@jemostrom interesting - I can see how it might be difficult with so many attendees. The organisers of this conference asked presenters to submit their presentation with narration before the conf in case of problems with connections and to enable attendees to view in advance if they wanted. There’s no solution to the time zone problem though!
@jemostrom The best bit was that more people from NGOs in Indonesia could attend than would have had the funding to attend in person.
@jemostrom Watching talks was fine (I preferred to turn my video off then), giving a talk was weird as you can’t gauge audience reaction at all. Discussion was pretty difficult, though the chat messages gave an opportunity for shy people to ask questions.
@jemostrom Interesting. Hours staring at a Zoom window is fairly hellish of course, but this was a relatively small conference that I have attended in person for the past 4 years, and they are a lovely, friendly community. There was a lot of fun and affectionate teasing going on.
@cygnoir Thank you! 😊
@odd OK, makes sense! 🤣
@odd Where are you going to be based in the UK?
@odd Oh no! Take him to Amanda and Julie in The Repair Shop - they can repair him (and give you a lovely hug) 🥰
@eli It’s very tough for children.
@crossingthethreshold Gorgeous photo!
@jack me too!
@eli What a lovely portrait. There’s something peaceful, innocent and Christopher Robin-ish about it, if that makes sense?
@MitchWagner That sounds like a fantastic novel - on the reading list it goes!
@macgenie Happy Birthday!
@strandlines We see them here in the Midlands quite rarely, so it was a treat. I think it must have had slim pickings in that tiny stream though!
@jack The style was great. As you say, it will be interesting to keep an eye on the director.
@BestofTimes I love the Go! It is so easy to clean, which is great when you want to switch inks frequently.
@helgeg It has really revolutionised the way I take notes on my reading. I’m finding it so much easier to make connections between different topics and see the bigger picture. And I can easily go back to the source to check it. Love it!
@helgeg @jack It’s great isn’t it? I read about it a while ago, but didn’t use it because I thought (wrongly) that it would only do multiple notes in one file. I use it a lot now and love it. I’ve got it integrated with org-roam-bibtex for taking notes on papers. Works really smoothly now I have got all the parts configured correctly.
@jemostrom And it always seems to be just when you had got together the motivation to do that thing!
@jemostrom That kind of thing happens to me a lot!
@susan That’s good to hear. The offer stands though, if you need it. 💙
@susan I’m so sorry for your loss. If you’d like to talk, do get in touch. I’m not sure there’s anything I can say, but I would be very happy to listen.
@cn Was out on a mission with Dangermouse 😎
@Wheels Agreed! I got a book of her lyrics (“How to Be Invisble”) as a gift and it is a joy to read as poetry.