And it’s a wrap for my first (EPIC) day at #FOSDEM.
It’s hard to put into words how incredible - and energizing - it feels to be around the creators of the #ActivityPub protocol, founders of #Fediverse software, admins of popular instances and developers of tools I use every day.
I took the opportunity to thank them in person for their incredible work 😊
It’s also been amazing to finally meet IRL lots of cool people I had been corresponding with for months on the Fediverse.
The best day 💛
My 2024 in tech – UPDATED
- Jan-May: same old same old
- mid-Jun: I started the blog #TheFutureIsFederated
- Jul: I started doing interoperability tests between #Fediverse projects
- Aug: I federated my Wordpress site, joined Friendica and 3 content aggregators. More tests
- Sep: I federated 2 more WP sites
- Oct: I joined #Sharkey
- Nov: I got a #RaspberryPi5 and installed Ubuntu on it; started learning #Linux
- Dec: I joined #Misskey & am researching VPSs
🔜 heading to #FOSDEM next Feb 🥳
✨ EPIC selfies from #FOSDEM part 2 ✨
with two legends: @johnonolan (founder of Ghost) and @pfefferle (creator of the Wordpress #ActivityPub plugin)
And it’s a wrap for my first #FOSDEM - which was glorious.
It was incredibly inspiring and energizing to hang out and exchange ideas with so many Fediverse champions.
I’m also super grateful for the words of encouragement and nice feedback re: my series #TheFutureIsFederated.
This community is amazing ❤️
Onwards and upwards #Fediverse! 🚀
I’m a total #Linux newbie but reading the list of accepted stands at #fosdem2025 is getting me sooo excited about attending: https://fosdem.org/2025/news/2024-11-16-stands-announced/
I hear talks at #FOSDEM make it feel like a 2 week conference packed in two days. I can’t wait to see the program.
This will be the first IRL conference I will attend since Women of the World in London (early March 2020). Then the world shut down. And then I had a baby (who’s now almost 4).
I’ve got 40 min to study Linux before she wakes up 😅
Day 2 at #FOSDEM — another portrait of the amazing @Mastodon team, since yesterday I had missed David and Felix 🤗
From left to right: @mellifluousbox @renchap @andypiper @dave
EPIC first selfie from #FOSDEM with the amazing @Mastodon team: @Gargron @renchap @andypiper 🤗
Good morning Fedi friends!
Happy #FOSDEM #OFFDEM and #GlobalSwitchDay to those who celebrate ✨
Currently checking out #FOSDEM's schedule and I'm finding so many great talks.
I spotted presentations by #ActivityPub royals (@evan @cwebber), Ghost founder @johnonolan... as well as talks like "Friendica - under the radar since 2010".
I cannot wait for February 😊
I just booked my train and lodging for #Fosdem2025 – I can't wait 🥳
(This is fantastic motivation for me to get started with my Linux / Raspberry Pi adventures)