Kori Maleski ๐mstdn.ca has 4000+ new users since 8 PM last night.
David McKay@ArrogantHair dang! Makes sense. I switched to this instance last night and assumed thatโs why it was slow. Seems good now though!! Lots of Canadians on boarding it seems.
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@ChrisCorrigan has moved@ArrogantHair looks like mstdn.ca is going to become a big hub in the infrastructure. It has the feeling of being a country level instance. I joined it because a friend was here and it had a territorial acknowledgement.
@chriscorrigan We just broke 10,000 users, so it looks like @chad is going big league with the instance. It is really handling the growth well.
@ArrogantHair @chad congrats. I wish you the best on this and thanks for putting in the work.
Kristinnuendo@ArrogantHair when I first signed up to mastodon I didn't see anything local and nothing came up in the search, so I joined the Meow server ๐ This is much better, now that we have somewhere to go as Canadians
Dylan Shivak@ArrogantHair I tried to find a local server a while back and couldnโt find anything - this is what I needed to dive in and give Mastodon a shot.
@dylanshivak A lot of people joined some random servers and then transferred here once they found it. Its visibility has improved.
@dylanshivak Check out the feeds, view users profiles and go through their follows to see and find people to follow. Also do an introduction post - and tag it with hash/introduction. Just say hi and who you are so people can share.
@ArrogantHair Will do! Right now Iโm trying to get a hang of how to navigate vs. Twitter ๐
Wicca Girl@ArrogantHair im new here
Rfkgaming@ArrogantHair the hashtag #ygk brought me here along with @makeithomeygk
jen hill@ArrogantHair Holy snacks! It was 500 when I got on! ๐ฎโ
JMcLean@ArrogantHair might explain why itโs so slow and it wonโt let me put up a banner pic!
@Birdpainter Yeah, just be patient. The server can handle everyone - but when they are all interacting at once it can cause delays. Heavy traffic on all the instances.
Justin M@ArrogantHair plus one more. Figured I'd stake out a spot here if Twitter does go down.
Jojo@ArrogantHair it's impressive
Derek@ArrogantHair I am one of them! Iโm excited to see how this works. Iโve been in twitter forever but Iโm excited about the open source nature.
Olivier@Derekmajor @ArrogantHair Well, I'm excited Batman decided to join us on the Twitter migration ๐
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@oliviergoulet @Derekmajor This website is best experienced as a superhero
@oliviergoulet @Derekmajor
Use the user lists from this page to snag some good follows:
https://medium.com/@mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#cf8d
I also have some pinned to my profile.
If you are web browser, make sure to go to preferences/settings and switch to advanced mode to get a Tweetdeck like UI.
Android - use Tusky app instead of default Mastodon (its out of date)
iPhone use Metatext app.
Otherwise follow the tips that everyone keeps posting.
Pretty neat! Thanks for the tips man.
@oliviergoulet @Derekmajor
I am a geospatial full stack. So if you ever need web mapping tips I am here.
I am a geospatial full stack. So if you ever need web mapping tips I am here.
@ArrogantHair @oliviergoulet maybe Iโm getting old but I have no idea what geospatial web means ๐
@Derekmajor @oliviergoulet
Google Maps, the little maps on store websites that show their location. Those are the most popular things.
Google Maps, the little maps on store websites that show their location. Those are the most popular things.
@ArrogantHair @oliviergoulet ok I get google maps, displaying on websitesโฆetc. Iโve done that many times. Do you do API work with or custom implementations instead of just embedded code?
@Derekmajor @oliviergoulet
I build enterprise integrations. i.e. build back end to hold spatial data, processes to link and then the frontend UI.
I build enterprise integrations. i.e. build back end to hold spatial data, processes to link and then the frontend UI.
Currently building the frameworks for municipalities to link all their work order systems to talk with payroll/accounting and then linking to infrastructure. So field workers have an app with a map showing a hydrant to be repaired - they click to say I did 2 hours of work. Management has a dashboard with showing map of asset replacement/repair status, also showing they are within budget.
@ArrogantHair @oliviergoulet now thatโs cool! My team builds out custom CRM systems which has some field service work on the customer service side of things.
@Derekmajor @oliviergoulet
Nice! - so we work on the same things, I am just more focused on getting the CRM to talk with the mapping components.
Nice! - so we work on the same things, I am just more focused on getting the CRM to talk with the mapping components.
@ArrogantHair @oliviergoulet yeah I didnโt realize how involved the mapping side would be but I guess it makes sense. Mapping is usually something we take for granted lol. Kinda like when Google started charging for their Map API at one point!
@Derekmajor @oliviergoulet
And I just looked at your company website - yeah, my current company overlaps a little, but we primarily do integrations. I am at https://www.spatialdna.com/.
So we would work/partner with you to automate workflow integrations to municipal/corporate mapping/planning software. So if your CRM needs to be tied into Cityworks/ESRI or you just need cloud processing of data - we would handle that.
@ArrogantHair @oliviergoulet makes sense. Really cool stuff.
@Derekmajor @oliviergoulet
On the personal side though - if you run into issues with Leaflet, OpenLayers, ESRI mapping component issues with your development I am around.
On the personal side though - if you run into issues with Leaflet, OpenLayers, ESRI mapping component issues with your development I am around.
@ArrogantHair @oliviergoulet sounds good, much appreciated! Looking forward to getting to know you.
@Derekmajor @oliviergoulet
Will forward your contact info to my CEO and team, to see if they want to reach out if there are any synergies. We are running monday and there may be needs I am unaware of as we are growing fast.
Will forward your contact info to my CEO and team, to see if they want to reach out if there are any synergies. We are running monday and there may be needs I am unaware of as we are growing fast.
@Derekmajor @oliviergoulet
But I have also build routing delivery apps for a company that does flower delivery.
All cases it is largely API, but with lots of development for UI and backend.