From a8e1b596031a607117a94b5e967b0a61c8f4e75a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 15:43:44 -0500 Subject: include chapters in transcript --- 2023/info/emacsconf-after.md | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) (limited to '2023/info/emacsconf-after.md') diff --git a/2023/info/emacsconf-after.md b/2023/info/emacsconf-after.md index 7e8d0a4b..b3f87828 100644 --- a/2023/info/emacsconf-after.md +++ b/2023/info/emacsconf-after.md @@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ # Transcript + +Intro + [[!template new="1" text="""Hi, I'm Sacha Chua. This presentation is a quick tour""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""of some of the things we do to run EmacsConf.""" start="00:00:04.840" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Since 2019, we've run it as an entirely online conference,""" start="00:00:07.960" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and we do as much of the organization as possible""" start="00:00:12.240" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""within Emacs itself.""" start="00:00:14.700" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Reasons + [[!template new="1" text="""I have three reasons for making this presentation.""" start="00:00:16.580" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The first is entirely selfish: I need to figure out""" start="00:00:19.760" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all the stuff I built for last year's EmacsConf,""" start="00:00:22.760" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -28,6 +34,9 @@ [[!template text="""on the talk page at emacsconf.org/2023/talks/emacsconf.""" start="00:00:57.720" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There are a lot of different parts,""" start="00:01:04.440" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so I'll try to use this map to help make sense of it all.""" start="00:01:06.320" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Information + [[!template new="1" text="""There's so much information to work with,""" start="00:01:09.400" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so it probably doesn't surprise you that we use Org Mode a lot.""" start="00:01:11.200" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Most of the conference coordination happens over e-mail,""" start="00:01:14.920" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -52,6 +61,9 @@ [[!template text="""We share those files publicly when the talk goes live.""" start="00:01:59.960" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And there's all the other stuff that goes into running EmacsConf,""" start="00:02:03.120" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like shell scripts and configuration files.""" start="00:02:06.320" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Properties + [[!template new="1" text="""First, speakers propose a talk by sending an e-mail.""" start="00:02:09.160" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""We take the info from that e-mail and store it in Org properties""" start="00:02:12.320" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so that we can work with it later.""" start="00:02:15.800" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -88,6 +100,9 @@ [[!template text="""or JavaScript Object Notation, using `json-encode`...""" start="00:03:45.320" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""... then I can extract the data with `jq`""" start="00:03:48.960" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and use it in shell scripts.""" start="00:03:51.120" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Timezones + [[!template new="1" text="""Another example of semi-structured information""" start="00:03:53.120" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""is speaker availability.""" start="00:03:55.640" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""We have speakers from all over the world,""" start="00:03:57.300" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -102,6 +117,9 @@ [[!template text="""makes it easier to parse.""" start="00:04:22.640" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I can use those availability constraints to report errors""" start="00:04:24.400" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when I'm experimenting with the schedule.""" start="00:04:27.440" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Scheduling + [[!template new="1" text="""Now that I have the availability information,""" start="00:04:29.720" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I can think about scheduling.""" start="00:04:31.680" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""When we were planning EmacsConf 2022, the schedule was so full,""" start="00:04:33.941" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -128,6 +146,9 @@ [[!template text="""Setting the timezone lets me automatically translate times""" start="00:05:32.000" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to the speaker's local timezone when I e-mail them.""" start="00:05:34.800" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's mostly a matter of using `format-time-string` with a timezone.""" start="00:05:37.820" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Templates + [[!template new="1" text="""There's a lot of text to work with,""" start="00:05:41.780" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""which means templates are super handy.""" start="00:05:43.160" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There are a number of templating functions for Emacs Lisp,""" start="00:05:45.700" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -152,6 +173,9 @@ [[!template text="""when I know I'll be using it a lot,""" start="00:06:41.740" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like when I export the organizers notebook.""" start="00:06:43.500" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Memoize caches recent values.""" start="00:06:45.960" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Wiki + [[!template new="1" text="""We combine this templating function""" start="00:06:48.400" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""with the talk information""" start="00:06:50.240" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to fill in the conference wiki,""" start="00:06:51.480" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -186,6 +210,9 @@ [[!template text="""and one with an extra element added to the beginning.""" start="00:07:57.560" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Then we can use the heads of those lists""" start="00:08:00.360" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for next/previous links.""" start="00:08:02.440" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Etherpad + [[!template new="1" text="""Links to the next talks are also handy""" start="00:08:04.380" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""on the collaborative Etherpad documents""" start="00:08:06.680" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that we use for collecting questions, answers, and notes""" start="00:08:08.640" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -197,6 +224,9 @@ [[!template text="""that has been manually edited.""" start="00:08:21.240" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""We can save the timestamp of the last modification""" start="00:08:22.940" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and then compare it before overwriting.""" start="00:08:25.720" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +E-mail + [[!template new="1" text="""Templates are also very handy when it comes to e-mail.""" start="00:08:28.200" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Sometimes we send e-mails one at a time,""" start="00:08:31.240" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like when we let a speaker know""" start="00:08:33.600" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -212,6 +242,9 @@ [[!template text="""to each speaker (or group of speakers,""" start="00:08:57.560" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""if more than one person is associated with a talk).""" start="00:08:59.800" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That gives me an opportunity to personalize it further.""" start="00:09:02.600" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +BigBlueButton web conferences + [[!template new="1" text="""Many speakers answer questions live""" start="00:09:05.920" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in BigBlueButton web conference rooms.""" start="00:09:08.120" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Setting up one room per group of speakers""" start="00:09:10.440" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -237,6 +270,9 @@ [[!template text="""so that we can copy them if needed.""" start="00:10:02.160" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That way, I don't have to count on Emacs being able to""" start="00:10:04.300" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""publish them over TRAMP.""" start="00:10:06.680" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Shortcuts + [[!template new="1" text="""During the conference, I'm often jumping from talk to talk.""" start="00:10:08.121" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Instead of going to the Org file""" start="00:10:11.660" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and then searching for the talk,""" start="00:10:13.200" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -249,6 +285,9 @@ [[!template text="""so that I can act on a talk right from the completion menu.""" start="00:10:28.680" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""For example, I might want to jump to the wiki page""" start="00:10:32.080" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or e-mail the speaker.""" start="00:10:35.080" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Logbook + [[!template new="1" text="""I can also add notes to a talk while looking at an email,""" start="00:10:36.700" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like when a speaker lets me know""" start="00:10:40.100" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""that their video will be late.""" start="00:10:41.640" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -259,6 +298,9 @@ [[!template text="""We can then map that over the list of talks,""" start="00:10:55.460" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""look up the author of the current email,""" start="00:10:57.920" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""prompt the user for the talk to add the note to, and add the note.""" start="00:10:59.960" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Captions + [[!template new="1" text="""On to captions.""" start="00:11:03.680" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""We've been doing captions for the last couple of years,""" start="00:11:04.680" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and now we have a small army of volunteer captioners.""" start="00:11:07.240" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -283,6 +325,9 @@ [[!template text="""You can find more details on our captioning process""" start="00:12:04.320" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""at emacsconf.org/captioning.""" start="00:12:06.680" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I like using subed to edit subtitles within Emacs.""" start="00:12:09.040" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Crontabs and playing the talks + [[!template new="1" text="""Let's talk about actually playing the talks.""" start="00:12:13.220" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""For EmacsConf 2022, we tried using Emacs timers""" start="00:12:16.060" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to run the talks.""" start="00:12:19.560" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -307,6 +352,9 @@ [[!template text="""like when the host tells me that it's okay to open up the Q&A.""" start="00:13:02.800" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The shell scripts we run from the crontab""" start="00:13:06.520" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""can also update the talk status themselves.""" start="00:13:08.720" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Transitions + [[!template new="1" text="""Then a bunch of things automatically happen based on""" start="00:13:11.280" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the talk status changes.""" start="00:13:14.320" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This uses `org-after-todo-state-change-hook`.""" start="00:13:15.600" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] @@ -323,6 +371,9 @@ [[!template text="""This is easy to do with a little bit of Emacs Lisp""" start="00:13:43.180" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because (of course!) Emacs has an IRC client.""" start="00:13:45.800" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In fact, it has several.""" start="00:13:48.520" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] + +Wrapping up + [[!template new="1" text="""It seems like a lot of automation and Emacs Lisp,""" start="00:13:49.880" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but really, all of this was just built up little by little.""" start="00:13:53.140" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And tinkering with this is *fun*, you know?""" start="00:13:56.900" video="mainVideo-emacsconf" id="subtitle"]] -- cgit v1.2.3