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Month: 2017-11

2017-11-01

itsmisscs 09:57:13
omg td voice print. record your voice so next time you call in they can id you via voice instead of asking questions. 🙀
itsmisscs 09:57:16
um no.
itsmisscs 09:57:31
i have no trust in conveniences from corps these days
itsmisscs 12:46:02
@darshana we need to go to microsoft flagship store to try out thir mixed reality headsets :)) will be fun.
itsmisscs 12:53:40
cool on many levels (for film): http://www.meerkatmedia.org/#about 1) examples to learn from; 2) have a paid residency; 3) worker owned cooperate in nyc!

meerkatmedia.org

Homepage

A community of makers committed to creating innovative and thought provoking film and new media

I like the look of these guys!!
We should chat with them!!
itsmisscs 14:15:31
coaching institute recommend by MB has been acquired by accenture http://agilecoachinginstitute.com/acis-new-home-within-accenture/

Agile Coaching Institute

ACI’s New Home Within Accenture - Agile Coaching Institute

Today, we announced that ACI has been acquired by Accenture. ACI’s new home within Accenture will allow us to fully realize our mission: defining and developing the Agile coaching profession so that Agile coaches become powerful change agents. As many of you know ACI has...

Wow. These companies are all over Agile

2017-11-02

itsmisscs 02:06:58
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thanksforgiving-a-seasonal-dining-experiment-tickets-38055685580?aff=IncompleteRegistration&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=CTA_card&ref=eemail

Eventbrite

Thanks(for)giving - A Seasonal Dining Experiment

As many of you know, in the past few months I have been studying the ins and outs of professional cookery at the Institute of Culinary Education. As we round the midway point, I have been thinking hard about what I'd like my design practice to evolve into post-graduation. To inspire possible answers, I am embarking on a series of experiments to explore the effects of food on social interaction. Event Format These dinners will be a little different from your typical sit-and-eat dining experience. While I can't promise predictability, what I can promise is a memorable evening of interacting in new and interesting ways with friends from the Orbital community. And of course, an abundance of tasty food made by yours truly. 7:00pm - Welcome and Freeform Mingling! 7:30pm - Sit-Down Dinner and Interactive Experiment begins (don't be late!) BYOB—This will allow me to focus on delivering the best possible food experience. (At least, until I take the wine course.) Theme The theme of this upcoming dinner will be... Thanksgiving! With a twist. If you have a personal favorite seasonal side dish, please tell me what it is. Your answers will inform certain aspects of the meal, which I won't reveal until dinner is served. Hope to see you there! FAQ May I bring a friend? Yes! Please have them purchase a ticket as well, so I can keep track of attendees as well as the amount of food to make. What does the ticket price cover? The ticket price covers the cost of ingredients and transportation, with a bit of padding for costing errors/price fluctuation. I source the majority of my ingredients from local producers committed to sustainabile growing methods and humane animal husbandry practices. The goal isn't to turn a profit, however if there is money left over, it will be donated to the unofficial Orbital Drinks Fund for the all-important purpose of fueling future merriment. I have a food allergy/dietary limitations. Inform me via the registration form and I will ensure that everyone leaves the dinner in healthy good cheer. :)

itsmisscs 02:16:32
@darshana here’s the link to edit events 🙂 https://github.com/misscs/compositescollective.com/blob/cc-timeline/data/Events.yml

GitHub

misscs/compositescollective.com

<http://compositescollective.com|compositescollective.com> - Website source code for Composites Collective

itsmisscs 02:16:38
just commit directly to `cc-timeline`
itsmisscs 13:25:51
@darshana simple video editing concept and a nice video on greta. so amazing. let me know what you want to ask her. we can chat a bit at standup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNelrF6s1rs&feature=youtu.be

YouTube

Greta

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dzn 22:31:04
yo. I’m on appear.in
itsmisscs 22:35:49
Joining
dzn 22:36:42
cool!

2017-11-03

itsmisscs 02:28:31
i’m loving discourse as just a mind dumping tool
itsmisscs 02:28:42
@darshana ^^
itsmisscs 02:29:42
doing some meeting prep and decided to go back through twitter to jog my memory. ended up using tweets as storytelling mixed in with some of my notes I found and moved to discourse
itsmisscs 02:29:49
we can also backdate 😏
itsmisscs 03:00:16
vimeo have a live streaming service with engagement https://vimeo.com/live

Vimeo

Professional live streaming for your next event

Live stream your videos in high-quality 1080p, get tools to boost engagement (and lower stress), and enjoy one home for all your live and uploaded videos.

itsmisscs 09:00:30
@sylin @darshana where’s the list of articles? I thought it was posted to slack but cannot find. just see the one from darshana that i read
dzn 09:02:15
Was sent to hi@
itsmisscs 09:02:21
thanks 🙂
itsmisscs 09:56:57
@sylin @darshana are we using https://appear.in/vnyc?

 

appear.in

Video conversations with up to 8 people for free - no login, no downloads. Create a video room. Share the link. Appear together. Try it now at <https://appear.in>

dzn 09:57:29
that’s what we used the last time
itsmisscs 09:57:54
cool
itsmisscs 09:58:12
@sylin did you get our invite? i’m trying to test to see if it actually sends
sylin 09:59:37
Hi
sylin 09:59:49
give me 5 minutes to get ready
itsmisscs 10:00:13
no rush
sylin 10:02:17
rachael wants to join us today, appear.in?
sylin 10:04:11
@itsmisscs didn’t see any invite. what did you send?
dzn 10:04:56
beat you to it Shu
itsmisscs 10:05:00
@sylin re-occurring cal invitation
dzn 10:05:04
we are all on appear.in
dzn 10:05:08
vnyc
itsmisscs 10:05:13
will test with you after the call.
itsmisscs 10:06:53
see if that is better for some of the connections
itsmisscs 10:07:48
@darshana mind sharing that with rachel?
dzn 10:07:57
we’re coming on
itsmisscs 22:07:26
damn “Bitcoin rockets above $7000 for the first time”
dzn 22:10:19
I know!! I was looking yesterday
dzn 22:10:24
damn Audrey!!
dzn 22:10:53
I’ll get and make my way there
itsmisscs 23:46:06
tickets for Tina’s dinner purchased. got the last 2. will forward. venmo works 🙂
itsmisscs 23:46:35
@sylin is rachel in slack? if not, is she interested in joining?
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2017-11-04

rachaello 00:02:08
@rachaello has joined the channel
rachaello 00:08:20
Hi everyone!
rachaello 00:08:30
It’s Rachael 😄
rachaello 00:09:24
Just joined the channel, thanks Shu for invite!
2
itsmisscs 00:35:39
hi @rachaello
itsmisscs 05:45:15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy

Adhocracy

Adhocracy is a flexible, adaptable and informal form of organization that is defined by a lack of formal structure. It operates in an opposite fashion to a bureaucracy. The term was coined by Warren Bennis in his 1968 book The Temporary Society, later popularized in 1970 by Alvin Toffler in Future Shock, and has since become often used in the theory of management of organizations (particularly online organizations). The concept has been further developed by academics such as Henry Mintzberg. Adhocracy is characterized by an adaptive, creative and flexible integrative behavior based on non-permanence and spontaneity. It is believed that these characteristics allow adhocracy to respond faster than traditional bureaucratic organizations while being more open to new ideas.

2017-11-05

itsmisscs 23:15:07
@darshana morning
itsmisscs 23:15:46
@darshana can you share the new doc with me?
dzn 23:16:24
hey.
dzn 23:16:37
it’ shared on your gmail and talkto
itsmisscs 23:17:38
found it. had to go to drive. google
dzn 23:22:08
just finishing up the pdis bit.
dzn 23:22:19
moving some stuff around
dzn 23:22:28
I haven’t gotten to the last parts
dzn 23:23:18
let’s chat at 11? It will be easier
itsmisscs 23:28:03
sure thing
dzn 23:59:28
hey. do you mind if we chat at 11:15? Sorry. My house is fucking freezing. Going to go to the coffee shop
itsmisscs 23:59:43
not at all!
itsmisscs 23:59:51
geesh i totally underststand that issue

2017-11-06

dzn 00:18:52
hey
dzn 00:18:54
here
dzn 00:19:17
It’scold here too. Gah
dzn 00:19:38
but at least I don’t feel like a total idiot sitting in my jacket
itsmisscs 00:20:28
ugh that’s annoying
itsmisscs 00:21:00
@darshana did you leave?
dzn 00:24:05
Damn. Internet trouble now. They are restarting. Soon...
dzn 00:24:10
Ahhhh
itsmisscs 00:24:22
k
dzn 00:27:16
ok. gave up and connected to my phone
dzn 00:27:23
shall I get on appear.in?
itsmisscs 00:28:15
i have to restart chrome
dzn 00:28:40
lol
itsmisscs 00:28:48
seriously
itsmisscs 00:47:57
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/07/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-drugs-killings.html

The New York Times

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.

dzn 02:43:52
I'm off to see ahmed. Let's forget the BetaNYC flyer for now and plan on Monday. I should have the bandwidth for it too. Let's see how the tasks line up for next week.
itsmisscs 02:44:23
sounds good. tell him hi 🙂 happy writing
dzn 03:02:32
🙂

2017-11-07

itsmisscs 00:00:14
@darshana be on standup in a couple!
dzn 00:00:33
I’m on. See you there
itsmisscs 00:08:17
http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/chia-hua-notes-from-darshana/80

Composites Collective

Chia Hua Notes from Darshana

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itsmisscs 01:09:49
65 points in october
itsmisscs 01:11:57
that’s a pretty hefty amount of points considering capacity (being out for travel) and the number of 5's and 7's we had. will be nice to see how november plays out
dzn 02:26:56
wooo!!!
dzn 02:27:21
yeah. I’m curious too
itsmisscs 02:47:27
entering ze doc
itsmisscs 02:52:39
@darshana these note http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/vtaiwan-uav-facilitation-meeting/76 ❤️ some really good quotes as we think about the article

Composites Collective

vTaiwan UAV Facilitation Meeting

Shu Yang invited us to attend vTaiwan Hackathon. Hackathons are used as weekly drop in hours for public and civil servants to discuss any matter related to vTaiwan. The facilitator and subject matter expert came in to discuss matters related to the UAV (drones) facilitation. Other attendees from civic tech fest attended. People needed 1 - camera 1 - obs 1 - facilitator 1 - facilitar for domain knowledge 1- stenographer (optional) 2-3 staff for slide Training prep-meeting for mock fa...

dzn 02:58:06
agree but maybe not for this one. I think most of them need a bit of context and we don’t go into the context right now
dzn 02:58:17
except maybe “this process is expense….needs a strong community”
itsmisscs 02:58:45
i should correct typing typos
itsmisscs 02:58:54
we can use it in the g0v article 🙂
itsmisscs 02:59:09
let’s enjoy having a whole article to tease through
itsmisscs 02:59:53
i created … http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/resources-for-upcoming-civisist-articles/97 to keep a list of resources or things we comes across that we want for the articles.

Composites Collective

Resources for upcoming Civisist articles

<http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/vtaiwan-uav-facilitation-meeting/76>

dzn 03:02:25
cool cool 🙂
dzn 03:04:00
ready to get on video whenever you are ready
itsmisscs 03:04:15
i’m there. chilling
dzn 03:04:27
coming 🙂
itsmisscs 03:20:06
this is the person that emailed liz about g0vnyc and is attending proghack night tomorrow. see thread in `team@`. https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/eric-french-monge/

NYU Journalism

Eric French Monge - NYU Journalism

Location: New York, NY Hometown: San Jose, Costa Rica Before Studio 20 …

itsmisscs 03:20:39
@itsmisscs set the channel topic: Daily going ons of g0vnyc project. All welcome! Standup daily 11am (https://appear.in/vnyc). Resources/Notes: http://beta.hackfoldr.org/vnyc. Set your notifications accordingly. We chatter.
itsmisscs 03:21:07
brain or soul…soul or brain
itsmisscs 03:21:11
so tough
itsmisscs 03:21:20
😬
dzn 03:33:19
either soul or cognition
dzn 03:34:02
not a big fan of brain being a special body part
itsmisscs 03:34:30
yeah i hear you on that
itsmisscs 03:34:35
cognition is nice but lots of typing
itsmisscs 03:34:41
soul is simple
dzn 03:34:47
yeah
itsmisscs 03:34:57
also denotes a rawer space
dzn 03:35:05
also, I like the ring of it too
dzn 03:35:22
I vote for soul!
itsmisscs 03:35:56
cool. then we continue forward as it is named.
itsmisscs 03:36:53
the ease of the api may be what tips me over to use one as my own personal evernote
itsmisscs 03:37:43
shall see. i really like it for our stuff. it lends itself quite well. it is nice to have text, but the chia hua post of your screen shots worked really well to
itsmisscs 03:38:03
makes the nicest shared space
itsmisscs 03:38:26
it doesn’t allow pdf uploads. i need to check if it is a setting or by design.
dzn 03:38:34
the screenshots work surprisingly well
dzn 03:38:49
That’s odd that it doesn’t allow pdf update
itsmisscs 03:39:37
yeah. images work well. these are from my notes http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/civic-tech-fest-panels-day-2/73

Composites Collective

Civic Tech Fest Panels Day 2

Notes from Day 2 of Civic Tech Fest. in progress. moving notes from evernote Most of these comes from the panel session Proposal made by the government Discussions divided into periods [image] Sayit is a project from mysociety Makes transcriptions easy to search Where does participation [image] Save vtaiwan there are no offline meetings Vtaiwan has more complex procedures for on and off line Did you have meetings? How were the offline meetings structured? Who participates [image] W...

dzn 03:40:00
very nice!!! I like that a lot
itsmisscs 03:40:17
usually you can drag and drop from whatever source which makes it super easy to them in from anywhere
itsmisscs 03:40:32
yeah it’s nice http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/2017-09-11-alex-pentland-wcit-talk/72

Composites Collective

2017-09-11 Alex Pentland WCIT Talk

We got to hear Sandy Pentland talk. He opened WCIT festival. He spoke about his social bridges metrics. The core of it states that as diversity drops, so does economics of an area”. I think about New York, housing, our work, the stories from our experimental summer. “This will be great for our project.” [IMG_3842][IMG_3840][IMG_3843][IMG_3841]

itsmisscs 03:40:58
a nice way to share 🙂
dzn 03:42:38
so nice!!
dzn 03:42:48
I will start moving stuff too and playing around
dzn 03:43:02
moving to the article first though…
dzn 03:43:14
going to go over solo for a bit, get into the grove
dzn 03:43:26
then ping and see where you are?
itsmisscs 03:49:55
@darshana sure. i’m working on the vtaiwan piece…the tools
dzn 03:50:20
🙂 I’ll giving it a read through for feel etc.
dzn 03:50:25
will tell you where I land
itsmisscs 03:50:33
sure. i’m still working on it
dzn 03:50:34
when I land 😉
itsmisscs 03:50:37
haha
dzn 03:50:45
ok
dzn 03:52:22
switching to suggesting for the small phrasing changes
itsmisscs 03:58:55
whoa https://talk.pdis.nat.gov.tw/t/what-we-do-participation/53/4

PDIS 公開討論區

What we do - Participation

The meme that paralysed the administration [image] In March 2014, students in the Sunflower movement occupied the Parliament for 22 days. The result has introduced a giant leap in civic participation in Taiwan. Hundreds of g0v (gov-zero) hacktivists built real-time ICT systems for coordinating supplies, live-streaming, transcription, and translation — broadcasting the demonstration to half a million people on the street and millions more online. They represented the first generation to spe...

itsmisscs 03:59:27
>Uber and Airbnb are hot topics, but other public issues — such as judicial reform, land-use planning, and cultural policy — don’t get much coverage. The long-form explanations won’t fit into mainstream TV and newspapers, and there are no angle for sensational commentaries.

>So by late 2015, ex-occupiers created new media channels, with the same non-profit, open-source, crowd-based techniques from the Sunflower movement.
itsmisscs 03:59:29
>Talk to Taiwan, an interactive web TV-show broadcast every Thursday evening, with a guest specialising on one policy area — the Mayor of Taipei city on Medicare; the outgoing Premier on cyber-infrastructure; and this week, the new minister of culture.
itsmisscs 03:59:44
take this idea of crowdsourcing concerns for districts
itsmisscs 04:02:28
the democracy as a game section of that post is +++ 💛
dzn 04:36:24
briefly went over. I like!! Was thinking of another way that this could be a game
dzn 04:36:33
chat later..
dzn 04:37:13
for now.. I am going over the g0v and PDIS parts
itsmisscs 04:39:02
okay. i’m in vtaiwan/lu chai hua and watchout
itsmisscs 05:00:15
@darshana what do you think about using ugly cat story to underscore the time we spent there a bit further up…something along the lines “had such a rousing conversation that Ugly, the office cat who likes to be a master of his space, came contribute his story about the two cats sharing his space…
dzn 05:00:45
lol. That might work
dzn 05:01:09
put in what you feel like, then we can switch spots and see what it sounds like
itsmisscs 05:01:26
then it can end on a project which is a nice tie to the opening of the following paragraph
itsmisscs 05:02:09
i still vote to cut ugly cat 😜
but i think you are right that we don’t know what angle we will take to tell the story. infusing ugly here fits the spirit of travel/story
itsmisscs 05:02:48
but i’ll see if this reads better than current placement at the end
dzn 05:06:47
it adds a some color to that section
dzn 05:07:02
we don’t have much personal stuff there the way it stood before
dzn 05:07:14
we don’t have to mention the master of this space part if that sounds weird
itsmisscs 05:07:39
ah. maybe that’s what tripping it up. didn’t think about that until you mentioned it
dzn 05:07:44
we can just leave it at, we visited the team and Ugly cat at…
itsmisscs 05:07:57
i always saw that as the descriptor
dzn 05:08:09
🙂
dzn 05:08:14
q to you ---
dzn 05:08:28
does the g0v hackathon enforce open source??
dzn 05:08:42
as in, do all projects HAVE to be opensource
itsmisscs 05:09:22
they clear that up in the video. i believe that is the one thing they ask but you don’t have to
itsmisscs 05:09:31
i don’t remember clearly, sorry
dzn 05:09:47
they say that about projects that are funded through OCF
dzn 05:09:54
that they have to be open source
dzn 05:10:02
I didn’t think they mentioned hackathon projects
itsmisscs 05:10:02
mmm also about g0v projects
itsmisscs 05:10:07
let me check through notes
dzn 05:10:12
I’ll look at the video
dzn 05:10:22
have to do it any case for Kirby’s quote
itsmisscs 05:12:23
kirby’s is the last one of the second video
itsmisscs 05:13:26
i think we shoud keep frame.io for the next couple months, especially if we decide to do patreon and release videos. if we invite ourselves to the team we can @mention each other and more effectively communicate over videos, i feel.
itsmisscs 05:13:39
at least until we get though reviewing and making clips of all the taiwan footage
itsmisscs 05:14:42
ipa says

> “the key reason behind the growth of the community is that we encourage everyone uses the open source license”
itsmisscs 05:15:47
encourage but don’t mandate 🙂
itsmisscs 05:16:26
part 2 video. sometimes for my notes, you need to go forward a bit.
dzn 05:22:37
I like that!! fits really well with what we are trying to say
dzn 05:22:44
(the ipa quote)
dzn 05:23:11
would be good to keep frame.io but maybe we can downgrade
itsmisscs 05:30:46
we have already run out of space
itsmisscs 05:31:18
we need to cut down the clips. i think it would be helpful for that first stage..reviewing…marking the spots. then we can make the clips and put them somewhere else for now
itsmisscs 05:31:42
we can get way more hosted space and just mount it like a dropbox folder
itsmisscs 06:14:52
https://twitter.com/TowCenter/status/657612181035323393

twitter

Appreciating <https://twitter.com/ProPublica|@ProPublica>'s choice to embrace "crowd-powered" as a phrase for journalism that relies upon collaboration with audience.

I like!! I’m going to retweet on talkto. hehe
practice twittering or something
dzn 06:18:46
I think compressing the 4K videos is another option. The Jacklyn Tsai videos alone are 30GB!!
itsmisscs 06:18:56
yeah they are huge
itsmisscs 06:19:01
that’s totally right
dzn 06:19:15
it’s really 2 sets that are occupying all the space
itsmisscs 06:19:31
the 4k video sets hehe
dzn 06:19:35
yeah 🙂
itsmisscs 06:19:45
but it is so much better footage
itsmisscs 06:19:53
compressing is a great idea
itsmisscs 06:20:46
for the g0v article, i think reviewing the mglee and ttcat videos will be useful
dzn 06:21:30
for sure!! for the next set of articles we should review all of the videos
itsmisscs 06:24:08
JT video, too….yeah, you are right, all of them
itsmisscs 06:24:54
@darshana what changes do you want to events section? i have the code open. just moved the project section below team and removed “pilot” from title”
dzn 06:25:23
just that. the rest are spelling mistakes
dzn 06:25:33
I can tell you now if that’s easier
itsmisscs 06:25:41
yes 🙂 while i have it up
dzn 06:26:29
looking
dzn 06:26:31
…
dzn 06:28:24
in the denver talk, ‘On/Offline’
itsmisscs 06:29:27
what was the change for the facilitation event that you wanted?
dzn 06:30:05
getting there
dzn 06:30:10
I’m going down the list
dzn 06:30:41
comma between all the places and cities — e.g. WEWORK CHELSEA, NYC
dzn 06:31:18
damn
dzn 06:31:32
easier if I just do it and not pass it on to you
dzn 06:31:41
there are a few more small things here and there
itsmisscs 06:31:43
i will add the comma through CSS
dzn 06:31:47
even before beta nyc
dzn 06:31:55
I will take do later
dzn 06:32:03
my head is in article..
itsmisscs 06:32:05
mkay. i’ll take care of the comma and push what i have
itsmisscs 06:32:07
sure thing
dzn 06:32:11
yep!!
dzn 06:32:15
that works 🙂
itsmisscs 06:32:22
i am going to make that fix and then go get some groceries and head home before the meeting
itsmisscs 06:32:39
if you can let me know what you think of the directions in chia hua and watchout, would be much appreciated
itsmisscs 06:32:53
i can start putting samples of my thoughts for pdis section
itsmisscs 06:42:35
oh wow even the park that separates watchout from ey has grass in the history of taiwan’s battles for democracy
@sylin 🤓👂🏾👃🏾🐧
this will go well with my other bed time entertainment — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vietnam_War_(TV_series)
✅ 1
dzn 06:43:12
sounds good. I’m going to head out for some food too
dzn 06:43:28
I haven’t gotten to the end of the PDIS section yet
dzn 06:43:31
will be there soon
dzn 06:43:49
How excellent to be able to tie the park into the larger theme 🙂
dzn 06:44:03
I will take a look at the next 2 sections soon

2017-11-08

itsmisscs 04:29:20
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/nyregion/fear-vs-hope-battle-lines-drawn-over-a-constitutional-convention.html

The New York Times

Fear vs. Hope: Battle Lines Drawn Over a Constitutional Convention

A constitutional convention could go a long way to addressing the dysfunction in Albany, but not everyone is in favor of having one.

itsmisscs 06:07:29
> “Protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profits,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on 1 November but increasing earnings seems to be the rationale behind the disturbing change that Facebook has been testing in six countries (Slovakia, Serbia, Bolivia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka and Cambodia) since mid-October.

>Under this change, news media stories no longer appear in the main “News Feed” unless they pay to appear there. The “News Feed” now only shows content from the user’s “friends” and paid content including advertisements. News media content is relegated to a less prominent “Explore” feed.
itsmisscs 06:07:40
https://rsf.org/en/news/dont-relegate-journalism-facebooks-cellars-rsf-tells-zuckerberg

RSF

“Don’t relegate journalism to Facebook’s cellars,” RSF tells Zuckerberg | Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Facebook to act responsibly by abandoning the change to its news feed that it is currently testing in six countries. It would be disastrous for the survival of many media outlets if Facebook adopted the change worldwide. “Protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profits,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on 1 November but increasing earnings seems to be the rationale behind the disturbing change that Facebook has been testing in six countries (Slovakia, Serbia, Bolivia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka and Cambodia) since mid-October.Under this change, news media stories no longer appear in the main “News Feed” unless they pay to appear there. The “News Feed” now only shows content from the user’s “friends” and paid content including advertisements. News media content is relegated to a less prominent “Explore” feed.“In our view, this arrangement reinforces a discriminatory, pay-based distribution of media content that threatens journalism’s ability to survive,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “Given social media’s role in providing access to the news media, it would be dangerous for journalism to be relegated to Facebook’s cellars.”In response to the outcry about the experiment, Facebook has said it is just a test and that, for the time being, there is no question of extending it to other countries. If extended, it would further undermine the news media, whose content it already rendered less visible by ads and other forms of non-journalistic content, including PR content and rumors, which Facebook displays prominently.“We call on Facebook to behave more responsibly,” said Elodie Vialle, the head of RSF’s Journalism and Technology Desk. “We are extremely worried about the way this test is being conducted, the lack of transparency and the potential consequences for the media. Facebook’s goal is clear. It wants to keep its users on its site for as long as possible. But this must not threaten journalistic freedom and independence by undermining their practitioners.”Preserving the media’s watchdog roleFacebook has given no explanation for the six countries chosen for the trial and, although it has established many partnerships with news media, especially via its Facebook Journalism Project, it gave the media in these six countries no warning.The California-based giant’s actions have an impact on democracy and media freedom. Some news websites, whose readership has plummeted since the start of the test, play an essential watchdog role in countries with authoritarian regimes, where journalists not working for media oligarchs often migrate to Facebook. In Serbia, for example, independent media have been gagged by President Aleksandar Vučić and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since last May’s presidential election. In Slovakia, the media have had four times fewer interactions (likes, comments, shares) since Facebook launched the Explore Feed, according to Filip Struhárik of the Dennik N news website. “A company that big also has an enormous responsibility and cannot just do as it pleases,” he wrote on Medium. “What managers [at Facebook] consider a small test can cause serious problems in some countries.”With much less access to their readers, some media outlets will be condemned to die. Dina Fernández of the Guatemalan news site Soy502 told the Guardian newspaper: “The Facebook explore tab killed 66% of our traffic. Just destroyed it … years of really hard work were just swept away.” Guillaume Ledit of the French magazine Usbek &amp; Rica points out that Facebook replaced Google several years ago as the main channel by which Internet users get access to the news. This is also the case in Cambodia, one of the six countries, where Facebook has overtaken television as one of the main sources of news, according to Jenni Reid, the Phnom Penh Post website editor.Forced into digital servitude, under growing pressure to swear loyalty to Facebook in order to survive, the media are finding it increasingly impossible to turn back.

thebestsophist 06:15:06
i have so many feels about facebook. i’ve said some of them to directly facebook’s director of content strategy. i’ll probably never get hired there
dzn 10:41:21
@itsmisscs
dzn 10:41:34
the betaNYC handout ^^
dzn 10:41:41
work your font magic please 🙂
itsmisscs 11:34:55
oh no 😭 😭 😭
itsmisscs 11:34:55
https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-the-pious-alternative-to-evil-silicon-valley/

WIRED

New York: The Pious Alternative to Evil Silicon Valley?

A billboard in the heart of Silicon Valley declaims the evils of the region and touts the virtues of New York.

itsmisscs 11:36:15
whoa founder/ceo of civic hall took that ad out. it is a very real website
itsmisscs 11:41:12
coooool story https://twitter.com/MarcForDA

twitter.com

:pencil2:VOTE Marc Fliedner (@MarcForDA) | Twitter

The latest Tweets from :pencil2:VOTE Marc Fliedner (@MarcForDA). WRITE IN MARC FLIEDNER for Manhattan DA on November 7. :rose:Proud @DemSocialists member. First Out Gay Man To Run for DA anywhere. #EndCashBail #BlackLivesMatter. New York, NY

itsmisscs 11:49:33
And…..Marte lost
itsmisscs 11:49:51
even more votes. ugh…that primary was important. kick her off the ticket
itsmisscs 11:50:55
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/nyregion/mayor-de-blasio-nyc-election.html

The New York Times

With Second-Term in Sight, Mayor de Blasio Is Ever the Same

Bill de Blasio has begun discussing the formation of a new source to pay for future political activities, possibly outside New York.

2017-11-09

dzn 00:11:06
hi. Was just looking at medium. Why didn’t we just use the team email and publish our stuff as CC?
dzn 00:11:32
like so… https://medium.com/@ObamaWhiteHouse/president-obama-s-2016-state-of-the-union-address-7c06300f9726

Medium

President Obama’s 2016 State of the Union Address – The Obama White House – Medium

The White House is once again making the full text of the State of the Union available online ahead of the speech, as prepared for delivery…

dzn 00:11:45
as in, the white house as an entity
dzn 00:12:00
much prefer that
itsmisscs 00:12:06
yes! we can. CC is a publication and it can author stories, too 🙂
itsmisscs 00:12:19
you still have to login under your own account
itsmisscs 00:12:26
you will see two profile icons top right
dzn 00:12:58
but the DU talk is not published there
dzn 00:13:20
it hasn’t been moved into CC?
itsmisscs 00:13:29
i need to move it over
itsmisscs 00:13:39
i just noticed we can do that/how to as i was working on it
dzn 00:13:58
ah. was a bit confused by that
itsmisscs 00:14:03
probably best to hold off looking at DU talk. The copy is one version off
dzn 00:14:17
ok!
itsmisscs 00:14:30
when i created it, i didn’t realize that publications could publish as themselves.
dzn 00:15:11
I’m playing around as well
itsmisscs 00:15:17
oh! medium lets you import
itsmisscs 00:15:19
so nice!
dzn 00:15:29
texted evan. he says he is not busy at all and would love to translate 🙂
itsmisscs 00:15:29
next one i’ll try writing and importing
itsmisscs 00:15:45
fabulous
dzn 00:15:56
yeah. I will do that. Was wondering why you were writing straight on
itsmisscs 00:15:59
let’s setup that project in soul, too
itsmisscs 00:16:16
because i wanted to try their interface. figure out which way i like to write 🙂
dzn 00:17:25
🙂
itsmisscs 00:22:54
spoke with buoy. will start work on the project next week. i think it’ll be frontloaded: put the bulk of the time in upfront and then work with them on integration. can discuss at next week’s planning
dzn 02:27:28
sounds good
dzn 02:28:42
would be good to keep it in mind to put all external meetings on the calendar.
dzn 02:28:46
today’s too…
dzn 02:30:43
what’s the font you selected for paragraphs?
itsmisscs 03:06:23
++ good call. will be more mindful about external meetings
itsmisscs 03:06:29
probably will be more next week
itsmisscs 03:06:43
with freelance work picking up
itsmisscs 03:35:59
http://4am.tw/photos/

4am.tw

Democracy at 4am : What unprecedented protest means for Taiwan.

To defend the hard-earned democracy. We occupied the Legistlative Yuan of ROC, peacefully and rationally, Since 2014-03-19, tens of thousands citizens have joined us. Taiwan needs your attention and support. Today, we ask you to join us, in support of basic democratic values.

itsmisscs 04:20:05
http://soul.compositescollective.com/c/projects/planning

Composites Collective

Planning

Space for planning Composites Collective org and its subprojects

itsmisscs 04:20:44
http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/researching-likeminded-organizations/19/2

Composites Collective

Researching likeminded organizations

Interesting organizational models <https://enspiral.com/> Public Service Design Studios These organizations are often working directly with government <https://www.navapbc.com/> <http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/servicedesign/index.html> Most related <http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/servicedesign/index.html> Working in nyc government Gorgeous site <http://3x3.co/> Rethinking our cities Really like their process breakdown <http://3x3.co/process/> They engage at intersection of human centered design and par...

itsmisscs 04:23:04
http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/first-planning-session/101

Composites Collective

First planning session

[IMG_4407][IMG_4410][IMG_4406][IMG_4411][IMG_4409][IMG_4408]

itsmisscs 15:01:06
ah, we may want to double check it is EY and not LY. going through some things on 4am.tw and they talk about Legislative Yuan.
itsmisscs 15:01:57
ah ha…http://4am.tw/videos/

4am.tw

Democracy at 4am : What unprecedented protest means for Taiwan.

To defend the hard-earned democracy. We occupied the Legistlative Yuan of ROC, peacefully and rationally, Since 2014-03-19, tens of thousands citizens have joined us. Taiwan needs your attention and support. Today, we ask you to join us, in support of basic democratic values.

itsmisscs 15:02:42
so it started at LY and in response to students moving to EY, police violence broke out

2017-11-10

dzn 00:55:01
I checked. Everywhere I looked it said LY
dzn 00:55:47
can ask Shu to double check
itsmisscs 03:05:22
ZOMG https://www.topic.com/aka-wyatt-cenac

Topic

aka Wyatt Cenac

It’s no secret that Brooklyn has been changing. Now, the rapidly gentrifying borough is getting the vigilante it needs — and deserves.

itsmisscs 03:06:17
i’ve only just started the first one and it is hilarious. think broad city, but 2 black men in brooklyn making commentary on absurdities of brooklyn.
dzn 03:17:41
https://www.patreon.com/abroadinjapan

Patreon

Abroad in Japan is creating Original, sarcastic videos about Japan | Patreon

Become a patron of Abroad in Japan today: Read 120 posts by Abroad in Japan and get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators.

itsmisscs 03:23:17
i’m back in the room
itsmisscs 03:23:19
her video is so good
itsmisscs 03:23:30
audio better on bandwidth?
dzn 03:40:52
http://www.minutiae-app.org/faqs/

minutiae-app.org

minutiae | FAQs

minutiae is an anti social media app

itsmisscs 04:13:44
> More exactly, the conference highlighted the extent to which nations and cities outside of the United States are looking to capitalize on the current, tenuous geopolitical season and position themselves as leaders in a broader move to re-imagine civic life in local communities.
itsmisscs 04:13:55
https://www.newamerica.org/weekly/edition-184/how-cities-across-globe-are-taking-innovation-their-own-hands

New America

How Cities Across the Globe Are Taking Innovation into Their Own Hands

As America turns inward, a recent CityLab conference reveals how cities are looking to take up the mantle of global creator and innovator.

olivebranch.a 08:30:20
Sunflower Movement started in LY (legislative), and then moved on to EY (executive) to go forward

I checked. Everywhere I looked it said LY

good to know!! Thanks Avross
itsmisscs 09:24:29
@sylin @rachaello we are at an event. Not sure we will be back in time for meeting today. @darshana what’s your take?
sylin 09:30:22
Rachael’s at work. I asked Fang to join the call.
sylin 09:30:43
feel free to rearrange
sylin 09:31:10
I will just talk to Fang then 🙂
itsmisscs 09:31:11
We may be absent :( if you want to meet and take notes we can add thoughts
sylin 09:31:44
ok
itsmisscs 09:31:50
K.
itsmisscs 09:32:22
Sorry! Overly ambitious
sylin 09:50:41
NP
itsmisscs 11:49:40
thinking more about projects along the line of ami that let us showcase storytelling with data

2017-11-12

dzn 04:04:17
platform co-op conference notes — http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/platform-co-op-conference-2017/104

Composites Collective

Platform Co-op conference 2017

DAY 1 The co-op community is trying to come up with a governance model to bring coops together there is a conference is Hong Kong to bring coops in Asia into the loop. ‘It’s not about creating an interesting model… we need to succeed’ (use in patreon!) the people who are invisible need to succeed The conference was about changing and dismantling the current systems of power. 3 Ps — PURPOSE, POWER, PEOPLE COLLECTIVE POWER. There is a difference between voice and power — collective voice...

dzn 04:04:45
check out zebrasunite. many useful things in there for us

2017-11-14

itsmisscs 00:01:30
hi sorry. hoping on appear.in
dzn 02:02:57
ready whenever you are
dzn 02:03:01
no rush though
itsmisscs 02:03:04
cool
itsmisscs 02:03:05
i’m ready
itsmisscs 02:03:09
i put in notes from yesterday
itsmisscs 02:03:14
http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/collaborative-brainstorming-with-liz-barry-and-patcon/109

Composites Collective

Collaborative brainstorming with Liz Barry and Patcon

[7AAEFFA9-8DEB-4F34-827C-2D8060DEBA69] Peeling back the layers [88E15736-64EF-49B7-B60C-70C520DB24EE] [BBD90841-B3A8-44B9-B0B9-3BB9C7BDC040] [257EAB88-4393-418C-8470-DE8F2D6AFFB4] [05B3F456-8812-4AC2-BDF0-C0058DBDB4D8] [41457B5F-1B80-4691-BC9F-9C22F0FF5E2D]

dzn 02:03:44
nice 🙂
dzn 02:03:47
I like that
itsmisscs 02:03:49
i’m in appear.in room too
itsmisscs 03:08:17
reconnecting
itsmisscs 03:08:37
i’m back in v-neck appearin
itsmisscs 03:18:04
@darshana https://meet.jit.si/vnyc

meet.jit.si

Jitsi Meet

Join a WebRTC video conference powered by the Jitsi Videobridge

itsmisscs 03:19:58
womp womp
itsmisscs 03:20:00
guess not
itsmisscs 03:52:47
@darshana hey give me 10 minutes
dzn 03:52:55
cool
itsmisscs 03:56:12
@darshana super sorry but i need to get to the bank before they close at 4. i can continue chatting with you over voice, if you want to note take
dzn 03:56:45
let’s chat after? I have a couple of things I can do.
itsmisscs 03:58:41
sure i’ll ping you then
dzn 06:08:51
walking home. Will ping from there
dzn 06:26:24
accepted all of jessica’s small formatting and word changes in the doc
dzn 06:26:31
the comments were getting a bit out of hand
itsmisscs 06:26:35
ah okay.
itsmisscs 06:26:45
i read through micah’s email
dzn 06:26:54
he sent an email?
dzn 06:26:56
looking
itsmisscs 06:26:57
yes
dzn 06:28:27
just read
dzn 06:28:33
let’s keep writing!!
dzn 06:28:39
learning excercise
dzn 06:28:50
also learning from orwell
dzn 06:28:58
so many many anecdotes
dzn 06:29:04
very very personal
dzn 06:29:20
ok
dzn 06:29:24
leaving for home now
dzn 06:29:31
can’t stand the cold
itsmisscs 06:36:33
damn PBNYC cycle is accepting submissions https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/48872b523706460ea8a4d93e329feaa0
itsmisscs 06:36:50
neither of our districts are listed and they ask you to list. wonder if we can just…enter..
itsmisscs 07:19:46
i can join and take notes today @darshana
dzn 07:19:59
sounds good!!
dzn 07:20:15
will be worth it to tell them about facilitation tweaks
dzn 07:20:46
also, I don’t mind taking this one at all if you have urgent stuff to get to.
itsmisscs 07:36:44
all the pb ideas http://ideas.pbnyc.org/15/40.70882/-74.00135

ideas.pbnyc.org

Participatory Budgeting NYC

New York City Council's Participatory Budgeting

2017-11-15

dzn 00:59:20
let’s discuss at planning ^^
dzn 00:59:57
I have a lunch meeting from 1:30-3 tomorrow. I’m up starting article work early! Just let me know when..
dzn 23:17:14
hey. ping when you are around.
itsmisscs 23:38:08
hey @darshana. just tackling some buoy stuff this morning
itsmisscs 23:38:39
they really are diving into it. on the plus side, it is a short burst, on the downside it is immediate start
itsmisscs 23:39:08
i was going to finish typing up these stories so i could get them reviewed. all i need to do today is finish some research, but i can do it tonight
itsmisscs 23:39:14
tomorrow i have a meeting in the morning
itsmisscs 23:39:25
i think it will be best for me to plan on doing buoy in the mornings
itsmisscs 23:40:03
luckily they are morning people so it should be okay in the sense that i can frontload a lot
dzn 23:40:07
no problem. How about.. we work independently today. I have lots of little tasks on sprint and will put together the conference presentation so we don’t need to think of it
itsmisscs 23:40:22
okay. and write tomorrow?
dzn 23:40:35
yeah. thursday, friday
itsmisscs 23:40:45
okay. i will need to go in one of those days for buoy
dzn 23:40:46
I’ll try to get all the other tasks done today
itsmisscs 23:40:54
which is better?
dzn 23:40:57
morning?
itsmisscs 23:41:06
yeah it would be morning to mid afternoon
dzn 23:41:15
friday?
dzn 23:41:31
do you want to do some writing this afternoon?
itsmisscs 23:42:21
let’s go with your plan. finish off the small things. i need to put in some 4-6 hours on stuff for them
itsmisscs 23:42:34
have to try out some static site generators.
dzn 23:42:41
cool
dzn 23:43:05
I’ll get the other stuff in. Presentation and facilitation writing
dzn 23:43:17
we can use the facilitation writing for grant stuff
itsmisscs 23:44:59
great
dzn 23:45:18
🙂 all set then
itsmisscs 23:45:30
would be good to plot out the upcoming grants and use them as guides for one pager etc
dzn 23:45:30
planning and writing for thursday, friday
itsmisscs 23:45:34
perfect
dzn 23:45:41
yep!
itsmisscs 23:45:44
i think we should get knight news out this year
dzn 23:45:54
we definitely should
itsmisscs 23:46:02
the rest require an intro. we can ask for them next year
itsmisscs 23:46:10
or later in december
dzn 23:46:17
that works
itsmisscs 23:46:27
once we do one, the rest should hopefully be easy / require minor reconfiguration
dzn 23:46:42
hopefully
itsmisscs 23:46:57
yes. hopefully, indeed
dzn 23:47:00
once we get the meat of the project stuff on paper, the rest can be tweaked
itsmisscs 23:47:06
yup 🙂
dzn 23:47:08
I feel good about this facilitation thing
dzn 23:47:22
it makes total sense
itsmisscs 23:47:24
i feel good. it is a lot but once those cards fall from the backlog i feel like we’ll be in a good space
dzn 23:47:32
yep!
itsmisscs 23:47:34
me too!
itsmisscs 23:47:54
it was a nice puzzle piece find
dzn 23:48:01
totally!
dzn 23:48:35
it felt like we were trying to artificially craft the teaching thing before
dzn 23:51:29
alright. off to get some tea and go to library
dzn 23:51:35
god I love this campus
itsmisscs 23:52:33
❤️
itsmisscs 23:52:39
you need a teaching gig there

2017-11-16

dzn 00:13:03
it would seem 😉
dzn 00:13:22
mariya is only free monday afternoon, not tuesday
dzn 00:13:29
12:45
dzn 00:14:01
would that work with your bouy stuff?
dzn 00:14:14
buoy
itsmisscs 00:55:56
sure.
itsmisscs 00:56:08
i can go in the morning. meeting downtown?
itsmisscs 00:56:15
or i can work remote that day.
itsmisscs 00:56:40
i prefer not to go into offices monday or friday. set some rules
dzn 01:29:05
meeting in wall street. Monday 27th, not coming week
dzn 01:29:35
I totally agree with the Monday, Friday rules but don’t have the heart to say no to mariya
dzn 01:30:05
😞
itsmisscs 03:27:15
oh! i was referring to buoy. for her it is fine
dzn 09:20:23
cool 🙂
dzn 09:31:55
@itsmisscs Hey. some brainstorming today… http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/dn-mini-rabbithole/129

Composites Collective

DN mini rabbithole

<https://hackmd.io/AwVgpg7AhgxgjFAtAIzAFjotIBsJEAcIAJgGaLwBMxUxEwUBwwQA?both> [brainstorming]

dzn 09:32:04
let’s chat tomorrow
dzn 09:32:11
will be in orbital by 11
dzn 09:32:15
Evan coming by too
dzn 09:32:26
I will try to come by 10 actually
dzn 09:32:30
get some work in
dzn 09:32:42
ping you when I leave tomorrow morning
itsmisscs 10:08:13
@darshana i have a standup at 9:15 followed by work session. so probably there closer to 11
itsmisscs 21:37:46
Will ping you with how things go today. Will be there either before or after lunch. Def next week, most of my day time needs to go to this project since they want it done by eom.
dzn 22:39:52
ok. I’m leaving soon

2017-11-17

itsmisscs 00:22:29
we just finished up
itsmisscs 00:22:58
going to take mitra for a walk so she’s covered for afternoon.
itsmisscs 00:23:53
tomorrow i’m going to be onsite
dzn 01:48:32
ok. come on over. I’m at orbital.
dzn 01:48:44
Evan is coming by soon to take a look at the docs.
itsmisscs 02:05:56
@darshana should be there in 15. ran into neighbor whose leaving. he’s going to make some intros to us for project! also his space is opening up…
dzn 02:06:10
oh cool 🙂
dzn 02:06:12
!!
itsmisscs 03:01:15
> Hi, I wasn’t sure what kind of feedback you were looking for, or what stage of editing the doc is in. I took the liberty of fixing a couple of typos.

> More generally — and I don’t know the audience you’re reaching out to here, maybe not new to these topics like me — I wonder if making stronger headers that almost bullet point the features of each experiment so that the reader can compare one to the other. The features I picked up on were org structure, participants, artifacts created/shared. I also have a sense that, like Orbital, each space somehow imbues the work….maybe that’s a random thought. (edited)
Evan 史賀文 03:22:31
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/13/sending-in-our-nude-photos-to-fight-revenge-porn-no-thanks-facebook

the Guardian

Sending in our nude photos to fight revenge porn? No thanks, Facebook | Van Badham

Rather than trusting a private corporation, let’s just enforce existing laws supposed to protect us from harassment and abuse – in person or online

itsmisscs 03:22:38
@olivebranch.a ^^
dzn 03:22:49
jeeeeeezuz
itsmisscs 04:17:06
@evanstaff: @lizbarry and I want to be your pupils!
Evan 史賀文 04:21:53
Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1 Textbook Traditional Characters.pdf
Evan 史賀文 04:22:15
@itsmisscs @lizbarry here's the textbook!
itsmisscs 06:13:57
http://www.thegovlab.org/project-civic-challenges-san-pedro-garza-garcia.html

The GovLab

The GovLab | Civic Challenges - San Pedro Garza García

12-month pilot which took place in the Municipality of San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, designed to evaluate a replicable process for Latin American cities to solve social problems more quickly and effectively.

itsmisscs 07:53:21
@darshana http://onesharedhouse2030.com/

ONE SHARED HOUSE 2030

How will we live in the year 2030?

A playful research project by Anton &amp; Irene + SPACE10.

itsmisscs 07:54:08
one of my fav design team duos latest project…part of this really neat self funded doc they released called “one shared house”. neat to see this speculative piece. inspired by what fun pieces we could create 🙂
itsmisscs 10:49:44
gary plugged you in the newsletter@!
itsmisscs 10:50:08
omg you bio is super ++
itsmisscs 10:50:24
i should add you to mine :))
itsmisscs 10:50:57
zomg your first tweet ❤️
itsmisscs 11:10:14
@darshana Christina’s new project is really neat. I love this intro post explaining it! https://medium.com/@magpiekingdom/announcing-magpie-digest-577b87614d41

Medium

Announcing Magpie Digest – Magpie Kingdom – Medium

China’s online conversations are hard to follow from abroad, so we’re creating a weekly newsletter to keep track for you.

it’s cool! I like the beta vs. deep dive explanation
also, Tina will bring us a zine that cristina published not too long ago.
it sounded really cool
itsmisscs 11:39:01
CHURCH OF CIVIC IS A MUST https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/

WIRED

Inside the First Church of Artificial Intelligence | Backchannel

The engineer at the heart of the Uber/Waymo lawsuit is serious about his AI religion. Welcome to Anthony Levandowski's Way of the Future.

itsmisscs 12:41:33
@darshana mayfirst has so many rad services!! including hosted jitsi https://meet.mayfirst.org/

meet.mayfirst.org

Jitsi Meet

Join a WebRTC video conference powered by the Jitsi Videobridge

itsmisscs 12:41:44
secure, private chat on servers we can 100% trust
itsmisscs 12:42:55
> Mexcla. May First/People Link believes in language justice - the ability for everyone to speak in their chosen langugae. Toward this goal, we have developed a conferencing system that allows for simultaneous interpretation. Th
❗ 1
itsmisscs 12:43:21
> mexcla is a simultaneous interpreation system for conference calls.

> Note: mexcla will not interpret for you. Instead, it provides a way for your living and breathing interpreter to provide simultaneous interpretation to the mono-lingual users on the call without interfering with the bilingual participants who will hear the speakers’ directly.
itsmisscs 12:43:34
we should try when we speak to Chia-Hua
this is excellent!!
itsmisscs 12:46:21
damn live.mayfirst.org….video + notepad. if you go there with a jitsi video started (from meet) it ports the video feed over seamlessly
Evan 史賀文 12:47:05
whoa interesting
Evan 史賀文 12:47:27
that's a great concept
itsmisscs 13:00:04
@evanstaff yah, they’re a rad member based org here in nyc. we run most of our infrastructure on their services. not the prettiest but certainly 100% secure and private.
itsmisscs 13:00:32
we all need our 🙊 spaces

2017-11-18

itsmisscs 05:33:46
@darshana this project should be pretty snappy. We already have a super simple template that can magically generate pages from API
dzn 05:55:10
which project?
dzn 07:25:48
(from a reddit thread somewhere)
dzn 12:13:36
@itsmisscs opencamps talk (with notes) is in share.mayfirst presentation folder

2017-11-20

lizbarry 04:59:43
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patcon 05:30:33
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patcon 05:34:23
~thoughts on tools for allowing people's roadmap to be updated (ie living document), having version control but not forcing people onto github:~
~- https://alternativeto.net/software/gitbook/ .~
~- http://booktree.github.io/alternatives/ .~
~- https://www.reddit.com/r/Jekyll/comments/3ippp7/any_better_cms_alternatives_than_proseio_for/ .~

~also spreadsheet template that might be useful for preparing for each vnyc topic's stakeholder compilation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14UYVfncqOUFtrtd-gReerVYLY44y67cRUGDkXd4Mcfs/edit#gid=0 .~

~template based on this small booklet from a public consultation agency in Toronto who does lots of the best public facilitations in the city (imho):~
~- https://www.swerhun.com/our-book/ .~
~- https://www.swerhun.com/discuss-decide-do/ (possibly the full book in website form, though need to confirm)~

~(going to get the PDF from my friend soon, so I can share)~

EDIT: dropped into notes linked above
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lizbarry 06:06:58
Looking at dinner at
Totto Ramen
248 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022
<tel:(212)421-0052|(212) 421-0052>

https://goo.gl/maps/MSaoh78hMoM2
lizbarry 08:48:53
Reference: Sherry Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation http://www.citizenshandbook.org/arnsteinsladder.html
lizbarry 09:25:23
We should re-look into how to get vNYC listed as a line item under a Participatory Budgeting process
itsmisscs 11:50:27
Such great stuff! Thanks @lizbarry @patcon

2017-11-21

dzn 01:59:36
website project pages planning — http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/cc-website-project-pages/131

Composites Collective

CC website — project pages

[IMG_0885][IMG_0884][IMG_0883][IMG_0887][IMG_0888][IMG_0886]

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patcon 13:39:08
Hm. Some of the links are broken on the swerhun site, and it's possible to get into a hole where you're stuck on one dead-end page. Just in case, this one is important: https://www.swerhun.com/steps

Swerhun Facilitation

Steps

Swerhun Facilitation is a public consultation firm based in Toronto, Canada. We design and deliver consultation and engagement processes for governments and public agencies. We specialize in making large, complex multi-stakeholder projects constructive and manageable.

thebestsophist 14:07:14
oh—speaking of examples of taiwan’s participatory process we’d love better documentation for, two current processes I would love to have insight into: legalization of same-sex marriage and territorial rights for indigenous communities
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itsmisscs 22:59:48
@thebestsophist i don’t believe those were covered under vtaiwan but chia hua may have held some smaller deliberations
thebestsophist 23:43:16
oh yeah…was thinking of facilitation in general and i suppose the politics of whether they thought about also giving those digital support
fwiw @au mentioned same-sex marriage ("gay marriage" if you're CTRL-F'ing) in one of the Fork the Gov mega-presentations, around 3:30:00

https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Fork-the-government-CES-2WkwonjChbKbl1qMVLGJW#editor-1-ace-line-1373
thebestsophist 2017-11-22 01:32:16
nice, thanks!
a little more context-rich in voice, so recommend that more than transcript (i feel there's perhaps a subtext)

2017-11-22

itsmisscs 03:54:52
@darshana just got in from lunch. need to take mitra to walk. this writing day for me is turning into a bust. i’m sorry for mentioning it as a writing day. 5:30 dinner and lunch chopped it into shards.
itsmisscs 03:55:33
i am going to pick up my ends tonight and since i have some flexibility tomorrow, i’ll kick around for the morning
dzn 03:57:23
let’s finish planning Talk to NYC then
dzn 03:57:36
so we get on the same page for both and can then work
dzn 03:58:26
I’m at orbital
patcon 04:59:43
hey <!here>, I'm working on a "Get Involved" section as an entry point, like these:

- https://github.com/edgi-govdata-archiving/overview#get-involved
- https://tomesh.net/get-involved/

Just to confirm, is it still cool for liz and I setting up g0v-network github org as a neutral ground for general efforts across cities, and buying g0v.network domain?

GitHub

edgi-govdata-archiving/overview

overview - :balloon: Start here for current projects, how to get involved, and joining community calls, a resource for new and veteran members

tomesh.net

Get Involved – Toronto Mesh

We are building a mesh network in Toronto.

patcon 05:00:14
also, are daily standups still happening, so i can reference that? (and start showing up!)
itsmisscs 05:54:02
@patcon we switched to standdown bc i am on a gig, but maybe that’s not really necessary in some ways…there should be times for folks to know when to join
itsmisscs 05:54:25
so perhaps we keep 11 and if we take notes and put into discord, i can catch up in the eveningw
patcon 12:20:22
Whichever works! A stand down is a written standup?
patcon 12:21:19
Also, a weekly open call might be friendlier for new drop-ins? Though that format might require a little thought, if it fits :)
we were thinking of holding ‘office hours’ all Wednesday for people to drop in online or off
have to re-evaluate a but since re-scheduling to make space for consulting stuff..
but yeah…a weekly drop-in set up will be great
dzn 12:39:51
@patcon a ‘Get Involved’ section would be SUPER. I like the toronto mesh format. very clear
dzn 12:40:05
👍🏾 👍🏾 for getting the domain
dzn 12:48:42
@itsmisscs spoke to Colin today too. 11/20 and 11/21 meeting notes — http://soul.compositescollective.com/t/meetings-with-colin-megill/141

Composites Collective

Meetings with Colin Megill

11/20/2017 <https://hackmd.io/KbBMCMGMAZoQwLQDZwFZEBZIHYCMDxsAzfAEzlwGY44BOVSy3cIA> 11/21/2017 <https://hackmd.io/MwMwrApgDMDGCcBaaAOALItUBGB2R2AJvGIgIYBsIIUuUZwYATIUA===?both>

2017-11-24

sylin 08:32:42
Hey dears I am really sick, will skip this week’s meeting.
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sylin 08:33:23
Next week I will be back to taiwan, and we will figure another time for catching up
dzn 09:11:03
@sylin oh noo. Get sleep, hydration, warm blankets etc etc. Let’s chat next week!
itsmisscs 12:08:02
Hope you feel better soon!

2017-11-25

itsmisscs 06:30:49
nice example of talk turned medium post https://points.datasociety.net/the-radicalization-of-utopian-dreams-e1b785a0cb5d

Data &amp; Society: Points

The Radicalization of Utopian Dreams – Data &amp; Society: Points

The following is a transcript of Data &amp; Society Founder and President danah boyd’s recent lightning talk at The People’s Disruption…

itsmisscs 06:33:31
nice read of a recount with quotes https://thinkprogress.org/trump-inauguration-day-arrests-trial-a2c94a720d9e/

thinkprogress.org

High stakes trial of inauguration protesters goes off the rails

The First Amendment dies not with a bang, but with a "Low Battery" pop-up warning.

2017-11-27

lizbarry 03:27:04
Helpful breakdown of narratives! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/09/george-monbiot-how-de-we-get-out-of-this-mess via @greggish on twitter
lizbarry 03:30:14
^^ contains a deep link to https://issuu.com/participatorycity/docs/designed_to_scale_v.1 looks like some nice work coming out of the UK

issuu

Designed to Scale

Mass participation to build resilient neighbourhoods

itsmisscs 07:20:36
thanks for adding lunch details @darshana. I am on buoy tomorrow/week. We need to adjust planning and retro
dzn 10:10:45
@itsmisscs I don’t mind shifting it to another time, Planning and retro later in the week (after wed) would be the most ideal. Would be good to get that done this week though. The calendar is up to date, take a look at let me know what works for you.
Ooo! Gotta track that calendar down :) thx!
Sorry, I'm a dolt. How do I find cakendar?
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lizbarry 21:47:56
I'm heading into New Lab today, anyone gonna be there? I also got so mad at the blank page yesterday, i actually wrote a page of single spaced bullet points.
lizbarry 21:50:31
I heard from Beth Coleman about a Knight-funded radical take on Smart Cities conference happening in March in Boston (Harvard?). Audrey said her team can't travel March/April or I'd say we could aim our facilitation training for then. anyways something to consider I'll probably be there talking abt env stuff but I also pitched us for g0v topics
PS for all who might be unawares: rightscon deadline pushed to Dec 4. Pros: worldwide conf with lits of faraways in town. Cons: pricey tix :(
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lizbarry 23:46:50
https://www.redhat.com/en/explore/the-open-organization-book
@patcon ^^ see this pattern set for open organizations

2017-11-28

itsmisscs 00:59:17
not today. i’ll be there tomorrow through the week though @lizbarry
dzn 05:10:49
@itsmisscs can you open the latest version of the travelogue and check if you can see Micah’s and Jessica’s comments on the doc. i can’t for some reason (only get the emails) and don’t know if the problem is on their end or mine
dzn 05:10:53
tx
itsmisscs 05:11:12
@darshana sure
itsmisscs 05:12:24
i can see it, yes
dzn 05:13:29
ah. so weird
lizbarry 11:44:24
See you tmrw at New Lab @itsmisscs !!!
see you! i’ll be in after lunch :)))

2017-11-29

lizbarry 03:26:41
this was just promoted on my TL https://www.kialo.com/

kialo.com

Kialo

The platform for rational debate. Empowering reason through friendly and open discussions.

2017-11-30

lizbarry 06:06:24
quick thought about Frank Hebbert and Jeff Maki, both formerly of OpenPlans. Now Jeff is at LinkNYC and Frank might have done some work for DOT to crowdsource about commuting journeys for transportation planning -- putting this here to help us gather background on the L-train discussion, we can reach out to these guys, see if there's an open platform we could be encouraging people to mark their transit journeys on as part of figureing out what Brooklyn will do without an L train connection to MN
patcon 14:05:09
PS for all who might be unawares: rightscon deadline pushed to Dec 4. Pros: worldwide conf with lits of faraways in town. Cons: pricey tix :(
itsmisscs 21:54:46
do they cover ticket cost for accepted sessions?
tweeted rightscon about that. assuming yes, but you've done more of this than i have 🙂

as for smart city conf, not official, but i worked briefly with Beth Coleman on another event. she is so thoughtful and intentional, that i can't imagine anything but speakers getting in free (if she has a hand)