From 76bd2482a4d8ca5ff192915cba7b9893c9a968a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2021 21:05:14 -0500 Subject: Video tweaks, removed slashes too --- 2021/talks/pattern.md | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) (limited to '2021/talks/pattern.md') diff --git a/2021/talks/pattern.md b/2021/talks/pattern.md index ec037af2..e29acbfb 100644 --- a/2021/talks/pattern.md +++ b/2021/talks/pattern.md @@ -86,70 +86,70 @@ Pad: This is a good thing, but such extensibility and possiblility can sometimes inhibit creativity (for me at least). How could we incorporate constraints in to how we use Emacs, in order to deal - with the possibilities that might make it\'s use more complex? A + with the possibilities that might make it's use more complex? A great answer, thank you! - A: I love this question. What about thinking about Emacs as - one\'s own path of desire? What do we want to do most with it? + one's own path of desire? What do we want to do most with it? But also, because Emacs is the ultimate blank canvas, in this - context I would recommend reading Cameron\'s \"Blasting through - blocks\" chapter in The Artist\'s Way to get through any related - anxiety and find one\'s \'creative purpose\' with Emacs. And + context I would recommend reading Cameron's "Blasting through + blocks" chapter in The Artist's Way to get through any related + anxiety and find one's 'creative purpose' with Emacs. And building on an answer from above, taking things one project/activity/outcome at a time. Trusting that over time skills and proficiency grow. - - I like the idea about \"Emacs as one\'s own path of - desire\". It\'s all in my init.el. + - I like the idea about "Emacs as one's own path of + desire". It's all in my init.el. - Emacs is seriously the best in this respect!  :) And it is so great to be part of this conference to be among like minds!:) - Q5:In your opinion, what approaches might be tried to introduce - individuals to these aspects of emacs\'s user experience? In my + individuals to these aspects of emacs's user experience? In my experience, many of my co-workers are often impressed with what I am able to do with emacs, but they remain reticent to attempt it because I find it difficult to produce a suitably encapsulating - \"elevator pitch\" for it. + "elevator pitch" for it. - A: Not everyone wants to think about the tools that they use. Haha, that is why I am trying to get one convert at a time, and let them convert others in their midst :) - Q6: Are there ways to reach out to you after the conference to dig deeper here? - A: gretzuni.com -- Q7:On the mention of emacs being \'frontierless\': Doesn\'t this - result in a kind of \'characterless\' or \'non-definied\' space? For +- Q7:On the mention of emacs being 'frontierless': Doesn't this + result in a kind of 'characterless' or 'non-definied' space? For example, if I learn a musical instrument, I am bound by various frontiers/horizons (12 tone system, the tamber of the particular instrument, etc). Surely there are similar limits on the - extensibility of emacs and the possibilities it offers for \'human - expansion\'. If so, which limits/boundaries of emacs do you see as + extensibility of emacs and the possibilities it offers for 'human + expansion'. If so, which limits/boundaries of emacs do you see as most meaningful/impactful on growth and transformation? - - A: That is a really interesting question. Aren\'t the limits + - A: That is a really interesting question. Aren't the limits here our knowledge? I am really stuck on the idea of Lisp and its dialects as being particularly philosophical. Any time I look at what people do with Lisp it seems to be profoundly related to design on a deeper level. I will leave it here for now - but thank you for the question, I will be sure to mull it - over and possibly blog about it at some point\... + over and possibly blog about it at some point... - Hi! Thank you for the answer, that was exactly what I was thinking about (elisp being something particular/defining to the - emacs experienc/environment). I don\'t know lisp/programming + emacs experienc/environment). I don't know lisp/programming myself, so I was just interested in your perpsective! Really loved the talk a lot! But the way, the question came from a hermeneutic perspective, where boundaries/horizons are essential for defining/demarcating the self (of course, within a boundary - there can be endless play, but the limits set the \'rules\' for + there can be endless play, but the limits set the 'rules' for play, and therefore create meaning).Thanks again! - Wow - a fellow hermeneuticist?!  - Haha, yes. In my past life I studied it ;) also studied a lot of Stiegler too, so was interested to find him in the talk! - That is quite uncanny! The combination of the three (plus Emacs) have given me a whole new perspective on life - and I wonder why - Stiegler didn\'t pursue Free Software more, though he does nod + Stiegler didn't pursue Free Software more, though he does nod to it here and there. Do you have any work to share, would you like to keep in touch? - sure! would be great! :) My main area was Ricoeur, so I have written some things on Ricoeur and technology (there was a recent volume on his work, and I wrote something on - postphenomenology and ricoeur) I\'ve since left academia though, + postphenomenology and ricoeur) I've since left academia though, because it was quite difficult to find full-time work (especially since hermeneutics is so underappreciated/underreppresented! so, I always get excited to @@ -160,26 +160,26 @@ Pad: knowledge age so we need tools to help with this. Ricoeur has a great essay on ideology and science critique, which is so limber (as opposed to so much calcified academic thinking) and I am so - interested in exploring approaches to academe that \'continue - the ongoing work of the hermeneuticist\' (I am paraphrasing him + interested in exploring approaches to academe that 'continue + the ongoing work of the hermeneuticist' (I am paraphrasing him here) that make use of technology, possibly through something like Ted Nelson had in mind, where we literally trace the traces - among ideas\... wow, that\'s a mouthful of a comment. Ha! I am + among ideas... wow, that's a mouthful of a comment. Ha! I am overjoyed at the opportunity for this conversation, thank you so much! :)  - really interesting that you are referencing Ted Nelson in this context. I think org-roam, in many ways, resembles what he had in mind with Xandadu; well, with the limitation that org-roam only serves Personal Information Management, not - our civilisations\' as he intended with Xanadu. - - Yes! the feeling is mutual :) I really love Ricoeur\'s general - style and approach to questions. Unfortunately he didn\'t write + our civilisations' as he intended with Xanadu. + - Yes! the feeling is mutual :) I really love Ricoeur's general + style and approach to questions. Unfortunately he didn't write much about technology itself, which made my job quite difficult! But I did meet a friend of his once that told me that, in the - 70s, Ricouer had asked him \"are we still writing when we use - computers?\". So, he was thinking about the question at least. I + 70s, Ricouer had asked him "are we still writing when we use + computers?". So, he was thinking about the question at least. I only discovered emacs after I finished all that word, but since - then I can finally say that \'yes!\' we can \'write\' using + then I can finally say that 'yes!' we can 'write' using computers (with writing being a core activity of the self for Ricoeur). Also, I just wish I had emacs instead of just writing so many academic papers in microsoft word!  @@ -187,24 +187,24 @@ Pad: having all the LaTeX options in Emacs (here, I list my fave) is like stepping into technicolor out of black and white - to this day, I still feel that way! So much you wrote is interesting. - Stiegler\'s concern of whether technology - like the writing pad + Stiegler's concern of whether technology - like the writing pad in Plato earlier - would strip us of our intellectual capacity (I can see that possibly happening with automaticizing tools like - maybe Excel is a good example, because one does not really have to think about what one is doing). But Emacs use - prompts us to ask questions and design \*exactly\* what we are + prompts us to ask questions and design *exactly* what we are looking for. - wow, yes, that is so interesting. I never considered the question of desire and emacs until your talk, and it was definitely one of the most interesting parts! -  In my work I was also mostly interested in Freud (the role of - \'technique\' in psychoanalysis) and also Foucault\'s later + 'technique' in psychoanalysis) and also Foucault's later lectures on hermeneutics of the self/technologies of the self. - The angle of \'desire\' in relation to personal + The angle of 'desire' in relation to personal configuration/design was so interesting to me and like an - \'aha\' moment. I\'ll definitely be thinking about it more! + 'aha' moment. I'll definitely be thinking about it more! Thank you so much again for the talk and all the responses! - - Thank you too, and hope we\'ll be in touch! + - Thank you too, and hope we'll be in touch! - Yes :) enjoy the rest of the conference! - Likewise :) - Q8: What was that Crichton quote? That was neat! (From the @@ -220,14 +220,14 @@ Pad: - DOI 10.1007/s42438-020-00188-3 The Odyssey of Pedagogies of Technoscientific Literacies -**Links and other notes:**\ +**Links and other notes:** - Design Pattern: macro solution; human-centered - Emacs is a design pattern for learning. - Why we care about design patterns? - Emacs as a mental map. -- Everyone\'s Emacs is their own. -- The development of the Emacs communitiy is similar to the \[free\] +- Everyone's Emacs is their own. +- The development of the Emacs communitiy is similar to the [free] core of Emacs devlopment. IRC: -- cgit v1.2.3