Pollen/Racket “Office hours” #42

A couple of weeks ago I was invited by some “indie web” enthusiasts to give a tour of a personal project of mine that makes heavy use of Pollen. You can watch that tour on YouTube — it is quite long, but you can skip to the 58:00 mark to get to the Pollen stuff. Some of the attendees were very interested in Pollen and Racket, and I convinced them to dig into the tutorials themselves.

That event was encouraging enough that I’m experimenting with “Pollen/Racket office hours”. Maybe a “user group” would be a better term. Tomorrow (Friday April 10) I have the afternoon off work, so at ≈ 3pm CDT (4pm EDT/1pm PDT) I will be hosting a videoconference where I’ll be sharing my screen, and nerding out about Pollen and web publishing with anyone who cares to join. You could ask questions about Pollen, compare notes, or even share your own Pollen project.

Here’s the event page: https://www.mixily.com/event/5518667978796314220 …if you RSVP it will help me plan a bit, but it’s not necessary.

This is the first one of these I’ve ever done, and it’s short notice, so it might only be a couple of people. Optimistically 5–7? But it’s a subject I enjoy, I don’t get to discuss it with people very often, and it was really fun to do so at the first event I mentioned above. So if you like Pollen (or are wrestling with it) and you have some time, please stop by, it will be fun.

A couple of weeks ago I was invited by some “indie web” enthusiasts to give a tour of a personal project of mine that makes heavy use of Pollen. You can [watch that tour on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-fEk4fuFFc) — it is quite long, but you can skip to the 58:00 mark to get to the Pollen stuff. Some of the attendees were very interested in Pollen and Racket, and I convinced them to dig into the tutorials themselves. That event was encouraging enough that I’m experimenting with “Pollen/Racket office hours”. Maybe a “user group” would be a better term. Tomorrow (Friday April 10) I have the afternoon off work, so at ≈ 3pm CDT (4pm EDT/1pm PDT) I will be hosting a videoconference where I’ll be sharing my screen, and nerding out about Pollen and web publishing with anyone who cares to join. You could ask questions about Pollen, compare notes, or even share your own Pollen project. Here’s the event page: https://www.mixily.com/event/5518667978796314220 …if you RSVP it will help me plan a bit, but it’s not necessary. This is the first one of these I’ve ever done, and it’s short notice, so it might only be a couple of people. Optimistically 5–7? But it’s a subject I enjoy, I don’t get to discuss it with people very often, and it was really fun to do so at the first event I mentioned above. So if you like Pollen (or are wrestling with it) and you have some time, please stop by, it will be fun.

For those who don’t know @otherjoel, he is a longtime Pollen user, pioneer in the Pollen/PDF nexus, and a very smart & friendly guy. Joel, I appreciate that you’re doing this! Especially if you’re new to Pollen, I recommend stopping by.

Thanks Matthew! To recap, it ran for a couple of hours and was attended by six people (including me). The discussion was a bit random but it felt productive and enjoyable. Was glad to speak with @sorawee, along with others that came our way via other routes.

I am sure I will do more of these. I think I can improve on this first try by scheduling them out a bit further, soliciting questions/topics ahead of time, and putting together a rough (but flexible) agenda. Maybe some of them could be geared specifically to those who are brand new to Pollen. If anyone who attended has any feedback or constructive criticism I’d be grateful to hear it.

Thanks Matthew! To recap, it ran for a couple of hours and was attended by six people (including me). The discussion was a bit random but it felt productive and enjoyable. Was glad to speak with @sorawee, along with others that came our way via other routes. I am sure I will do more of these. I think I can improve on this first try by scheduling them out a bit further, soliciting questions/topics ahead of time, and putting together a rough (but flexible) agenda. Maybe some of them could be geared specifically to those who are brand new to Pollen. If anyone who attended has any feedback or constructive criticism I’d be grateful to hear it.

I'm sorry I missed this! Will definitely take a look at the video and hope to catch the next one!

Oh this is awesome! I would definitely be interested in future office hours. Thanks for starting this, @otherjoel !

I will be scheduling the next one soon! If anyone has questions or topics they’d like to see covered, please post them here, or email me (contact info at https://joeldueck.com).

For those who want it, I set up a separate email newsletter that I’ll use solely for notifying about these online Pollen events. Unless anyone objects, I’ll probably also start a new thread/issue here for each one, that way newcomers have a chance of finding out about them.

I will be scheduling the next one soon! If anyone has questions or topics they’d like to see covered, please post them here, or email me (contact info at https://joeldueck.com). For those who want it, I set up [a separate email newsletter](https://buttondown.email/pollentime) that I’ll use solely for notifying about these online Pollen events. Unless anyone objects, I’ll probably also start a new thread/issue here for each one, that way newcomers have a chance of finding out about them.

Personally, I'd love to see stuff around rendering to html and pdf , especially if it makes use of quad at all.

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