Hello again,
A lot has changed since PLUG last met in person back in ...
March of 2020 when we had a home lab show and tell
* Work From Home went from a luxury to the norm, providing a slap in the
face to disabled people who never doubted that it could be a thing.
* As a result, online literacy improved, for lack of a better term.
* Twitter, which I was using for PLUG announcements went kinda weird.
* The Fediverse rapidly went from a little known club of sorts to a
compelling alternative.
* The company volunteering the PLUG hosting was bought, aiming to
eventually move the site to a VMware environment.
* The cloud lost some of its shine with more and more self-hosted
options emerging
That said, how, beyond maybe a web site from this century, do think PLUG
should present itself to the world?
I don't envision it self-hosting services yet, especially the mailing
lists, but I do encourage it to "dog food" open source software whenever
possible. Are YOU on Mastodon/the Fediverse?
Do one of you want to shepherd a Facebook or LinkedIn presence beyond
what is there already?
Are people still using Calagator? I see that it's still up and running
and has events.
What other new and old resources should we consider?
David and I have always been in favor of simple solutions because they
can be sustained for a decade or two with little maintenance. However...
just last week I got a recorded meeting of a different topic posted to
YouTube within hours of recording it. YouTube Studio has come a LONG way
since I used it last and I should be able to finally get previous
meeting recordings up. However... the YouTube factor remains: it is
proprietary and a near-monopoly. Vimeo exists but I fear it would both
paid and has far lower traffic.
There's my brain dump on these topics, what's yours?
All the best,
Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer
