Organizing #fluConf2026 was a little hectic due to some personal constraints, and it's quite clear we'll need more people involved in order to make #fluConf2027 a reality.
If you're interested in helping to make that happen, please get in touch by joining the IRC channel (#flu-conf on Libera Chat).
A presentation about air quality measurements was a very fitting way to wrap up #fluConf2026!
A very big thank you to all of our contributors and everyone who joined in or boosted discussions during this weekend!
As with last year, we'll double-check the program on our website to ensure that all contributors' content is easy to find. You can also expect some kind of retrospective blog post, but first we're going to take a nap 😴
@samherniman the final session of #fluConf2026 is beginning:
https://www.youtube.com/@aurelwu/live
"IndoorCO2Map.com: Community science for safer indoor spaces"
The live presentation by Aurel Wünsch and @samherniman ("IndoorCO2Map.com: Community science for safer indoor spaces") will begin in approximately one hour.
Hello world!
Today is the second and final day #fluConf2026
As mentioned in the previous post, today's program will feature two contributions, and the first is available now.
@c0debabe has already shared a presentation about their project to build a Personal Digital Assistant (the palm-pilot type, not an LLM emulating a secretary).
Follow this link to check it out:
Tomorrow's program will feature two more presentations:
and
For anyone that struggles with timezones, here is a countdown for your convenience:
Closing out day one of #fluConf2026 we have a submission from an alumnus of the inaugural #fluConf (you may remember his "Neo-Luddism in a developing country can be odd").
o is not on the Fediverse, but is active in promoting #FOSS in the Philippines. His contribution this year is the full text of an unfunded proposal named Project Sinsinan, involving what he terms "constructive vandalism" and mutual aid:
@marado's contribution for #fluConf2026 is some self-referential poetry
Today's third contribution comes from @FLOX_advocate who wrote a guide to using containers in Firefox:
"Webbrowser: Multi-Account Containers and Other Containerization"
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Brett Sheffield (he/him)
