Community plumbing

You don't have to fill the pipes all by yourself. Just help things flow.

I want to share some of the things we're doing in the Emacs community so that I can convince you that building plumbing for your community can be fun, easy, and awesome. This is great because enthusiasm spreads.

virtuous cycle

• Other places: YouTube, Reddit, HN, lobste.rs, Mastodon, PeerTube, mailing lists....
• Blog aggregator
  • Planet Emacs Life (uses Planet Venus) - update: [2025-05-31 Sat] I wrote my own RSS feed aggregator instead.
• Newsletter: Emacs News, 1-2 hours a week
  • summarize & group
  • announce calendar events
• User groups
  • [often use Emacs News to get conversations going]
• iCal & Org files: Emacs Calendar
• Conference
  • EmacsConf: < USD 50 hosting costs + donated server + volunteer time

Tips:

• Make it fun for yourself.
• Build processes and tools.
• Let people help

2024-01-31-05