Derek Lackaff @lackaff@mastodon.social
civic technology | languages of fewer speakers | social and antisocial media
Joined Nov 2016
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Really a wonderful interview between two brilliant people: Henrik Chulu asks @ingrid about journalism, art, technology, and magic https://medium.com/techfestival-2018/technology-stories-should-not-be-about-the-technologies-35aa69522948
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Language learning game Lingotopia to release on August 16th with Linux support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/language-learning-game-lingotopia-to-release-on-august-16th-with-linux-support.12324 #ComingSoon #IndieGame #Adventure #Itch.io #Steam
My hotel wifi is apparently blocking the entire country of Belgium. I know, it's #Belgium, but still.
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Friends, we're finally ready for you. Over some months now, I've had the pleasure of supporting co-op entrepreneur Greg Brodsky in the development of a new kind of accelerator just for co-ops.
Start.coop is officially open for applications for the inaugural class. If you know someone who would be interested in applying for $10,000 in cash plus mentorship, they can learn more here: https://start.coop/press-releases/
This entry just won NPR's Tiny Desk Concert contest. Amazing #guitar technique and voice from Naia Izumi. https://youtu.be/nk8HEO_60ms #music
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Excited to share this new blog post on my research: https://blog.communitydata.cc/revisiting-the-rise-and-decline/
The pool of active contributors to Wikipedia started declining in 2007. Researchers blamed a calcifying bureaucracy and hostility to newcomers. Are these problems in other wiki communities too? Could there be a deeper reason why these dynamics emerge?
I replicated Halfaker et al 2013's analysis of 'The rise and decline.' The dynamics observed in Wikipedia appear to reoccur again and again in many wiki communities.
The video game: A challenging universe for minority languages
#steredenn #winterfall #brezhoneg #corsu #euskara
https://medium.com/r12n/the-video-game-a-challenging-universe-for-minority-languages-65c2cd7af7d2
Bedre #norsk med skreddersydd språk-app
https://gemini.no/2018/02/bedre-norsk-skreddersydd-sprak-app/
Facebook is "a useful tool when it is stripped of its power. However, when it is larded with my personal details it is a weapon and a liability."
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Hello Mastodon, Openwords is an open source #OER language learning webapp. We are in beta, and our Github page is available.
We're looking for partnering universities and instructors to collaboratively build lessons with our team.
Openwords is open source. We are committed to diverse open educational resources.
Openwords.com
Our code:
https://github.com/Openwords/OpenwordsWebapp
Openwords is a social enterprise that is not legally obligated to pursue profit maximization for shareholders.
Much like Scott McCloud's work on comics, these amazing animated gif "tutorials" explain the medium of #pixelart via that medium. https://www.patreon.com/saint11
https://mastodon.social/media/mt9gRdFv0uj9TM-BBHk
@rustyk5 What was the navelgazing section of k5 called? Was it just "meta"?
So I have to select all the languages I don't understand to filter them from my feed? Wouldn't opting in to specific languages be an easier filtering UI?
"There is a strengthening movement of #Indigenous game designers and developers working to portray Indigenous storytelling, teachings and ways of knowing for their own people and the wider world." #gaming #gamedev #storytelling https://medium.com/r12n/video-games-encourage-indigenous-cultural-expression-2945f0609685
So you'd like to start computing in your own #language https://medium.com/r12n/so-youd-like-to-start-computing-in-your-own-language-f43c0e52e133
So you’d like to start computing in your own language https://medium.com/r12n/so-youd-like-to-start-computing-in-your-own-language-f43c0e52e133
Good stuff: What is GNU Social and is Mastodon Social a “Twitter Clone”? by @rw https://robekworld.com/what-is-gnu-social-and-is-mastodon-social-a-twitter-clone-1b12a98c37ec
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Just set up my personal Mastodon at https://mastodon.ar.al
Follow me there:
https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/remote_follow
You can mention me there using @aral
When/if you can, I would highly urge you to set up your own Mastodon instance. Currently requires tech knowledge/isn’t seamless (and getting it there will be a big challenge) but this is a great start and a very good step in the right direction.
Lots of love to @eugen and the dev team :)
civic technology | languages of fewer speakers | social and antisocial media
Joined Nov 2016
