Out of a Bluesky…a snap of what I was doing 7 years ago! I’ll be doing that again at the end of this week (but without Mom and Jane :-( )

Flying DUB->SFO->AUS today as the first day of 10 weeks’ travel. I’ll be in AUS the rest of March, then LA to do more sorting of the Momibilia for a week, then to Japan to study Saori Weaving and to visit with InnerSource Japan. Luckily Mark and Autumn will be taking care of my house and my Gibson.

First panel discussion of Main Track at inaugural National Open Source Summit: Dermot Casey IRDG, Kathryn Lynch Innovation Ireland, John Durkan IDA, Moderator Clare Dillon…(an Irish panel to discuss increasing collaboration in the Irish Tech sector).

Still at the inaugural National Open Source Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Now covering some of the breakout sessions.. summit.openirelandnetwork.com

Today I’ll be talking about the National Open Source Innovation Summit which is where I am today in Dublin, Ireland. summit.openirelandnetwork.com We’ve just heard the opening keynote by @claredillon.bsky.social, co-founder of Open Source Ireland.

@lindsaywasserman.bsky.social welcome to BlueSky! Feel free to reach out if you’re trying to learn how to be here

@dreacg.bsky.social

@suzikaplanolmsted.bsky.social Added you to OG RenFaire list

My beautiful, funny, self-possessed Mom has died. She was the last of her generation at 92 and a small powerhouse up until earlier this year still walking around the neighborhood daily. She “died in her sleep” as they say. We were hoping to see her one last time at Christmas, but instead… (1/3)

So proud of Ireland choosing last week not to elect xenophobic goons! www.wired.com/story/irelan...

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun

Ireland’s far-right candidates expected to succeed on a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric, but the people rejected them wholesale.

wired.com

Wow. Just had to block a Bluesky account that liked one of my posts because both the profile picture and cover image were Nazi flags.

Day 2 of InnerSource Summit 2024 (virtual). We had a record crowd yesterday! We’re planning an in-person Summit in 2025 and are accepting proposals from host organizations. Hosting a summit is a great way to boost your in-house InnerSource program.

Spending this afternoon/evening at the 22nd InnerSource Summit (online). As usual an interesting collection of talks. I’m just so grateful for this community and their enthusiasm for improving all software engineering. InnerSourceCommons.org

Working on my OG RenFaire list and somebody named @redmolly7.bsky.social wants to be added. Does anybody know her?

Okay, trying for a (non-political) post a day. Here is today’s: Watch this documentary. It’s beautiful and will fill you with admiration for craftspeople ancient and modern for the work that’s in it! Streaming gratis from now to early December… www.nettledress.org

THE NETTLE DRESS

TEXTILE ARTIST ALLAN BROWN SPENDS SEVEN YEARS MAKING A DRESS BY HAND JUST FROM THE FIBRE OF LOCALLY FORAGED STINGING NETTLES. THIS IS ‘HEDGEROW COUTURE’, THE GREENEST OF SLOW FASHION AND ALSO HIS ME...

nettledress.org

@davidgs.com please add me to your Sun starter pack?

@sogrady.org sorry about Monktoberfest this year :-(

It’s been awhile since I “road-warriored” but once a frequent traveler, always…my 7:50am flight out of Shannon to LHR was seriously delayed and I was going to miss an appointment in California. Helpful minions guided all affected travelers to a long queue to rebook…1/3

Why is air travel becoming so bad? I used to love @Southwest Airlines but today they showed their true colors. They are not friends to musicians. And I only have a tiny practice Mando along. I feel really badly for the musician next to me who is afraid her viola won’t make the flight. Gah!

University-level administrators and researchers are sharing their understanding (and mis-understanding) about Open Source / Open Research #NORF

My first “real” post here will be a series of observations from a session at the (Irish) National Open Research Forum

Blue sky over the Irish Sea (summer clouds over Wales)

Bluesky over Texas (with clouds)

Bluesky on Orkney @tbray.org

This! Twitter was amazing for a long time. Let’s no forget that it was archived in the library of Congress for a few years there.

Bronwen Clune@bronwenc.bsky.social · 3y ago

There is definite mass #Twitter mourning. It's not full of hot-takes and pithy-for-likes comments. It's genuine sadness for the passing of the zeitgeist of novel human connection. Our worlds became bigger for a moment. And then they shrunk. It will remain a promise unfulfilled.

Sun going down in pinks tonight

Another picture of Ireland being beautiful…how’s your day going?

Follower counter isn’t keeping up yet. 12 (this morning) isn’t a lot, but it’s 100% more than the 6 people following me last night (my first night on Bluesky. Known bug?

Okay, here’s another picture of Ireland being beautiful. If you’ve only been to Dublin, you’ve not seen Ireland!

Having a look around…here’s a shot from the Burren yesterday. Orchids up <3