└── README.org /README.org: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | * Emacs Buddy initiative 2 | :PROPERTIES: 3 | :CREATED: [2022-02-27 Sun 21:58] 4 | :ID: 73dbe494-30e7-44a5-b97b-491d43033cdc 5 | :END: 6 | 7 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlZXd4VqbI8][Talk at EmacsConf22]] 8 | 9 | This is an experiment to setup an Emacs Buddy mentoring to make Emacs 10 | easier to learn. This means you can have an experienced somebody to 11 | periodically contact for your Emacs struggles. See below section for more. 12 | 13 | Here a list of people available as buddies: 14 | 15 | | Name | Summary | Useful Links | 16 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 17 | | Andrea | I use vanilla Emacs with an Org Mode literate configuration. | https://ag91.github.io | 18 | | | I like to automate boring tasks with Emacs Lisp. | | 19 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 20 | | Justin | I cobble together many packages and have written some org-mode extensions. | https://justin.abrah.ms/dotfiles/emacs.html | 21 | | | Happy to help guide some new folks around. | | 22 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 23 | | Jeremy | I hack on vanilla Emacs with a focus on note taking and software development | https://takeonrules.com | 24 | | | I’m a veteran programmer new-ish to Emacs | | 25 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 26 | | Karthik | I maintain a few packages on MELPA, and occasionally write about Emacs here: | https://karthinks.com/tags/emacs | 27 | | | I live in Emacs, and have been using it since 2005. Not a programmer by trade. | | 28 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 29 | | Ranjeeth | I use vanilla Emacs to manage my personal finances, programming, | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjkfxwk0EQI-ovUh8tXdX5A | 30 | | | org-mode for tracking and planning, org-roam for research. | https://github.com/ranjeethmahankali | 31 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 32 | | Seba | I am a software developer, using vanilla Emacs since 2017ish. Package author. | https://github.com/sebasmonia | 33 | | | I use Emacs for C#, Python, Common Lisp and light note taking. | | 34 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 35 | | Phil | Emacs user and hacker since . Escapee from lead "enterprise" | https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PhilHudson | 36 | | | development. Casual contributor to Emacs packages and community forums. | | 37 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 38 | | Alessandro | I am happily learning vanilla Emacs. I use it for C/C++ development, | https://github.com/bertulli | 39 | | | and org mode for writing prose and taking notes. | | 40 | | | I am still learning, but I'm happy to help newbies like everyone of us once was. | | 41 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 42 | | Ihor | I use a heavily customized vanilla Emacs. Mostly using Org mode for research and | https://github.com/yantar92 | 43 | | | as personal GTD system. I am contributing to Org mode project and thus speak | | 44 | | | Elisp. I also use Emacs to manage email (via =notmuch=), read RSS feeds (=elfeed=), | | 45 | | | read books/articles in PDF (=pdf-tools=), and track my finances (=ledger-mode=). | | 46 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 47 | | Tony | I'm a mathematician and Haskell programmer who lives inside of vanilla Emacs. | https://tony-zorman.com/ | 48 | | | I've written a few MELPA packages, and occasionally blog about Emacs. | | 49 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 50 | | Christian | I'm an independent Mac software developer and organize myself in Emacs. | https://christiantietze.de | 51 | | | I write about all things Zettelkasten in Emacs for my blogs. | https://zettelkasten.de | 52 | | | Using =notmuch= for email, so I'm moving a lot of tasks into Emacs. | | 53 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 54 | | Andrew | I'm a software developer using vanilla Emacs since about 2017. | https://github.com/andyjda/ | 55 | | | I use it mostly to program, professionally and as a hobby, and as a note-taking tool. | | 56 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 57 | | George | I've used Emacsen since before GNU (starting on TECO/TOPS20), | [[http://git.galthub.com:3000/gmj/home.public.emacs.d/src/master/.emacs.d/george.org][George's literate Emacs configuration]] | 58 | | | but let's get one thing straight, nobody every "arrives" in Emacs. | | 59 | | | I'm here to learn as well. Emacs and Org-mode are the base of my grand plan | | 60 | | | to integrate infosec, hiking, Latin, philosophy, TODO lists..... | | 61 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 62 | | Robert | My main areas of expertise are: emoji, Unicode, some Org Mode, Gnus, | | 63 | | | Emacs internals (networking/subrpocess), documentation. | | 64 | | | I wonʼt claim to be the worldʼs greatest elisp programmer, | | 65 | | | but I can normally help people out with the basics. | | 66 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 67 | | David | I've been using Emacs for various tasks for 18 years | https://www.youtube.com/@davidotoole3296/videos | 68 | | | and would be happy to help out people of any skill level. | | 69 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 70 | | Yi @ London | "The Emacs guy" behind cooperate firewall so my rule is getting things done with | http://yitang.uk | 71 | | | simple tools and few external dependencies. The same rule applies when it comes | | 72 | | | down to personal usage. | | 73 | | | Recently have been selective and thoughtful about what I use. Want to become a | | 74 | | | mature Emacs user: have a deep understanding of Emacs itself and the core packages, | | 75 | | | and most importantly, becomes the master of Emacs, not the slave. | | 76 | | | Willing to buy you a coffee at any time to discuss "how to utilise Emacs to | | 77 | | | become a better learner." Two if you are a quant as well. | | 78 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 79 | | Y.K. | I've been a software developer for 20 years. I use Spacemacs. | https://ykgoon.com/ | 80 | | | Code within emacs; heavy org-mode user. | https://github.com/ykgoon | 81 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 82 | | Alex | Emacs user since GNU Emacs 18, 30+ years ago. Occasional code submitter (see a bug, | https://abochannek.github.io/ | 83 | | | fix a bug) and always looking for a chance to spread Emacs knowledge. Former full- | https://github.com/abochannek | 84 | | | time computer historian. Heavy Gnus and Org Mode user! | | 85 | |-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------| 86 | | Slavek | I'd be happy to show my config or help you with yours on an audio-video call. | https://slawomir-grochowski.com/ | 87 | | | PHP Developer. I live in plain text. Emacs & org-mode user for live since 2019. | | 88 | 89 | If you want to contact one of the buddies above, ping me at [[mailto:andrea-dev@hotmail.com][my email 90 | address]] and I will get you in touch. 91 | 92 | Further information: 93 | https://ag91.github.io/blog/2022/02/23/would-you-like-an-emacs-buddy-i-can-help/ 94 | 95 | 96 | ** The idea in more detail 97 | :PROPERTIES: 98 | :CREATED: [2022-03-02 Wed 18:46] 99 | :ID: d4c7ae2a-1f22-48be-9fe6-6f290986ec04 100 | :END: 101 | 102 | TL;DR: I see the buddy as a companion that you can have a creative 103 | chat and that will try to help you to achieve Emacs enlightenment, not 104 | your personal problem solver. (And I am not concerned about 105 | scalability, because it is about creating a personal interaction 106 | through our commonality: enjoying Emacs.) 107 | 108 | This initiative is about making your learning of Emacs more personal. 109 | An example of interaction I wish for: 110 | 111 | #+begin_src verbatim 112 | **EmacsUserLookingForBuddy**: I am a physiotherapist, I struggle 113 | keeping track of my clients and they told me Org Mode is a great 114 | tool for that. I started with Emacs tutorial, but now how can I 115 | handle my clients?? 116 | 117 | 118 | **EmacsBuddy**: cool! You can find a great Org 119 | Mode tutorial here and there is also a Reddit channel there. I can 120 | help you better if you tell me some more about what is your struggle 121 | with clients? For example, you struggle keeping track of 122 | communication or timetable or ....? By the way, I got a back pain: 123 | any chance you have a trick for that?! -- continues -- 124 | #+end_src 125 | 126 | So for me a buddy should nudge new users towards Emacs enlightenment 127 | focusing on the why they started using Emacs. A forum or a mailing 128 | list is more about solving a particular problem you have: the solution 129 | of such problems should be visible to everybody and fit a public 130 | forum. (Actually a great buddy would show their partner when is 131 | appropriate to move a conversation from private to a public channel!) 132 | 133 | If I use Emacs to keep track of my weird hobby, I may find it helpful 134 | to get the point of view of my buddy on how to make the best out of my 135 | editor for that. And I can also just start chatting about something 136 | totally unrelated to the problem because I am enjoying the conversation. 137 | 138 | Ideally you can make friends with the excuse! 139 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------