- From: Aaron Gray <aaronngray@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 15:00:10 +0000
- To: Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>
- Cc: bumblefudge von CASA <bumblefudge@learningproof.xyz>, public-swicg@w3c.org
- Message-ID: <CAKXmGHBhjzpw-5W+fH8b648NPrsVAmxgNhh_Ojjz+4npjrjHjg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 at 15:40, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name> wrote: > Sorry for the late notice; I just heard of it myself. I'll put it on the > calendar for next year. > Thanks Evan, and thanks anyway, good to know it exists. Aaron > Evan > On 2024-04-03 8:33 a.m., Aaron Gray wrote: > > Thats a bit short notice to say the least ! Would have liked to have known > about this a bit sooner : [ Maybe next year. > > On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 at 17:52, bumblefudge von CASA < > bumblefudge@learningproof.xyz> wrote: > >> On Monday, April 1st, 2024 at 7:09 AM, Evan Prodromou < >> evan@prodromou.name> wrote: >> >> It would be great to see some projects for ActivityPub extensions win >> these $90,000 grants. Application due April >> >> https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/cfa-summer-of-protocols-2024 >> >> >> Absolutely! >> >> I didn't participate last time but did lurk a little at their events and >> in their Discord. While the organizers and some of the sponsorship grants >> come from deep in the blockchain-centric decentralization world, the focus >> (and the goals) are very much to get beyond "everything looks like a nail" >> and think more generalizably about decentralization and protocol-design. >> >> My sense from talking to them is that they are *particularly* interested >> in projects that have a mechanism-design/behavioral component, and projects >> with some kind of formal governance and/or sociological/observational >> socio-psychological component, so I would discourage people applying only >> with AP-specific or Fediverse-specific tooling (except maybe >> bridges/portability/translation-tech?), and encourage people who are >> looking at governance/federation/moderation tooling and/or user research on >> the requirements for such and/or adoption strategies, in addition to or >> instead of tooling for tooling's sake. >> >> People deciding whether or not to invest hours in this app process are >> encouraged to lurk in their extensive, thematically-organized youtube >> archive: >> https://www.youtube.com/@protocoltownhall/playlists >> three of my personal favorites, and relevant to people who participate or >> lurk on the SocialCG list: >> https://www.youtube.com/live/kWPpprIjpwA?si=QeWBaInqAUANqP8E&t=1122 >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uw9UiyvYBQ&list=PLIk0EtKZjVlsbcT7WC7Nq-Z5xNz-yUiSW&index=9 >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uw9UiyvYBQ&list=PLIk0EtKZjVlsbcT7WC7Nq-Z5xNz-yUiSW&index=10 >> >> I'd be happy to help or review apps/work with people on this if they are >> throwing together an app by, say, Wednesday? >> >> Thanks, >> ___bumblefudge >> >> >> --- >> bumblefudge >> janitor @Chain Agnostic Standards Alliance >> <https://github.com/chainagnostic/CASA> >> contractable via learningProof UG <https://learningproof.xyz> >> mostly berlin-based >> > > > -- > Aaron Gray - @AaronNGray@fosstodon.org > > Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher, > Information Theorist, and Computer Scientist. > > -- Aaron Gray - @AaronNGray@fosstodon.org Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher, Information Theorist, and Computer Scientist.
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