Session Topic
We’ll be discussing and brainstorming ideas related to wikis and the IndieWeb, user interfaces, functionalities, examples of wikis and how they differ from blogs and other social media interfaces, and everyones’ ideas surrounding these. Bring your ideas and let’s discuss.
- Hashtag: #GardenAndStream
- Session facilitator: Chris Aldrich
This is just a single one hour IndieWebCamp-like session (though we have the option to go over a bit since there isn’t a session following us) where we’ll brainstorm and discuss a particular topic. Hopefully the weekend time will be convenient for a wide range of people in Europe and North America who have previously shown interest in the topic. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Resources
To prepare for the session we’ll be using the following:
- Zoom: for the audio/video conference portion
- Etherpad: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/GardenAndStream (for real time chat, questions, and note taking during the session)
See also: https://indieweb.org/IndieWebCamps/Attending#Technology
This event is covered by the IndieWeb Code of Conduct. By participating, you’re acknowledging your acceptance of this code.
Questions? Concerns?
Feel free to ask in the IndieWeb chat: https://chat.indieweb.org/indieweb/
RSVP (optional)
If your website supports it, post an indie RSVP. Or, log in to indieweb.org and click “I’m Going”. (And if none of that means anything to you, don’t worry about it; just show up!)
I’d like to invite the following and hope they can attend:
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I’d specifically like to invite @jack and @joshsullivan who may appreciate this event.
—@c
@c That sounds like fun, I’m in, thanks!
I’d like to attend. Next saturday 10am?
Yes, the link above in the thread should have all the details and additional information.
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I was preparing for a mentoring call this morning and missed this event! Did you end up recording it?
I saw the recording symbol on @ChrisAldrich screen so it should be up somewhere soon I imagine!
Ah, wonderful! 😎
Ah … I’m afraid I didn’t make it either. Is there a recording?
A short post mortem, video and note links, and challenge from The Garden and the Stream IndieWebCamp Pop-up session
boffosocko.com/2020/04/26/a-s…
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Great! I signed up for the newsletter and will get caught up otherwise soon. Thanks for putting this information/group together!
ah I missed this too. will catch up!
I’d like to attend. Next saturday 10am?
Yes, the link in the thread should have all the details and additional information.
boffosocko.com/2020/04/17/gar…
I’ll see if I can make it. Thanks for reaching out
Will this be recorded so those of us who can’t participate can check in later?
I’ll see what I can do to record it. We’ll definitely have some useful notes in the etherpad that will get moved to the IndieWeb wiki for future use.
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Yes: Looking forward to talking wikis #IndieWeb
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I RSVPd
@c Sounds likes it’s going to be a great session. I’ll definitely be joining! Thanks for letting me know about it.
I actually think I still own bit.ly/2VIOege but my instance of #fedwiki long since broke @holden wikkity experiments through WordPress were a ton of fun.
@andy_matuschak I always liked the design of your notes subdomain which seems to be in this area of knowledge work. We’d love to have you join us for this IWC session if you’re able to make it.
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Thanks for thinking of me, but I’m afraid I can’t make it. Have a great time! 👋
I’ll see what I can do to record it. We’ll definitely have some useful notes in the etherpad that will get moved to the IndieWeb wiki for future use.
boffosocko.com/2020/04/17/gar…
and webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/2014-05-2…
Thank you everyone!
For those who attended yesterday’s The Garden and the Stream IndieWebCamp session, thank you for participating! I honestly only expected 4 or 5 wiki fans to show up, so I was overwhelmed with the crowd that magically appeared from across multiple countries and timezones.
I’ve heard from many–both during the session and privately after–that it was a fantastic and wide-ranging conversation. (I never suspected memory palaces or my favorite 13th century Franciscan tertiary to be topics of discussion.) Several have suggested we host not only a continuation of the session, but that they’d be interested in other pop-up IndieWebCamp sessions. If you’re interested in future follow ups or sessions shoot me a quick email (you can find it on my home page) and I’ll be sure you get an invite. You can also follow future events via events.indieweb.org or find them in the IndieWeb’s weekly newsletter that is emailed out every Friday afternoon.
If you’re interested in hosting or suggesting other topics for future sessions, there’s a stub page on the IndieWeb wiki for doing so.
Our session went on far longer than I ever could have anticipated and I suspect we could have easily gone all day and still not touched on a fraction of all the topics we all outlined. Special thanks to the larger majority of those who were interested enough and had the free time to stay well past the hour mark and on to the end. I will say it’s nice to be able to cover so much ground and so many ideas without the threat of 5 more sessions following you.
Video and Notes
For those who missed it and are interested or those who have inquired, the video link and the notes from the session have been posted to the IndieWeb wiki.
If you write up any notes or posts about the session, do add a link to them in the IndieWebCamp Pop-Ups page under blog posts/articles or photos. If you can’t log into the wiki (with your own website), feel free to ping me with the URL and I’ll add them for you.
I’ll try to write up an organizer’s post-mortem with a few ideas about doing future sessions for others to consider. I hope to rewatch the session myself and add to the growing list of notes and thoughts about it.
Creators Challenge
Because this was just a single IndieWebCamp-style discussion session and we hadn’t specifically planned a traditional creator’s day or hack day, I did want to throw out a small challenge to those who either attended or who are interested in participating.
For most, the IndieWeb is more about creating something than just talking about it. So in that spirit, I’ll challenge everyone to spend a few hours today/tomorrow or sometime this week and create something on your website or wiki related to the session. It can be a summary of ideas, a blog post about wikis (or anything you like really), a small change you’ve always wanted on your site (a CSS improvement, adding bi-directional links to your wiki, Webmention support, etc.), or anything else you might have found interesting from the conversation. The best part is that you can choose what you create on your own site! Make something you’ll use or appreciate. Have fun!
My personal plan for the challenge is to continue some work to my TiddlyWiki to support bi-directional links using TiddlyBlink. I might also take a crack at doing some design and building work to show some incoming webmentions on my TiddlyWiki. (If anyone is interested in test-driving Mike Caulfield’s implementation of Wikity on WordPress in conjunction with Webmention, I could be game for that too!)
Once you’ve made your creation, post a link to your article or notes or make a quick 2-3 minute demo video of the new feature or write up a post about it and add them to the IndieWeb wiki page for Pop-up Session Demos. Again if you can’t log into the wiki with your own website yet, drop me a note and I’ll add them for you or you can ask for help on how to do it in the IndieWeb chat.
Thanks again everyone! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
cc: Kailyn Nelson (t), Phil Jones (t), Brian Sholis, Jack Baty
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