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# Transcript

## Why?

[[!template text="""Hello, my name is John Cummings, and I'm here today""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to play a Fanfare for the Common Emacs User.""" start="00:00:02.206" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""By &quot;common&quot;, I mean the types of Emacs usage""" start="00:00:04.852" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and comfort that are simpler, more mundane,""" start="00:00:07.266" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and yes, even imperfect,""" start="00:00:09.689" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that some may identify with more than others,""" start="00:00:11.075" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or more at certain times.""" start="00:00:13.037" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's hard to use Emacs and not be aware of""" start="00:00:14.651" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the impressive and interesting accomplishments""" start="00:00:16.914" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of its community. And here at emacsconf""" start="00:00:18.703" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we also get pumped up about those things,""" start="00:00:20.756" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""amplified by the energy of the other attendees.""" start="00:00:22.426" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But this energy fades as we return focus""" start="00:00:25.567" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to our day-to-day work. And in these circumstances,""" start="00:00:27.730" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we may unfairly judge our own Emacs usage""" start="00:00:30.571" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""against the community highlights.""" start="00:00:32.993" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So I want to identify and celebrate the ways""" start="00:00:34.997" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that we common Emacs users use it,""" start="00:00:37.712" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the reasons why it's a good fit for those ways,""" start="00:00:39.932" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and some ways we could take advantage of that.""" start="00:00:42.290" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]

## What is Emacs to us?

[[!template text="""What is Emacs to us common users? Well, we're consumers.""" start="00:00:45.430" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We use whatever was available - whatever our OS gave us,""" start="00:00:48.528" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or whatever we found when we searched the web.""" start="00:00:51.493" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We're not even necessarily aware""" start="00:00:53.990" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of what the latest version is, or what changes it has.""" start="00:00:55.711" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We may not ever think about upgrading.""" start="00:00:58.091" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We have what we have, and we use what we have.""" start="00:01:00.138" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But I think, with this simple act, many of us""" start="00:01:02.742" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""achieve a very significant Emacs milestone:""" start="00:01:05.149" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we've committed to having it in our toolkit""" start="00:01:07.997" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and our skillset. We'll probably install it""" start="00:01:10.278" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on every system that we can, eventually.""" start="00:01:12.625" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We know it has a use for us today,""" start="00:01:14.804" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and that it will solve some problems""" start="00:01:16.827" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that we don't even know about yet.""" start="00:01:18.120" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It will not just be one tool; it will be many.""" start="00:01:19.588" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And we know that it will be more than just useful;""" start="00:01:22.215" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it will also be challenging, puzzling, and frustrating.""" start="00:01:24.368" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But we still keep it""" start="00:01:27.345" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as a permanent part of our toolkit,""" start="00:01:28.630" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and we should be proud of that.""" start="00:01:29.873" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And regardless of what exactly we've installed,""" start="00:01:31.800" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it was a good choice.""" start="00:01:34.136" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It will almost certainly do what we need it to do.""" start="00:01:35.337" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Old versions are not inert dead-ends;""" start="00:01:37.556" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""they're still functional tools.""" start="00:01:39.766" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And that's a key aspect of Emacs - it's a tool""" start="00:01:41.134" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to get our work done. That sounds obvious,""" start="00:01:43.979" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it's easy to get distracted by the great things""" start="00:01:46.398" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that it can accomplish, and think""" start="00:01:48.483" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that it requires the same accomplishments from us.""" start="00:01:49.985" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But it requires no advanced state of mind,""" start="00:01:52.571" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""no level of expertise to start using it,""" start="00:01:54.656" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or use it correctly.""" start="00:01:56.867" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It just requires that we have it, and use it.""" start="00:01:58.043" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And with a little effort, we can get results early on,""" start="00:02:00.754" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and those results are not just preparations""" start="00:02:03.665" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for better things to come later;""" start="00:02:06.084" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""they have value for us today,""" start="00:02:07.586" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and we're already using it right.""" start="00:02:08.712" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]

## Our configs

[[!template text="""And when we do need to tweak whatever we installed,""" start="00:02:12.049" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we might again be consumers, finding some snippets""" start="00:02:14.551" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""out on the web, pasting them in, and moving on.""" start="00:02:16.803" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We don't necessarily understand what we did,""" start="00:02:19.581" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but we got some value out of it. Over time,""" start="00:02:21.933" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we may participate more, take it day by day,""" start="00:02:24.102" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and one day we may find that our config""" start="00:02:26.114" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""has become a disorganized pile.""" start="00:02:28.357" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Maybe it's mixed haphazardly""" start="00:02:30.902" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with some output from the &quot;customize&quot; feature,""" start="00:02:32.027" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and eventually we start to feel""" start="00:02:34.029" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like it's a shameful mess. It's hard to manage;""" start="00:02:35.697" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we may think of it as append-only or read-only.""" start="00:02:37.991" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We can't deny there are problems here,""" start="00:02:40.960" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it happened for a good reason. It was quick,""" start="00:02:42.829" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""easy, and effective for us""" start="00:02:45.582" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to enhance our experience this way, and then move on.""" start="00:02:47.250" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We were using Emacs as it was designed here.""" start="00:02:50.062" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It just wasn't sustainable indefinitely.""" start="00:02:52.172" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We may continue doing things this way""" start="00:02:54.775" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even though we realize it's not a good idea.""" start="00:02:56.627" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But I think there are some ways""" start="00:02:59.596" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to mitigate the downsides,""" start="00:03:00.472" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that let us embrace our tendencies,""" start="00:03:01.682" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and continue to benefit from them.""" start="00:03:03.150" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If we allow and encourage ourselves""" start="00:03:05.444" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to capture our thoughts and circumstances""" start="00:03:06.971" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""along with the work that we do on our config,""" start="00:03:10.065" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and do so without judgment, or the responsibility""" start="00:03:11.700" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to &quot;do it right&quot;, we give ourselves the context""" start="00:03:14.386" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to understand and manage it later.""" start="00:03:17.047" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This should be done however works for us,""" start="00:03:19.549" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""whether it's rambling inline comments,""" start="00:03:21.618" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""keeping a separate journal or notes,""" start="00:03:23.286" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or even a more advanced literate programming technique,""" start="00:03:25.247" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""if we want to make an investment like that.""" start="00:03:27.975" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Or putting our config into source control,""" start="00:03:30.485" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even if it's nothing more than a simple,""" start="00:03:32.629" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""daily record of changes along with our contextual notes,""" start="00:03:34.214" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will make things a lot easier for our future selves.""" start="00:03:37.050" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But regardless of how well, or sloppy, we manage it,""" start="00:03:41.221" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we should also realize that our messy config""" start="00:03:43.974" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is a personal artifact with inherent value,""" start="00:03:46.184" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even if it's amusement value, or sentimental value.""" start="00:03:48.129" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Emacs is not only a tool to get our work done,""" start="00:03:51.565" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it can also be a very personalized experience.""" start="00:03:54.401" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And if so, then our Emacs config""" start="00:03:56.978" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is our experience in written form.""" start="00:03:59.366" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You can see it as a log of your journey through Emacs,""" start="00:04:02.110" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and the mark that you made on it along the way,""" start="00:04:04.303" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""mistakes and all.""" start="00:04:06.663" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We may see our config as a record of failure,""" start="00:04:08.506" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of things that we did wrong, the things that we repeated,""" start="00:04:10.676" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or never finished. But it's important to realize""" start="00:04:12.886" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that a record of failure is a record of persistence.""" start="00:04:15.672" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In that sense, it's kind of like our genome:""" start="00:04:18.592" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a set of unique, disorganized,""" start="00:04:20.761" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""somewhat accidental properties, that, on the whole,""" start="00:04:23.197" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""makes us fit to survive in our Emacs usage.""" start="00:04:26.308" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's also interesting to think of it""" start="00:04:29.394" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as an archaeological record. Where we can sometimes""" start="00:04:31.021" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""get some insight into our &quot;ancient times&quot;.""" start="00:04:33.482" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Just being able to see what we were doing years ago""" start="00:04:35.942" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is interesting -- to see how things changed,""" start="00:04:38.570" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and hopefully grew over time. And sometimes""" start="00:04:40.906" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we find some buried treasures that we forgot were there.""" start="00:04:43.158" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And of course it's interesting to realize""" start="00:04:45.845" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that when we start Emacs, this pile of config""" start="00:04:48.172" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""also executes in roughly the same order""" start="00:04:50.874" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that we created it in. Our journey through Emacs""" start="00:04:52.959" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""happens again and again every time we start it up.""" start="00:04:56.438" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And it's ready for us to keep working on it.""" start="00:04:59.482" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]

## Packages

[[!template text="""And when it comes to packages,""" start="00:05:04.095" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we may not make extensive use of them, if any at all.""" start="00:05:05.305" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We probably have different reasons for this.""" start="00:05:09.050" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We may feel like we need to reach""" start="00:05:10.602" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""some level of mastery before we start using them.""" start="00:05:12.437" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We may not have the mental room to think about packages,""" start="00:05:14.815" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or may not want to take on the administrative burden""" start="00:05:17.943" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""required to keep track of which packages we have,""" start="00:05:20.362" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the dependencies and versions, and their compatibility.""" start="00:05:22.989" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Some of us may just be uncomfortable""" start="00:05:25.834" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""letting new third-party code run in our environments.""" start="00:05:27.694" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It could also just be the case""" start="00:05:30.664" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that our needs haven't driven us to need a package yet.""" start="00:05:31.832" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We're already doing what we need,""" start="00:05:35.377" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and doing it efficiently enough.""" start="00:05:36.871" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And here we find more alignment""" start="00:05:39.089" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""between Emacs the tool, and our common mindset:""" start="00:05:40.215" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""They work well when they stay needs-driven.""" start="00:05:42.592" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We're not obligated to use""" start="00:05:44.977" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as much of Emacs' functionality as we can,""" start="00:05:46.646" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or every package that we're aware of""" start="00:05:48.949" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""if we don't have a need to.""" start="00:05:51.159" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And in fact, that's a great way to stay overwhelmed.""" start="00:05:52.510" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But if we stay aware of our needs, and then find""" start="00:05:54.971" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that there is a package that might address them,""" start="00:05:57.700" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""then we can deal with it. And a need to explore,""" start="00:05:59.902" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and a need to be curious, is a valid need.""" start="00:06:02.655" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And if we do need extra confidence for that exploration,""" start="00:06:05.823" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""then the things we talked about before,""" start="00:06:09.327" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like keeping good notes of our experiences and needs,""" start="00:06:10.912" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or version controlling our config,""" start="00:06:13.633" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will help us keep that connection to our needs,""" start="00:06:15.541" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that gives us the freedom to experiment""" start="00:06:18.586" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in the wide world of packages.""" start="00:06:20.922" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And if we really do just need what's built in to Emacs,""" start="00:06:23.008" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the vanilla out-of-the-box experience,""" start="00:06:27.262" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""then we can also be proud that we're making use""" start="00:06:29.514" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of all the work that went into that experience,""" start="00:06:32.183" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because a lot did.""" start="00:06:33.560" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And when we report any problems that we find,""" start="00:06:35.021" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we're also working to keep that experience""" start="00:06:37.256" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""smooth for future users.""" start="00:06:39.190" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Of course, some of us may find this intimidating,""" start="00:06:41.192" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and if so, feel free to reach out to me,""" start="00:06:43.987" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and probably anyone in the community,""" start="00:06:46.531" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that can help you navigate that process.""" start="00:06:48.767" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]

## How we use it

[[!template text="""So how do we use our Emacs installation?""" start="00:06:56.249" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We often use it very simply: we get simple results""" start="00:06:59.461" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in simple ways. Often we do things the same simple way""" start="00:07:01.838" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for a very long time, and this is of course great,""" start="00:07:06.068" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""since we're getting done what we need to get done.""" start="00:07:08.720" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""There's no result or method too simple for Emacs.""" start="00:07:10.513" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And we're not oblivious to the alternative.""" start="00:07:14.392" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Many of us are at least aware that there are ways""" start="00:07:16.853" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we could iterate on what we do,""" start="00:07:19.356" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or some polish that we could apply,""" start="00:07:20.649" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and we may even quite enjoy""" start="00:07:22.734" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""reading about more advanced Emacs possibilities,""" start="00:07:24.569" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and thinking about how they could apply""" start="00:07:27.113" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to our own workflow, but at the end of the day,""" start="00:07:28.215" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we still keep our own usage the same, and basic.""" start="00:07:30.951" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And this is another fundamental aspect of using Emacs.""" start="00:07:33.703" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You can work simply and successfully,""" start="00:07:36.998" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but you'll always be conscious of the possibility""" start="00:07:38.959" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for far more complexity. And many of us""" start="00:07:40.502" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""do try to iterate on our ways, and sometimes succeed,""" start="00:07:43.213" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but often we run into trouble and we stop or defer.""" start="00:07:46.424" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""A lot of times we're intimidated by the scope of things -""" start="00:07:49.177" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we're not sure how to make measurable progress.""" start="00:07:51.304" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We may find that the first ways we learned""" start="00:07:53.848" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""are so ingrained in us, that learning even a second way""" start="00:07:56.101" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is many times harder.""" start="00:07:59.312" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And sometimes we do make sudden progress""" start="00:08:01.147" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""after years of sameness,""" start="00:08:03.191" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and wonder why we waited so long.""" start="00:08:04.275" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And these are universal pains""" start="00:08:06.260" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that everyone has to feel who wants to improve.""" start="00:08:07.737" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But this is again where we can benefit""" start="00:08:11.324" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from letting our needs drive us.""" start="00:08:13.451" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Sometimes they'll tell us that it's OK""" start="00:08:14.661" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""keeping things the way they are, and sometimes""" start="00:08:16.538" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""they'll tell us that it's good to keep pushing,""" start="00:08:18.806" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because there's a reason for it,""" start="00:08:20.491" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and we'll be glad that we did.""" start="00:08:21.767" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]

## How we learn, build, and grow

[[!template text="""And what are the ways that we do learn,""" start="00:08:25.077" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and grow, and create within Emacs? One constant""" start="00:08:27.507" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is that we forget a lot. We learn something""" start="00:08:30.635" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then remember that we already learned""" start="00:08:33.596" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and forgot it once before. Sometimes we just hope""" start="00:08:35.682" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to learn more than we forget.""" start="00:08:38.309" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And staying driven by our needs can also help here,""" start="00:08:39.769" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because it's easier to learn something""" start="00:08:41.772" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when we have a reason to, and an application for it.""" start="00:08:43.499" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In Emacs, it can be tempting to do this backwards,""" start="00:08:46.317" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and want to learn all there is about Emacs first,""" start="00:08:49.071" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then apply it. But again that's a surefire way""" start="00:08:51.782" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to stay overwhelmed.""" start="00:08:53.992" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And when we code and build things, we tend to create many small, quick things,""" start="00:08:55.935" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but never really integrate them deeply""" start="00:08:59.640" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""into our environment or workflow.""" start="00:09:01.600" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We leave things half-finished once we get bored,""" start="00:09:03.661" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or find ourselves in over our head.""" start="00:09:05.462" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And this is natural, because we're curious and creative,""" start="00:09:07.088" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and Emacs makes it relatively easy, and actually fun,""" start="00:09:09.883" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to experiment and get these quick results.""" start="00:09:12.677" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But it's less clear how to see them through,""" start="00:09:14.845" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and inherently less fun to do the follow-up gruntwork.""" start="00:09:17.065" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But if we embrace our ways here,""" start="00:09:20.310" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and structure our workflow to support them,""" start="00:09:21.970" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we might find ourselves more satisfied.""" start="00:09:23.897" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So let's give ourselves permission, and a logical place""" start="00:09:26.215" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to put all our fun little quick experiments,""" start="00:09:28.926" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""without having to worry about integrating""" start="00:09:31.571" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or polishing them, unless we find a need to later.""" start="00:09:33.423" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Let's use source control wisely to give ourselves""" start="00:09:35.700" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a place to experiment, and a place for stability.""" start="00:09:38.505" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Let's stay needs-driven so that we know""" start="00:09:41.447" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""what we really do need to follow up on,""" start="00:09:42.968" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and what's OK to drop. And let's remember""" start="00:09:46.186" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that there is someone who will always appreciate""" start="00:09:48.963" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""any notes about our thought process we can take,""" start="00:09:50.965" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""no matter how rough or rambling they are:""" start="00:09:53.635" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""our future selves.""" start="00:09:55.845" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]

## Conclusion

[[!template text="""And so I hope that some people can identify with""" start="00:09:58.788" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""at least some of what I've shared today.""" start="00:10:01.376" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And I hope that we realize that,""" start="00:10:02.927" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""no matter how we see ourselves as Emacs users,""" start="00:10:05.021" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and no matter what we see other people building,""" start="00:10:06.964" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we're proud of the fact that we have built""" start="00:10:09.233" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""an experience that fits us. Thank you to everyone.""" start="00:10:11.569" video="mainVideo-fanfare" id="subtitle"]]

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