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diff --git a/2023/report.md b/2023/report.md index 4eb7291e..b97f9f04 100644 --- a/2023/report.md +++ b/2023/report.md @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g - "My favorite talk was Howard's, not because I do role playing games (last was probably a few late night D&D sessions in the 70s), but just seeing the sheer existential joy possible in using emacs to - scratch ones one itch, and then sharing the experience." <https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674175511553798> + scratch ones one itch, and then sharing the experience." [@eludom](https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674175511553798) - "Really cool project! - Also the enthusiasm for the topic is really contagious!" - "the camera and lighting already has me sold" @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g **Community:** In [Mentoring VS-Coders as an Emacsian (or How to show not tell people about the wonders of Emacs)](https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks/mentor "Mentoring VS-Coders as an Emacsian (or How to show not tell people about the wonders of Emacs)"), Jeremy Friesen talked about his experiences staying curious, learning from people around him, and encouraging people to grow no matter what tools they currently use. People said: -- "The talks that impacted me the most were @takeonrules Jeremy Friesen's talks, ostensibly about writing with #Emacs and talking to others about Emacs. Substantively they got right to the heart of what makes Emacs so powerful as a platform, as a community, and as a model for how #FreeSoftware liberates us. His embodying the attitudes of self-sufficiency, mutual aid, empathy, open-mindedness, and authentic creativity showed us ourselves at our best." - [@jameshowell](https://emacs.ch/@jameshowell/111671402961867425), quoted under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 +- "The talks that impacted me the most were @takeonrules Jeremy Friesen's talks, ostensibly about writing with #Emacs and talking to others about Emacs. Substantively they got right to the heart of what makes Emacs so powerful as a platform, as a community, and as a model for how #FreeSoftware liberates us. His embodying the attitudes of self-sufficiency, mutual aid, empathy, open-mindedness, and authentic creativity showed us ourselves at our best." [@jameshowell](https://emacs.ch/@jameshowell/111671402961867425), quoted under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 - "such valuable work being described" - "I love the attitudes and worldview that infuses your blog posts and your talks this weekend." @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g measure myself but keep anyway…" - "I very much liked Yoni Rabkin's calm,measured talk about EMMS. It described not only the software but how the development team - worked." (<https://emacs.ch/@franburstall/111675280003261648>) + worked." ([@franburstall](https://emacs.ch/@franburstall/111675280003261648)) - "I just really enjoy seeing the folks that contribute to free software. They are truly people to emulate. That goes double for Yoni." @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g 2. The rise of LLM talks - Emacs being text editor is a natural interface to LLMs that do text-crunching. 3. "Parallel text replacement" talk showing us that even the most common text-based interfaces are not yet "figured-out". Even in Emacs." - ([@yantar92](https://emacs.ch/@yantar92/111671107089286310)) + [@yantar92](https://emacs.ch/@yantar92/111671107089286310) - "2nd favorite was Andrew Hyatt's LLM talk because it clearly showed how relevant a programmable text processing environment (that happens to have an editor) is to the brave new world of LLMs, @@ -127,14 +127,13 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g What's old is new. Emacs was born in an AI lab. The challenge of computing as far back a Alan Turing was intelligence. This talk - shows not the past, but emacs' place in the future. " - <https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674208478381966> + shows not the past, but emacs' place in the future." [@eludom](https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674208478381966) - "I think Andrew is right that Emacs is uniquely positioned, being a unified integrated interface with good universal abstractions (buffers, text manipulation, etc), and across all uses cases and notably one's Org data. Should be interesting…!" -There were lots of other great talks. Check them out at <https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks> ! Overall, people said: +There were lots of other great talks. Check them out at <https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks> . Overall, people said: - "actually there part of the conference I admire most is is the fact that that whole thing is obviously a labor of love by emacs geeks for @@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ There were lots of other great talks. Check them out at <https://emacsconf.org/2 It creates community for those of us who are otherwise isolated in our dark holes using a 45 year old text editor and wondering quizzically why everything in our lives can't be reduced to text." - (<https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674156306960653>) + [@eludom](https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674156306960653) - "Indeed, seeing all the use cases across so many fields is one of the big selling point of this coming together, loving it." - "This is my first year attending the conference, it was amazing! All diff --git a/2023/report.org b/2023/report.org index b0fbbc9a..18749d87 100644 --- a/2023/report.org +++ b/2023/report.org @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g - "My favorite talk was Howard's, not because I do role playing games (last was probably a few late night D&D sessions in the 70s), but just seeing the sheer existential joy possible in using emacs to - scratch ones one itch, and then sharing the experience." [[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674175511553798]] + scratch ones one itch, and then sharing the experience." [[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674175511553798][@eludom]] - "Really cool project! - Also the enthusiasm for the topic is really contagious!" - "the camera and lighting already has me sold" @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g *Community:* In [[emacsconf:mentor][Mentoring VS-Coders as an Emacsian (or How to show not tell people about the wonders of Emacs)]], Jeremy Friesen talked about his experiences staying curious, learning from people around him, and encouraging people to grow no matter what tools they currently use. People said: - - "The talks that impacted me the most were @takeonrules Jeremy Friesen's talks, ostensibly about writing with #Emacs and talking to others about Emacs. Substantively they got right to the heart of what makes Emacs so powerful as a platform, as a community, and as a model for how #FreeSoftware liberates us. His embodying the attitudes of self-sufficiency, mutual aid, empathy, open-mindedness, and authentic creativity showed us ourselves at our best." - [[https://emacs.ch/@jameshowell/111671402961867425][@jameshowell]], quoted under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 + - "The talks that impacted me the most were @takeonrules Jeremy Friesen's talks, ostensibly about writing with #Emacs and talking to others about Emacs. Substantively they got right to the heart of what makes Emacs so powerful as a platform, as a community, and as a model for how #FreeSoftware liberates us. His embodying the attitudes of self-sufficiency, mutual aid, empathy, open-mindedness, and authentic creativity showed us ourselves at our best." [[https://emacs.ch/@jameshowell/111671402961867425][@jameshowell]], quoted under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 - "such valuable work being described" - "I love the attitudes and worldview that infuses your blog posts and your talks this weekend." @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g measure myself but keep anyway..." - "I very much liked Yoni Rabkin's calm,measured talk about EMMS. It described not only the software but how the development team - worked." ([[https://emacs.ch/@franburstall/111675280003261648]]) + worked." ([[https://emacs.ch/@franburstall/111675280003261648][@franburstall]]) - "I just really enjoy seeing the folks that contribute to free software. They are truly people to emulate. That goes double for Yoni." @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g 1. Multiple talks on using Emacs/Org mode in university setting both on student and lecturer side. This gives a promise on more people being exposed to Emacs and more people using it in their professional toolchain. 2. The rise of LLM talks - Emacs being text editor is a natural interface to LLMs that do text-crunching. 3. "Parallel text replacement" talk showing us that even the most common text-based interfaces are not yet "figured-out". Even in Emacs." - ([[https://emacs.ch/@yantar92/111671107089286310][@yantar92]]) + [[https://emacs.ch/@yantar92/111671107089286310][@yantar92]] - "2nd favorite was Andrew Hyatt's LLM talk because it clearly showed how relevant a programmable text processing environment (that happens to have an editor) is to the brave new world of LLMs, @@ -138,14 +138,13 @@ EmacsConf 2023 started with a full day of Org Mode talks on the general track, g What's old is new. Emacs was born in an AI lab. The challenge of computing as far back a Alan Turing was intelligence. This talk - shows not the past, but emacs' place in the future. " - [[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674208478381966]] + shows not the past, but emacs' place in the future." [[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674208478381966][@eludom]] - "I think Andrew is right that Emacs is uniquely positioned, being a unified integrated interface with good universal abstractions (buffers, text manipulation, etc), and across all uses cases and notably one's Org data. Should be interesting...!" -There were lots of other great talks. Check them out at https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks ! Overall, people said: +There were lots of other great talks. Check them out at https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks . Overall, people said: - "actually there part of the conference I admire most is is the fact that that whole thing is obviously a labor of love by emacs geeks for @@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ There were lots of other great talks. Check them out at https://emacsconf.org/20 It creates community for those of us who are otherwise isolated in our dark holes using a 45 year old text editor and wondering quizzically why everything in our lives can't be reduced to text." - ([[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674156306960653]]) + [[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/111674156306960653][@eludom]] - "Indeed, seeing all the use cases across so many fields is one of the big selling point of this coming together, loving it." - "This is my first year attending the conference, it was amazing! All |