Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] mastodon account
already mutuals ;) i still say there should be a mastodon server, i'd definitely be down to advise on how to set it up. my own instance just hit 1k accounts so i might know a thing or two! On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 1:17 PM Jacky Alciné I'm at https://playvicious.social/users/jalcine/ > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 1:12 PM charlie >> jacky: that's cool! what's your username on there? >> On 2/1/19 12:22 PM, Jacky Alciné wrote: >> >> I'm on there a lot, it's a good idea! I even have my personal consultancy >> on it as well >> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 10:30 AM charlie > >>> hey guys. I was told about this Twitter equivalent service called >>> Mastodon and I've tried it out and I think it's an awesome alternate >>> choice to twitter. I'm up for making a team account on there as well as >>> having the Twitter account for the team, too. Can never have too much >>> publicity. I'd like to get a consensus from everyone about it and then >>> go from there. Adding this to the accounts will give us three outlets >>> for publicity. Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> Charlie Luna >>> >>> ubuntu-california.org >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >>> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >>> >> >> -- >> Charlie Luna >> ubuntu-california.org >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 133, Issue 3
Yeah, that was a pick I made for an Official Ubuntu CA kind of account. If you want to open a personal account instances.social is a great way to find someplace to sign up (maybe you'll end up on my instance ;) ) that's your speed. On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 7:36 PM jim wrote: > > If you are looking for a more open-themed conversational social media > experience, we would recommend looking at https://instances.social/ for a > more suitable entrance to the fediverse. > > > On 10/06/2018 01:31 AM, Anna wrote: > > It's pretty easy to get going, the hardest part is picking an instance > probably. https://floss.social is one I found that seems primarily > focused on FLOSS, which might be a good candidate. Doesn't seem to be any > ubuntu-centric ones though. > > Running a Mastodon server would be pretty cool too, but would necessitate > a bit more involvement and considering how to handle who gets accounts, > etc. Most Mastodon instances run on Ubuntu (including mine!) so it'd be > highly appropriate, but getting everyone in the group sold on the concept > and interested in such a thing to make it worth the server cost and admin > labor would be the biggest issue I think :) > > Pretty much all of identi.ca's momentum went into Mastodon, and is > picking up way more steam than identi.ca ever did, especially with its > focus on fixing a lot of the social problems inherent to platforms like > twitter and facebook. > > I'm personally getting rather passionate about it because it's the first > chance I've seen for a break away from closed, corporate networks that > subsist off of data mining and, quite literally, misery, into something > that is run by individuals and communities for each others' mutual benefit. > I used to be extremely active on Twitter but did not realize just how bad > and unhealthy it was for me until I got away from it by participating in > a... let's call it a much healthier take on the microblogging concept, that > isn't 97% anger and hate speech. > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:28 PM Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > >> I'm working with Charlie to get him access to some of our other social >> media accounts. Maybe you could work with him to create a Mastodon >> account for the team? We had an identi.ca account long ago, but it >> fizzled out when the rest of that service did. >> >> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:10 PM Anna wrote: >> > >> > Failing a mastodon server, at least having a presence on mastodon would >> probably be a good idea, considering it's probably the most promising FLOSS >> social media project at the moment. I've been really down on that our only >> social media options are corporate, but there's been a huge uptick in >> Mastodon usage in the last few months and it's been lively and active to >> the point where I don't even care about Twitter anymore, which I used to >> live on. >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:06 PM Elizabeth K. Joseph >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:42 PM Andrew R Gross >> wrote: >> >> > Is there an instagram page? >> >> >> >> There is a Flickr account, but I was the only one who ever used it and >> >> it was pretty short-lived https://www.flickr.com/photos/ubuntu-us-ca/ >> >> >> >> Instead, mostly people just take their own photos of events and share >> >> them from their own accounts. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > >> > -- >> > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> >> >> >> -- >> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting frequency
Since nobody really uses IRC anymore (RIP) and slack costs, Discord might not be a terrible alternative pending something... FLOSSier. Honestly I like it much better than slack and you don't have to pay for it at all. On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:26 PM Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 7:24 PM Philip Ballew > wrote: > > What about a slack channel? Many people are logged in to slack for work > and can then keep the channel open to hang out there. > > I wanted to cycle back to this because I wanted to make sure people > know they're being heard. Slack is incredibly expensive, and if you > don't pay for it, you don't have long term archives. As such, it's a > very poor practical solution for open source projects, in addition to > the proprietary nature of it that makes it a poor ethical choice. > > As for alternate tooling, we don't have the resources right now to > host anything ourselves. > > -- > Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 133, Issue 3
It's pretty easy to get going, the hardest part is picking an instance probably. https://floss.social is one I found that seems primarily focused on FLOSS, which might be a good candidate. Doesn't seem to be any ubuntu-centric ones though. Running a Mastodon server would be pretty cool too, but would necessitate a bit more involvement and considering how to handle who gets accounts, etc. Most Mastodon instances run on Ubuntu (including mine!) so it'd be highly appropriate, but getting everyone in the group sold on the concept and interested in such a thing to make it worth the server cost and admin labor would be the biggest issue I think :) Pretty much all of identi.ca's momentum went into Mastodon, and is picking up way more steam than identi.ca ever did, especially with its focus on fixing a lot of the social problems inherent to platforms like twitter and facebook. I'm personally getting rather passionate about it because it's the first chance I've seen for a break away from closed, corporate networks that subsist off of data mining and, quite literally, misery, into something that is run by individuals and communities for each others' mutual benefit. I used to be extremely active on Twitter but did not realize just how bad and unhealthy it was for me until I got away from it by participating in a... let's call it a much healthier take on the microblogging concept, that isn't 97% anger and hate speech. On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:28 PM Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > I'm working with Charlie to get him access to some of our other social > media accounts. Maybe you could work with him to create a Mastodon > account for the team? We had an identi.ca account long ago, but it > fizzled out when the rest of that service did. > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:10 PM Anna wrote: > > > > Failing a mastodon server, at least having a presence on mastodon would > probably be a good idea, considering it's probably the most promising FLOSS > social media project at the moment. I've been really down on that our only > social media options are corporate, but there's been a huge uptick in > Mastodon usage in the last few months and it's been lively and active to > the point where I don't even care about Twitter anymore, which I used to > live on. > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:06 PM Elizabeth K. Joseph > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:42 PM Andrew R Gross > wrote: > >> > Is there an instagram page? > >> > >> There is a Flickr account, but I was the only one who ever used it and > >> it was pretty short-lived https://www.flickr.com/photos/ubuntu-us-ca/ > >> > >> Instead, mostly people just take their own photos of events and share > >> them from their own accounts. > >> > >> -- > >> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 > >> > >> -- > >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > > > -- > Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 133, Issue 3
Failing a mastodon server, at least having a presence on mastodon would probably be a good idea, considering it's probably the most promising FLOSS social media project at the moment. I've been really down on that our only social media options are corporate, but there's been a huge uptick in Mastodon usage in the last few months and it's been lively and active to the point where I don't even care about Twitter anymore, which I used to live on. On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 5:06 PM Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:42 PM Andrew R Gross wrote: > > Is there an instagram page? > > There is a Flickr account, but I was the only one who ever used it and > it was pretty short-lived https://www.flickr.com/photos/ubuntu-us-ca/ > > Instead, mostly people just take their own photos of events and share > them from their own accounts. > > -- > Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting frequency
Seconding others that IRC is a bit difficult to remember to check in these modern times. Slack would probably be easier for most people, despite being unfortunately proprietary. We really do need a FLOSS slack/discordalike. Also Mastodon is SO hot right now and actually open source, do you have or have you considered a presence there, or maybe even setting up a Mastodon instance? On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 7:09 PM, Nathan Haines wrote: > Hi team, > > We've always operated the California LoCo with the idea that most things > are discussed via the mailing list and online IRC meetings were held in > real-time to sort of summarize and verify any consensus that had formed > when it came to making important decisions. > > In the past few years, participation both on-list and on IRC has dropped > precipitously. > > I'd like to bring this up for discussion. There are really two issues at > hand. > > The first, is that meetings do take time and interfere with other plans. > Meetings haven't been well-attended for some time now, and I don't think > having meetings just to have them are very helpful. Would it be a good > idea to reduce meetings to monthly? > > Second, of course, is that participation and activity are very low. This > is a global problem across the Ubuntu Local Community Team landscape. But > we shouldn't take it for granted, either. If there are issues that need to > be addressed, or improvements to be made, it's important that I hear from > you so that we can all work together to make things better. > > Let me know if there's anything that you think we could do to help make > the California team a more interesting thing to be involved in. > > -- > Nathan Haines > Ubuntu - https://www.ubuntu.com/ > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm > an/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] In search of 56k serial modem
If his budget is that strict... is he paying for phone service? Or is he getting subsidized phone service as well? It may be possible to get DSL or a bottom tier cable modem with enough bandwidth to do VoIP for cheaper, though that can be technically trickier, and less reliable in emergencies. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Mr. Andrzejak wrote: > Thank you to all who replied. Right now he is paying only $7 a month with > lafn.org, and to save money on dial up there is also socalfree.net which is > free dial up, but I have not tested this service out yet. I did also > recommend getting DSL but the $15/month looks out of this persons budget. > > I'd love to give Mikes modem a try. I probably have a power cable at work > some place I could match up to it as well. > > Thx! Dave > > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Announcement: New website
Good job! Wordpress is awesome but keep it up to date as much as you can--old WP sites I've had had a tendency to get hacked by script kiddies as I neglected them. Be sure to write plugins instead of modifying the source (there's really not anything you can't do with plugins) so that updating is easy. :) -Anna On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 6:42 AM, seidos wrote: > Ooo, domainy goodness. Neat. > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Mark Garrow >> wrote: >> > I agree. It looks good. One question/suggestion most links at the >> top >> > open a new location by replacing the current location. Would it make >> more >> > sense to have those links open in a new window? >> >> If you look at ubuntu.com and wiki.ubuntu.com they do not follow a >> policy of opening new links in a new window even when the domain >> changes so we're seeking to be consistent with these resources. >> >> And personally I'm also not a fan of using _blank to open pages in new >> windows without permission from the user. >> >> -- >> Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2 >> http://www.princessleia.com >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > > > > -- > metta > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
