Analyzing my Emacs time over the last 11 years or so :: Sacha Chua
My EmacsConf presentation will stream in a few hours, and someone's probably going to ask where...
2023-11-27 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
EmacsConf 2023 is next weekend (Dec 2-3)! Help wanted: Searching for someone to adopt an #emacs...
2023-11-20 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Fri Nov 24 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago -...
2023-11-13 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: EmacsSF (in person): hackerdojo.el https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/296985794/ Tue Nov 14 1830 America/Los_Angeles M-x Research (contact them...
EmacsConf 2023 status update: stuff is happening! :: Sacha Chua
EmacsConf 2023 is less than a month away. Speakers have been uploading videos, captioning volunteers have...
2023-11-06 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: 200ok: Announcing EmacsConf 2023 (Swiss satellite) Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Nov...
2023-10-30 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/295467663/ Wed Nov 1 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930...
#EmacsConf backstage: coordinating captioning volunteers using a backstage area :: Sacha Chua
Figure 1: The backstage area One of the benefits of volunteering for or speaking at EmacsConf...
#EmacsConf backstage: automatically updating talk status from the crontab :: Sacha Chua
Now that I've figured out how to automatically play EmacsConf talks with crontab, I want to...
#EmacsConf backstage: autopilot with crontab :: Sacha Chua
I figured out multi-track streaming so close to EmacsConf 2022 that there wasn't enough time to...
2023-10-23 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Emacs 29.1.90 pretest is available (Irreal) Upcoming events: M-x Research (contact them for password): Note taking...
#EmacsConf backstage: Automatically join BigBlueButton web conferences using Tampermonkey :: Sacha Chua
During EmacsConf, we join BigBlueButton webconferences for live presentations and Q&A sessions so that the speakers...
Getting Mermaid JS and ob-mermaid running on my system - needed to symlink Chromium for Puppeteer :: Sacha Chua
I wanted to use Mermaid to make diagrams, but I ran into this issue when trying...
#EmacsConf backstage: adding notes to Org logbook drawers from e-mails :: Sacha Chua
Sometimes I want to work with all the talks associated with an email in my inbox....
#EmacsConf backstage: Using Spookfox to automate creating BigBlueButton rooms in Mozilla Firefox :: Sacha Chua
Naming conventions make it easier for other people to find things. Just like with file prefixes,...
#EmacsConf backstage: file prefixes :: Sacha Chua
Sometimes it makes sense to dynamically generate information related to a talk and then save it...
2023-10-09 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
ELPA and Emacs Zine: ELPA and Emacs Zine (September 2023) - tree-sitter progress report, emacs-devel thread...
#EmacsConf backstage: reviewing the last message from a speaker :: Sacha Chua
One of the things I keep an eye out for when organizing EmacsConf is the most...
Summarizing #EmacsConf's growth over 5 years by year, and making an animated GIF :: Sacha Chua
Of course, after I charted EmacsConf's growth in terms of number of submissions and minutes, I...
#EmacsConf backstage: looking at EmacsConf's growth over 5 years, and how to do pivot tables and graphs with Org Mode and the Python pandas library :: Sacha Chua
Having helped organize EmacsConf for a number of years now, I know that I usually panic...
2023-10-02 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/295467659/ Wed Oct 4 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930...
#EmacsConf backstage: using e-mail templates for confirmations and acceptances :: Sacha Chua
We send a number of e-mails to speakers while coordinating EmacsConf. Here's a rough list of...
#EmacsConf backstage: adding a talk to the wiki :: Sacha Chua
The EmacsConf 2023 call for participation has finished, hooray! We've sent out acceptances and added talks...
Org protocol: following Org links from outside Emacs :: Sacha Chua
_xor had an interesting idea: can we use org-protocol to link to things inside Emacs, so...
2023-09-25 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: london-emacs-hacking.github.io/meetup-agenda.org London Emacs (in person): Emacs London Meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/295656446/ Tue Sep 26 1900 Europe/London...
2023-09-18 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Sep 20 0800 America/Vancouver -...
EmacsConf backstage: making it easier to do talk-specific actions :: Sacha Chua
During an EmacsConf talk, we: copy the talk overlay images and use them in the streaming...
2023-09-11 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Last week of EmacsConf 2023 Call for Participation Emacs 29, 30: What's New in Emacs 29.1?...
EmacsConf backstage: jumping to and working with talks using Embark :: Sacha Chua
In the course of organizing and running EmacsConf, I often need to jump to or act...
EmacsConf backstage: scheduling with SVGs :: Sacha Chua
The EmacsConf 2023 call for participation deadline is coming up next Friday (Sept 15), so I'm...
EmacsConf: converting timezones :: Sacha Chua
EmacsConf is a virtual conference with speakers from all over the world. We like to plan...
EmacsConf: capturing submissions from e-mails :: Sacha Chua
People submit proposals for EmacsConf sessions via e-mail following this submission template. (You can still submit...
2023-09-04 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Help wanted: Treesit next steps Volunteers to try out other bugtracking workflows Upcoming events: EmacsATX: Emacs...
How I keep track of new Emacs packages :: Sacha Chua
One of the things I like about preparing Emacs News is seeing the new packages that...
2023-08-28 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Aug 30 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago...
Turning 40: a review of the last decade :: Sacha Chua
10 years ago, I wrote that I was on the threshold of even more changes and...
2023-08-21 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Help wanted: One month to go: Please submit proposals for EmacsConf 2023 Adding refactoring capabilities to...
2023-08-14 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Emacs 29: Update: MSI Installer for GNU Emacs 29.1 for Windows Gnu Emacs acaba de publicar...
Turning 40; life as a 39-year-old :: Sacha Chua
2023-08-10-03 Life as a 39-year-old - summary #yearly #review Last year, I figured that life as...
2023-08-07 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Emacs 29: Emacs 29.1 released [LWN.net] Emacs 29.1 Released - No Longer Chokes On Very Long...