The venerable @johnonolan@mastodon.xyz at FOSDEM!!!
"If you don't like AI generated pictures of ActivtyPugs, the java dev room moved to UA 118"
@julian @johnonolan What does that mean?
@Gargron @julian @johnonolan You had to be there.
@evan @julian @johnonolan It sounds like I had to be in the Java dev room
@Gargron @julian @johnonolan LOL. I'm sure it was great!
@Gargron @julian @johnonolan did you have a good FOSDEM? It was great to meet you.
@evan @Gargron @julian @johnonolan darn I can't believe I missed this moment of history!
@andypiper @Gargron @julian @johnonolan uhhhh... Did we do a selfie together, or were we too busy to remember to do it? I don't think I have one.
@evan @Gargron @julian @johnonolan I remember a lot of people taking photos of a group of us at the end of the devroom and I’ve only seen one or two of them posted… but no, you and I have no photographic proof of the teamwork - it was pretty busy. Good problem to have!
@andypiper @Gargron @julian @johnonolan I've got like 80 of them on my phone. I am having some analysis paralysis in picking the "best" one. Here's a random one for proof.
@andypiper @Gargron @julian @johnonolan I can't tell if @casey being blocked in this photo is hilarious or tragic
@evan@cosocial.ca you'll just have to take a few photos and have AI stitch together a picture where we all look good.
Oh, wait, that might get us fedi-cancelled
@evan@cosocial.ca might I suggest this picture be saved for posterity (I selfishly ask, because I'm in it)?
The pic of the other federated social web meetup from way back, that @liaizon@social.wake.st said seemed like the spiritual precursor to this year's FOSDEM, was so cool!
Wild to see, I wondered if someone could do a "where are they now" thing
@julian @liaizon ha, that would be awesome.
We had two other FSWS events; one in San Francisco and one in Berlin. It would be nice to find more @tantek.com might have some.
The events were always invite-only-but-you-can-knock, which gave an amazingly high level of value to the presentations and flexibility to the discussions.
At the first FSWS, Ilya Z presented the first OStatus features in Diaspora*. It was an incredible moment of generosity, and I think about it and him a lot.
@julian @liaizon @tantek.com oh, but, yes, I can upload all the photos and share them. There are a lot!