Re: [GNUnet-developers] Report of GNUnet-Workshop at Datenspuren/Dresden

[Nils Gillmann]

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> Dear all, Dear xrs, thanks for that summary,
> 
> 
> I'll add some links and some personal notes, too:
> 
> 
> On 09/25/2018 02:10 PM, xrs wrote:
> 
> > t3sserakt held a little presentation on the "State of GNUnet"
> 
> In German: https://media.ccc.de/v/DS2018-9337-state_of_the_gnunet
> 
> 
> > teasing our workshop. There we specifically helped people to install
> > GNUnet and our little groupchat app on different platforms. We also
> > explained some services, showed some application like filesharing, name
> > resolution or chat, and had nice discussions. We organised little
> > platform specific groups and our four mentors help to bootstrap.
> > Lurchi did some good work by writing a small install guide which was
> > improved during the session. 
> 
> The guide is here:
> https://github.com/royneary/painless-gnunet/blob/master/tutorial_debian9.md
> 
> Please share it with interested folks: It even works with "blind copy
> paste" of the commands there on Debian and Ubuntu.
> 
> The idea we had is to create a "chat" which runs all-time which ppl join
> at the end of the install-guide, and then we can cheer them, and give
> further information and "stay in touch". Also the person will have then
> a real-experience that something actually can be done here besides
> filesharing :D
> 
> So please wait a tiny bit longer till sharing widely - once we have set
> this up I am definitively up for broadcasting in all possible
> directions, that GNUnet is now install-able also for mid-DAUs :D
> 
> I will then also include it into my pEp-talks (see e.g.
> https://youtu.be/IJr2mWZ0qIc?t=1809 ) and hope that we get more ppl into
> checking it out.
> 
> A better URL would be good then, can we place it somewhere on gnunet.org?

I intend to spin up nginx on the new gnunet server this week, I will
snd another message in this thread when you could add the file, if you
have access (otherwise we can arrange the upload)

Is this about the video, or what? I have space and bandwidth on
d.n0.is or ftp.n0.is is you want a short url.

> 
> > Some improvements are still possible for future workshops: 
> > - we missed to introduce people to our standard communication channels
> >   (mailinglist, irc, etc.). 
> 
> Yes that should definitively be there, as invitation to be part. But I
> am sure no one actually would now _not_ join the conversation only cause
> you missed to point on it. But, sure: more might have joined otherwise.
> 
> 
> > - gather questions emerged in working groups and answere them for
> >   everybody in little break points every 30 minutes 
> > - add a lighting talk to break points to create curiosity
> 
> Jupp, that'll be good to have some more "ready made content" handy that
> can be placed whenever suitable.
> 
> 
> > With sva we are planning to do more workshops on other events :-) 
> 
> yeah! I am running around on so many events anyhow, and after this very
> positive experience with having so many ppl going through the
> installation without major problems we can totally move forward!
> 
> 
> > Now we know how to tackle the first barrier for new users, lets call
> > it "onboarding". The second would be to overcome the complexity of new
> > services (could be done with lighting talks) and third, to start
> > developing in C or other bounded languages. We have no solutions here.
> 
> I think that the first got a tremendous push, and for the rest we'll get
> ideas, too.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> sva.
> 
> 




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