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