Dr. Morgan Lemmer-Webber @mlemweb@octodon.social

Announcing ActivityPub Conf 2020!

Following a successful inaugural conference in 2019, we have expanded APConf 2020 to a four day event that will occur entirely on line via Big Blue Button!

The CFP is open through July 8 at: https://conf.activitypub.rocks/#cfp

We invite proposals for birds of a feather topics and 30- 60 minute talks related to ActivityPub. Register online (https://conf.activitypub.rocks/#register) or feel free to email us with questions (activitypubconf@riseup.net )

#apconf2020 #activitypubconf

That's DOCTOR Lemmer-Webber, thank you!

Just passed my dissertation defense!

I have ADD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, and a brain malformation. My brain is diverse in size, shape, chemistry, and function. I am neurodiverse.

I've had numerous occasions at FOSS conferences where people have ranted to me at length that people who 'can't do math' or 'won't learn the command line' are just lazy even after I've explained in depth how my disabilities make these things difficult for me.

I agree that discussions of diversity & inclusion in FOSS should include neurodivergence. However; most of the time I see that mentioned in d&i discussions people only talk about one kind of neurodivergence (which isn't terribly diverse).

The pixels don't really match the grid as well as I'd hoped, but all-in-all not too bad for my second quilt ever, especially since I finished it in less than a week!

Cat for scale

I made a quilt for our first baby nibling! Their nursery theme is based off of the Kirby video games

This week we're using current events to think through the larger structures of governance and leadership within the FOSS world and how founder's syndrome effects communities that are inherently based on freedom

https://fossandcrafts.org/episodes/25-governance-leadership-founders-syndrome.html

On this week's episode of @fossandcrafts We talk about the homebrewed systems of organization that @cwebber and I use to keep on task while working from home, writing a dissertation, and just functioning during a pandemic.

https://fossandcrafts.org/episodes/24-get-organized.html

The very end stages of writing a dissertation is like death by a thousand paper cuts: It's thousands of "small things" that are all necessary and they all take longer than expected and you're just exhausted.

You're also buried in reference materials so some of the paper cuts aren't even metaphorical.

Our cat hates crunch time: Why would @cwebber and I eat dinner *then* return to our desks? Why aren't we where we're supposed to be? Why are we all in separate rooms? And most importantly ... Who will feed this cat and WHEN?

I've been swamped with dissertation work recently, so on this week's episode of @fossandcrafts @cwebber and their brother Steve make the case that that they're two distinct individuals by laying out a framework of fuzzy and crisp systems (or Steve and Chris systems).

https://fossandcrafts.org/episodes/23-nerdout-fuzzy-and-crisp.html