Re: [ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[Amin Bandali]

Hi Sam,

[ apologies for the super slow reply; I've been unable to keep up with
  the volume of messages on the list for a few months and am only now
  catching up; and didn't see your message sooner since I wasn't
  explicitly Cc'd on it ]

[ before I get into my reply, I'll quick mention that even though the
  CFP is now officially closed, if you'd like to and are able to send
  a proposal within the next few days, I can try to squeeze it in
  along with the other talks ]

Samuel Banya writes:

> Hey there,
>
> I always look forward to the videos that are done for the Emacs conferences 
> each year.
>
> I was wondering, is anyone doing a presentation on using Org Mode for 
> day-to-day work and personal work?

Sure.  I haven't had a close look at this year's proposals yet, but in
the last few EmacsConfs we've had a large number of Org talks covering
various kinds of use-cases and addressing various needs in one's
personal or professional life, and more such talks are welcome. :)

> I often use Emacs for my daily work as a technical support engineer,
> and write notes with source code blocks of different commands I've ran
> in the background since I often have to ssh into client based CentOS
> machines to troubleshoot some issues regarding the application I help
> support.
>
> I'm just an Emacs hobbyist at heart, but have a pretty tweaked out config as 
> well. 
>
> The main thing I wanted to highlight is how to utilize a todo list for work, 
> and life based tasks, as well as org capture templates.
>
> The only other thing is that I could maybe make a work-based todo list but 
> would have to create some fake ticket data due to it being work related, etc.
>
> Please let me know if that would be relevant as a video topic.

Sure, this sounds like something that could very much fit along with
the other Org-related talks this year.

I know it's quite the short notice (my apologies again for not seeing
this earlier) and this year's schedule is looking to be packed, but if
you're still interested and able to send a proposal for your talk, we
may be able to squeeze it if you could do so as soon as possible in
the coming days, following the instructions on the
https://emacsconf.org/2021/submit/ page.

> Thanks,
>
> Sam

Thanks,
amin

-- 
https://bndl.org

Re: [ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[Samuel Banya]

Hey there,

I always look forward to the videos that are done for the Emacs conferences 
each year.

I was wondering, is anyone doing a presentation on using Org Mode for 
day-to-day work and personal work?

I often use Emacs for my daily work as a technical support engineer, and write 
notes with source code blocks of different commands I've ran in the background 
since I often have to ssh into client based CentOS machines to troubleshoot 
some issues regarding the application I help support.

I'm just an Emacs hobbyist at heart, but have a pretty tweaked out config as 
well. 

The main thing I wanted to highlight is how to utilize a todo list for work, 
and life based tasks, as well as org capture templates.

The only other thing is that I could maybe make a work-based todo list but 
would have to create some fake ticket data due to it being work related, etc.

Please let me know if that would be relevant as a video topic.

Thanks,

Sam

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021, at 11:45 AM, Amin Bandali wrote:
>  ___
> 
> EmacsConf 2021
>   Online Conference
>  ___
> 
> 
>November 27 and 28, 2021
> 
> 
> Table of Contents
> _
> 
> 1. Important dates
> 2. Talk formats
> 3. Office hours
> 4. Submitting your proposal
> 5. Getting involved
> 6. Commitment to freedom
> 
> 
> [EmacsConf 2021] will be a virtual conference on *November 27 and 28,
> 2021 (Sat-Sun)*.  If you'd like to present at the conference, please
> [submit your proposal] by *September 30, 2021*.
> 
> EmacsConf 2021 is about the joy of [Emacs] and Emacs Lisp.  Come share
> your experiments and adventures with the Emacs text editor / operating
> system / way of life!  We welcome speakers of *all backgrounds* and
> *all levels of experience*, including newcomers giving their first
> talk.  What have you found exciting about Emacs lately?  What do you
> wish someone had told you when you were starting out?  What part of
> your workflow might inspire someone to get into Emacs or go deeper?
> 
> A great way to get started with writing a proposal is to start by
> exploring the programs from previous years: [2020], [2019], [2015],
> [2013].  You might also find some neat ideas on the [ideas] page.
> Feel free to add yours there too!  If you're still not sure, come by
> our IRC channel `#emacsconf' on `irc.libera.chat' and say hi.  You can
> join the chat using [your favourite IRC client], or by visiting
> [chat.emacsconf.org] in your web browser.
> 
> All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things.  We'd love it
> if EmacsConf 2021 could highlight interesting perspectives and reflect
> the diversity of our community.  If you know someone who might have a
> good idea for a talk, please reach out to them and encourage them to
> submit a proposal.  Many people (especially from underrepresented
> groups such as women, people of colour, non-developers, etc.) might
> not consider themselves expert enough to share their thoughts.  If you
> let them know that you value their knowledge and maybe even suggest
> something that you think others would like to hear more about, they
> may realize that they have something worth sharing and that we would
> love to hear from them.
> 
> 
> [EmacsConf 2021] 
> [submit your proposal] 
> [Emacs] 
> [2020] 
> [2019] 
> [2015] 
> [2013] 
> [ideas] 
> [your favourite IRC client] 
> [chat.emacsconf.org] 
> 
> 
> 1 Important dates
> =
> 
>   For EmacsConf 2021, we are planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST
>   (2pm-10pm UTC) on November 27 and 28.  Depending on people's
>   availability, it might be two half-days.
> 
>CFP opens  August 5, 2021   
>CFP closes September 30, 2021   
>Speaker notifications  October 15, 2021 
>Schedule published October 31, 2021 
>EmacsConf 2021!November 27 and 28, 2021 
> 
>   If you are not available during the conference itself but you have a
>   neat idea that you'd like to share, please propose it anyway!  You
>   can always handle questions after the conference, and we might even
>   be able to coordinate with other Emacs meetups for regional events
>   (if you're an Emacs meetup organizer and would like to make this
>   happen let's [get in touch]!).
> 
>   Please note that although we will try our best to stick to the above
>   dates in the coming months, given the current state of the world, we
>   may have to move things around a bit in case of unforeseen events.
>   Thank you for your patience and understanding.
> 
> 
> [get in 

Re: [ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[Samuel Banya]

Hey there,

I always look forward to the videos that are done for the Emacs conferences 
each year.

I was wondering, is anyone doing a presentation on using Org Mode for 
day-to-day work and personal work?

I often use Emacs for my daily work as a technical support engineer, and write 
notes with source code blocks of different commands I've ran in the background 
since I often have to ssh into client based CentOS machines to troubleshoot 
some issues regarding the application I help support.

I'm just an Emacs hobbyist at heart, but have a pretty tweaked out config as 
well. 

The main thing I wanted to highlight is how to utilize a todo list for work, 
and life based tasks, as well as org capture templates.

The only other thing is that I could maybe make a work-based todo list but 
would have to create some fake ticket data due to it being work related, etc.

Please let me know if that would be relevant as a video topic.

Thanks,

Sam

On Sun, Aug 15, 2021, at 11:19 AM, Amin Bandali wrote:
> quil...@riseup.net writes:
> 
> > Philip Kaludercic  writes:
> >
> >> quil...@riseup.net writes:
> >>
> >>> What a great call for papers.  If it was created using Emacs, it would
> >>> be great to have a talk or a howto for how it was made.
> >>
> >> It seems to me like it is just an org-mode document, converted to
> >> plain text using one of the built-in exporters.
> >
> > Yes.  It would be nice to see the source.
> >
> 
> Yes, the announcement text in the body of that email was indeed
> exported from an Org file -- which I'd attached to that email -- plus
> some small tweaks.  I'm attaching the Org file again to this reply as
> well, just in case.
> 
> P.S. please direct any further replies either to myself privately, or
> only to the emacsconf-discuss and emacs-tangents lists, so as to avoid
> spamming the other lists (like emacs-devel) with off-topic discussion.
> 
> 
> 
> *Attachments:*
>  * emacsconf-2021-cfp.org

Re: [ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[Amin Bandali]

quil...@riseup.net writes:

> Philip Kaludercic  writes:
>
>> quil...@riseup.net writes:
>>
>>> What a great call for papers.  If it was created using Emacs, it would
>>> be great to have a talk or a howto for how it was made.
>>
>> It seems to me like it is just an org-mode document, converted to
>> plain text using one of the built-in exporters.
>
> Yes.  It would be nice to see the source.
>

Yes, the announcement text in the body of that email was indeed
exported from an Org file -- which I'd attached to that email -- plus
some small tweaks.  I'm attaching the Org file again to this reply as
well, just in case.

P.S. please direct any further replies either to myself privately, or
only to the emacsconf-discuss and emacs-tangents lists, so as to avoid
spamming the other lists (like emacs-devel) with off-topic discussion.

#+title: EmacsConf 2021
#+subtitle: Online Conference
#+date: November 27 and 28, 2021
#+options: author:nil

[[https://emacsconf.org/2021/][EmacsConf 2021]] will be a virtual conference on *November 27 and 28,
2021 (Sat-Sun)*.  If you'd like to present at the conference, please
[[https://emacsconf.org/2021/cfp/][submit your proposal]] by *September 30, 2021*.

EmacsConf 2021 is about the joy of [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]] and Emacs Lisp.  Come share
your experiments and adventures with the Emacs text editor / operating
system / way of life!  We welcome speakers of *all backgrounds* and
*all levels of experience*, including newcomers giving their first
talk.  What have you found exciting about Emacs lately?  What do you
wish someone had told you when you were starting out?  What part of
your workflow might inspire someone to get into Emacs or go deeper?

A great way to get started with writing a proposal is to start by
exploring the programs from previous years: [[https://emacsconf.org/2020/schedule/][2020]], [[https://emacsconf.org/2019/schedule/][2019]], [[https://emacsconf.org/2015/schedule/][2015]], [[https://emacsconf.org/2013/#program][2013]].
You might also find some neat ideas on the [[https://emacsconf.org/2021/ideas/][ideas]] page.  Feel free to
add yours there too!  If you're still not sure, come by our IRC
channel =#emacsconf= on =irc.libera.chat= and say hi.  You can join
the chat using [[ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf][your favourite IRC client]], or by visiting
[[https://chat.emacsconf.org][chat.emacsconf.org]] in your web browser.

All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things.  We'd love it
if EmacsConf 2021 could highlight interesting perspectives and reflect
the diversity of our community.  If you know someone who might have a
good idea for a talk, please reach out to them and encourage them to
submit a proposal.  Many people (especially from underrepresented
groups such as women, people of colour, non-developers, etc.) might
not consider themselves expert enough to share their thoughts.  If you
let them know that you value their knowledge and maybe even suggest
something that you think others would like to hear more about, they
may realize that they have something worth sharing and that we would
love to hear from them.

* Important dates

For EmacsConf 2021, we are planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST
(2pm-10pm UTC) on November 27 and 28.  Depending on people's
availability, it might be two half-days.

| CFP opens | August 5, 2021   |
| CFP closes| September 30, 2021   |
| Speaker notifications | October 15, 2021 |
| Schedule published| October 31, 2021 |
| EmacsConf 2021!   | November 27 and 28, 2021 |

If you are not available during the conference itself but you have a
neat idea that you'd like to share, please propose it anyway!  You can
always handle questions after the conference, and we might even be
able to coordinate with other Emacs meetups for regional events (if
you're an Emacs meetup organizer and would like to make this happen
let's [[https://emacsconf.org/contact/][get in touch]]!).

Please note that although we will try our best to stick to the above
dates in the coming months, given the current state of the world, we
may have to move things around a bit in case of unforeseen events.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.

* Talk formats

We'd like EmacsConf 2021 to inspire lots of different people to
explore lots of different things in Emacs.  We hope to put together a
stream of quick ideas followed by lots of conversation over IRC and/or
Q sessions, with occasional deep dives into topics that many people
might find interesting or useful.

As you think about your talk, consider what you can share in:

- *Up to 10 minutes total:* What is the core idea?  What do you want
  people to do or remember?  You can show just enough to get people
  interested and then point them to where they can learn more
  afterwards.  You can answer questions over IRC, the pad, or the
  wiki, and there's no limit to how long that conversation can go.

- *Up to 20 minutes 

Re: [ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[quiliro]

Philip Kaludercic  writes:

> quil...@riseup.net writes:
>
>> What a great call for papers.  If it was created using Emacs, it would
>> be great to have a talk or a howto for how it was made.
>
> It seems to me like it is just an org-mode document, converted to
> plain text using one of the built-in exporters.

Yes.  It would be nice to see the source.

Re: [ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[Philip Kaludercic]

quil...@riseup.net writes:

> What a great call for papers.  If it was created using Emacs, it would
> be great to have a talk or a howto for how it was made.

It seems to me like it is just an org-mode document, converted to
plain text using one of the built-in exporters.

>  Congratulations
> for the organizers for making this a free software event and not just an
> event with free software.

-- 
Philip Kaludercic

Re: [ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[quiliro]

What a great call for papers.  If it was created using Emacs, it would
be great to have a talk or a howto for how it was made.  Congratulations
for the organizers for making this a free software event and not just an
event with free software.

[ANN] EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals

[Amin Bandali]

 ___

EmacsConf 2021
  Online Conference
 ___


   November 27 and 28, 2021


Table of Contents
_

1. Important dates
2. Talk formats
3. Office hours
4. Submitting your proposal
5. Getting involved
6. Commitment to freedom


[EmacsConf 2021] will be a virtual conference on *November 27 and 28,
2021 (Sat-Sun)*.  If you'd like to present at the conference, please
[submit your proposal] by *September 30, 2021*.

EmacsConf 2021 is about the joy of [Emacs] and Emacs Lisp.  Come share
your experiments and adventures with the Emacs text editor / operating
system / way of life!  We welcome speakers of *all backgrounds* and
*all levels of experience*, including newcomers giving their first
talk.  What have you found exciting about Emacs lately?  What do you
wish someone had told you when you were starting out?  What part of
your workflow might inspire someone to get into Emacs or go deeper?

A great way to get started with writing a proposal is to start by
exploring the programs from previous years: [2020], [2019], [2015],
[2013].  You might also find some neat ideas on the [ideas] page.
Feel free to add yours there too!  If you're still not sure, come by
our IRC channel `#emacsconf' on `irc.libera.chat' and say hi.  You can
join the chat using [your favourite IRC client], or by visiting
[chat.emacsconf.org] in your web browser.

All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things.  We'd love it
if EmacsConf 2021 could highlight interesting perspectives and reflect
the diversity of our community.  If you know someone who might have a
good idea for a talk, please reach out to them and encourage them to
submit a proposal.  Many people (especially from underrepresented
groups such as women, people of colour, non-developers, etc.) might
not consider themselves expert enough to share their thoughts.  If you
let them know that you value their knowledge and maybe even suggest
something that you think others would like to hear more about, they
may realize that they have something worth sharing and that we would
love to hear from them.


[EmacsConf 2021] 
[submit your proposal] 
[Emacs] 
[2020] 
[2019] 
[2015] 
[2013] 
[ideas] 
[your favourite IRC client] 
[chat.emacsconf.org] 


1 Important dates
=

  For EmacsConf 2021, we are planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST
  (2pm-10pm UTC) on November 27 and 28.  Depending on people's
  availability, it might be two half-days.

   CFP opens  August 5, 2021   
   CFP closes September 30, 2021   
   Speaker notifications  October 15, 2021 
   Schedule published October 31, 2021 
   EmacsConf 2021!November 27 and 28, 2021 

  If you are not available during the conference itself but you have a
  neat idea that you'd like to share, please propose it anyway!  You
  can always handle questions after the conference, and we might even
  be able to coordinate with other Emacs meetups for regional events
  (if you're an Emacs meetup organizer and would like to make this
  happen let's [get in touch]!).

  Please note that although we will try our best to stick to the above
  dates in the coming months, given the current state of the world, we
  may have to move things around a bit in case of unforeseen events.
  Thank you for your patience and understanding.


[get in touch] 


2 Talk formats
==

  We'd like EmacsConf 2021 to inspire lots of different people to
  explore lots of different things in Emacs.  We hope to put together
  a stream of quick ideas followed by lots of conversation over IRC
  and/or Q sessions, with occasional deep dives into topics that
  many people might find interesting or useful.

  As you think about your talk, consider what you can share in:

  - *Up to 10 minutes total:* What is the core idea?  What do you want
people to do or remember?  You can show just enough to get people
interested and then point them to where they can learn more
afterwards.  You can answer questions over IRC, the pad, or the
wiki, and there's no limit to how long that conversation can go.

  - *Up to 20 minutes total:* How would you flesh out some of the
points from your 5-10 minute presentation?  How can you show the
pieces working together?

  - *Up to 40 minutes total:* What would benefit from a deep dive?
How do you keep it engaging?

  When writing your proposal, please write an outline of what you plan
  to talk about if you have 5-10 minutes.  If you'd like