutorial. I said, I really want this functionality. Then I went - and figured out how to do it. Helping ask them, \"What do you - really want to do?\" Ex: okay to advise people to go back to + and figured out how to do it. Helping ask them, "What do you + really want to do?" Ex: okay to advise people to go back to vim, develop ownership of their editor. **Understand the - problems they\'re experiencing,** which tends to be what we + problems they're experiencing,** which tends to be what we should do in software development. Take the time to walk with - them on their journey to understand what\'s frustrating them. + them on their journey to understand what's frustrating them. Story about a mentee learning to ask questions earlier (not focused on navigating editor). -- Q: I\'ve been using Emacs for about 30 years and I find it really +- Q: I've been using Emacs for about 30 years and I find it really difficult to figure out how to help people get started with it. Uh - \... so I guess my question is the same as the green question right + ... so I guess my question is the same as the green question right above this. - A: My wife a while ago talked about the idea of being in between - someone who\'s more informed and someone who\'s less informed. - Introducing someone who\'s new to Emacs might be too hard - because you\'re too much an expert. Pedagogy. Sharing what you - have where you\'re at will by nature move the entire queue of + someone who's more informed and someone who's less informed. + Introducing someone who's new to Emacs might be too hard + because you're too much an expert. Pedagogy. Sharing what you + have where you're at will by nature move the entire queue of people behind you, will help move them together forward. Not an only one person thing, improving shared understanding. - Zone of proximal development; just i + 1 - Lev Vygotsky - It can be very challenging to unwind things. Muscle memory. - I know how to do it on a keyboard\... We\'ve internalized so + I know how to do it on a keyboard... We've internalized so much. Being curious with them and close to them, trying to - diffuse questions and not ask overly leading questions\... + diffuse questions and not ask overly leading questions... - What is the question that I can ask the group so that I can - ask the question? ex: not \"Why do we suck at sharing - code?\", but before that - - I\'m also 30 years in (at least) and just recently picked up - JF\'s method of only giving away a little bit of the + ask the question? ex: not "Why do we suck at sharing + code?", but before that + - I'm also 30 years in (at least) and just recently picked up + JF's method of only giving away a little bit of the functionality of emacs at a time. -- Q:Have you encountered anyone that are being\... \"nagative\" about - the fact that you\'re using Emacs? (Assuming that they just don\'t +- Q:Have you encountered anyone that are being... "nagative" about + the fact that you're using Emacs? (Assuming that they just don't know/have misconceptions about Emacs and nothing malicious.) If so, how do you handle these kinds of people? - A: Analogy with a pen: my goal is to write something, who cares about what kind of pen I use? - I want my text editor to flow with me. - - I don\'t need it to multi-thread\-- it\'s just me on the + - I don't need it to multi-thread-- it's just me on the computer. - - \"My goal is to be better at computering.\" + - "My goal is to be better at computering." - Q: I love the attitudes and worldview that infuses your blog posts - and your talks this weekend. Learn something every week: it\'s + and your talks this weekend. Learn something every week: it's CUMULATIVE. English class was the most important. What other advice do you have, and how is it generalizable to those of us who are not devs? |