dogtraxI remember sitting on the floor, as my older brother took trumpet lessons and my dad sat, waiting, drumming out beats on his knees. When the lesson was done, the trumpet teacher and his wife, an elementary music teacher, came up to me, age 7, and asked, what instrument will you play when you are old enough? I didn't even hesitate: the saxophone. And so it was, with the trumpet teacher's wife - Mrs. Pontecorvo -- my first favorite teacher, the one who taught me how to make music. #smallstories
Tellio@dogtrax a music origin story, cool, now intermediated, intercogitated, and interpolated: https://youtu.be/gBWPjP_7K3c #smallstories @katebowles @Algot @Nomadwarmachine @sensor63 @taniasheko
Tania Sheko@taniasheko @tellio If you write one, we'll honor your writing, too. No pressure, tho. Just reciprocal thinking
@taniasheko @tellio I'd be lying if I said I knew all the rules (if there are any), other than to try to use the hashtag #smallstories I've been doing small slices of life.
Kate@dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko Here's the credited version of my thoughts on your thoughts. Interestingly I now can't remember why I gave it this title. But I'm thinking about hearing stories. So here it is. #smallstories https://mastodon.social/media/lcz5ZBjx7MpDATDvAfE
@katebowles @taniasheko @tellio Intriguing title. Is this due to the act of listening? (listening without sounds of the voice of the writer as auditory element?). I like the title and appreciate the craft of your piece.
@dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko I made one for @lauraritchie but I'm cautious about file size of all these videos. I wonder about a #smallstories remix repository. I know several here have been thinking about storycare. Me, I'm just loving this slow craft, like beading. @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson
@katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @lauraritchie @taniasheko @dogtrax Perhaps the simplest repository would be a YouTube playlist? Yeah, I know, sucks, but perhaps one of several digital spaces, redundancy and all.
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @lauraritchie @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson That's a start. I have one for Laura. Where could I put it?
@katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @lauraritchie @dogtrax @tellio Where are you all taking the texts from?
@taniasheko the texts come from the mastodon hashtag #smallstories. Search for it and I think you will find all or almost all there.
@tellio Ah... Thank you
Laura Ritchie 🌸@taniasheko many texts are from toots- just from our own stories. And the lovely thing is that people didn't 'plan' their stories to become anything more.
I love that smallstories has a humble beginning. @tellio @dogtrax @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson @katebowles
@lauraritchie @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko
To me #smallstories have an accidental quality, a found moment in the day. Their smallness is this unintended/untended quality. They're not dinner table stories for me, or campfire tales, so much as a happenstance thing that someone stopped for.
But they're not the only way we tell stories and I feel myself now thinking about the overall weave of storying that makes a community come into itself.
@katebowles @taniasheko @dogtrax @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson @lauraritchie My wife and I have a farm in southcentral Kentucky cave country. Shepherds have a great term for what you are describing--woolgathering. In bygone days, shepherds walked with their flocks and their frugal selves would gather stray bits of wool tugged off by brambles. Put them in a bag for later. Now I go woolgathering in the morning for #smallstories. I walk a bit in my mind. If I find some wool, I gather it.
@katebowles I've just come back from a 3 hour drive to pick up my eldest from an exam (first A level) to have a few days at home... and on the drive I found myself thinking of stories I wanted to share here. Fragments -
facets of fractals. As I didn't write them down (driving) I lost some of them, but what stuck was the feeling of wanting to share them - and wanting to share them here. @taniasheko @tellio @dogtrax @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson
facets of fractals. As I didn't write them down (driving) I lost some of them, but what stuck was the feeling of wanting to share them - and wanting to share them here. @taniasheko @tellio @dogtrax @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson
@lauraritchie @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko I've had that feeling, of having a place where stories can be safely kept. It's like a collecting place. Federated wiki was like this for me too, absorbing to the point that I thought about it during the day.
@lauraritchie @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @dogtrax @taniasheko @katebowles Perhaps one of the elements of #smallstories could be that they are loosely held and, as such, can be lost without great alarm and confusion. I mean, we ain't Coleridge and this ain't Ozymandias, right. Perhaps we can also think of recording stories as well, ad hoc and come what will.
@tellio What about something like the recently closed Cowbird?!?!!?
I so long to post audio.
I am reminded of a story shared by my friend Geoffrey about his daughter: http://cowbird.com/story/15057/Lily/?uiid=widget-1763500744-15057
@katebowles @taniasheko @dogtrax @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson
@katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @lauraritchie @taniasheko @dogtrax OK, now I gotta think it through: create a playlist, drag in all the links, share out. Of course, that makes you the bawsssss curator unless there is some way to share a YouTube account.
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @lauraritchie @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson That's what I wondered, about sharing curation.
Something about this whole process for me is about learning new things, both how-to things and storywork things.
@katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @lauraritchie @taniasheko @dogtrax Venkatesh Rao has a great name for this messy rhizomatic crock pot of tech and personal learning--the frankenstack (https://goo.gl/TIun53)
@katebowles we should ask @cogdog and @blamb about video curation platforms... maybe @Tdorey knows if a Splot would work? http://splot.ca/ @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @dogtrax @tellio
@lauraritchie @tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb And @cogdog is the ghost in all my thoughts here, as a photographer who narrates, and taught me to look more closely.
Alan Levine@katebowles @blamb @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @dogtrax @tellio @lauraritchie There's splot-ability here (splot+possibility). I've wanted to make a combo of the image http://splot.ca/splots/tru-collector/ and sound one http://splot.ca/splots/tru-sounder/ + video (did 1 for Bryan J).
Need to parse time to do this.
Paul Free (14 â’¶, europe)@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb @cogdog @katebowles @lauraritchie
for editing collaborativly videos or for 'just' curation?
for the last one you could go with a wordpress page. there some themes specific for that topic.
If you care bit more on free software: #mediagoblin
also check #webtorrent
@lauraritchie @katebowles @cogdog @blamb @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @dogtrax @tellio
webtorrent developed a whay how #torrent can be used through the browser while people viewing your website. this makes it possible that as more ppl viewing your #webpages as faster it gets.
webtorrent developed a whay how #torrent can be used through the browser while people viewing your website. this makes it possible that as more ppl viewing your #webpages as faster it gets.
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb @cogdog @katebowles @lauraritchie
for collecting links togehter and to organize them #zotero would be my fav. choice.
for collecting links togehter and to organize them #zotero would be my fav. choice.
@paulfree14 @lauraritchie @katebowles @cogdog @blamb @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @dogtrax Now yer talking. Create a group in Zotero. A quick and dirty method for aggegating YouTube vids until I can figure out #webtorrent or #mediagoblin
@dogtrax @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb @cogdog @katebowles @lauraritchie @tellio
and for any reseach purpose also usefull on longterm. So starting with.#zotero might be in any case a win.
and for any reseach purpose also usefull on longterm. So starting with.#zotero might be in any case a win.
@paulfree14 here is a public #zotero group, Paul: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1430691/smallstories Thanks for the suggestion. Now on to #webtorrent and #mediagoblin
@paulfree14 here is a public #zotero group, Paul: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1430691/smallstories Thanks for the suggestion. Now on to #webtorrent and #mediagoblin
@paulfree14 here is a public #zotero group, Paul: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1430691/smallstories Thanks for the suggestion. Now on to #webtorrent and #mediagoblin
@paulfree14 here is a public #zotero group, Paul: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1430691/smallstories Thanks for the suggestion. Now on to #webtorrent and #mediagoblin
@paulfree14 @lauraritchie @katebowles @cogdog @blamb @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @dogtrax here is a public #zotero group, Paul: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1430691/smallstories Thanks for the suggestion. Now on to #webtorrent and #mediagoblin
@paulfree14 @lauraritchie @katebowles @cogdog @blamb @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @dogtrax here is a public #zotero group, Paul: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1430691/smallstories Thanks for the suggestion. Now on to #webtorrent and #mediagoblin
@tellio @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb @cogdog @katebowles @lauraritchie @paulfree14 I don't know what we're doing (not all that uncommon). In this case, I'd like to know what we're doing. Can anyone fill me in?
Tanya **moved**@dogtrax @paulfree14 @lauraritchie @katebowles @cogdog @blamb @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @tellio
I go away for a couple of days and you all explode with conversation! About to get on a plane but will try tomorrow to tease through this string to figure out what crazy scheming y'all have been up to.
@dogtrax I *think* the overall gist is that
1. #smallstories are fun & have a life of their own.
2. you brought cool stuff with mixed media
3. Kate made some big videos but is aware that putting them all here is not the best idea... (kindness in general to our hosts)
4. wondered if there could be a repository of sorts so they could live
5. various suggestions ensued
6. no solutions yet... but ideas
@paulfree14 @katebowles @cogdog @blamb @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @tellio
1. #smallstories are fun & have a life of their own.
2. you brought cool stuff with mixed media
3. Kate made some big videos but is aware that putting them all here is not the best idea... (kindness in general to our hosts)
4. wondered if there could be a repository of sorts so they could live
5. various suggestions ensued
6. no solutions yet... but ideas
@paulfree14 @katebowles @cogdog @blamb @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @tellio
@lauraritchie @tellio @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb @cogdog @paulfree14 @dogtrax Actually I made a tiny video! I'm just conscious video of any size drags in weight. But yes. For me also thinking about #smallstories as an organic community of practice, and also #smallstories within a larger flow of ideas. Both.
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb @cogdog @lauraritchie @paulfree14 I am finally going to learn Zotero. Am I finally going to learn Zotero?
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @blamb @cogdog @lauraritchie @paulfree14 I am finally going to learn Zotero. Am I finally going to learn Zotero?
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @lauraritchie @econproph @ShorterPearson @katebowles . Starting a YouTube channel for now so as to not lose everything might be a great start.
Working on ideas for a space for these pieces which might involve uploading to YouTube and then embedding in Wordpress. I *think* we'd be able to feed in stories written here as well. Might also serve as a "way in" to Mastodon for interested folks.
@Tdorey @katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @lauraritchie @taniasheko @tellio ok. I did not host a few in my YouTube because I worried about who really owns the story. Hmmm. I shared them here as native video files because it felt more intimate, small.
@dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko @lauraritchie @econproph @ShorterPearson @katebowles
Great things to consider.
I don't love the YouTube option, but also don't currently have another suggestion for larger video files.
@Tdorey it may be a very naive suggestion, but can we make a category on Archive.org You can upload any size there....
@katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @tellio @dogtrax
@dogtrax I post stuff there for my classes, because you can set the licenses to whatever version of CC that you want :)
(should have pasted link earlier...)
@tellio @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @katebowles @Tdorey
@lauraritchie @dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @katebowles
Great idea and thanks for introducing me to this place I'd never heard of before!
@Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @taniasheko @tellio @dogtrax @lauraritchie me neither. I'm learning so much.
I have always been suggested to put things there - video and the like, and I run an open music class that has much of the content I created there. I was always torn between 'visibility' and actual usability. So if I wanted to post something 'to be seen', as I am relatively unknown, I would put that on youtube. Everything academic that actually mattered to me goes on archive.org - unless I forget... which does happen... @katebowles @dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey
@Tdorey @katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @lauraritchie @taniasheko @dogtrax Did you see the Zotero Group option: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1430691/smallstories/items Here is the RSS feed as well: https://api.zotero.org/groups/1430691/items/top?start=0&limit=25&format=atom&v=1 Just to add---I love the freedom of 500 characters. I know it is a bit arbitrary, but...spread yer wings little mastotoot.
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @lauraritchie @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey This came my way on Twitter. http://www.theperennialplate.com/episodes/2017/06/episode-171-the-women-of-achill-island/
It's beautiful in itself, but also had me thinking about simple Wordpress options for storycare. Here is their rationale. (I'm sidling around the FB aspect for now.)
http://www.theperennialplate.com/episodes/2017/03/kickstarter-resistance-through-storytelling/ #smallstories
It's beautiful in itself, but also had me thinking about simple Wordpress options for storycare. Here is their rationale. (I'm sidling around the FB aspect for now.)
http://www.theperennialplate.com/episodes/2017/03/kickstarter-resistance-through-storytelling/ #smallstories
@Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @lauraritchie @taniasheko @dogtrax @tellio For me this gets close to something about this galvanising year, this sense that politics, industry, environment, capital are all breaking in their capacity to provide sustaining care. So we are starting quite surreptitiously to care for each other.
Mastodon appeared at this juncture. I don't think that's coincidence. It's a bit like the emergence of crowdfunding at a time when social care is collapsing.
@katebowles @tellio @taniasheko @lauraritchie @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey "caring for each other" -- yes, and caring about each other, too. The trend of "get big" (ie, MOOCS, etc) seems to finally be reversing (get smaller, know the people you are interacting with, share stories). Can Mastodon serve this need? That's still a question
@dogtrax @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @lauraritchie @taniasheko @katebowles We can try to make it work, but that is often inelegant at best inside that particular 'machine'(Twitter, G+, FB, WordPress). I am hearing you ask whether Mastodon is one of those tools or one different in kind, one with a more humane structure that values the commons it creates? (BTW, you know you have arrived with Mastodon when you know longer misspell it. Never sure if I spelled misspell right ;)
@tellio @katebowles @taniasheko @lauraritchie @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey So much returns to the art of curation (no matter the platforms of convenience or moment), and how best to add layers of context and reflection to what we curate. OK. I need to check out Zotero now? Another platform jump ...
@dogtrax @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @econproph @lauraritchie @taniasheko @tellio The question of whether mastodon can genuinely be different is interesting. To me, it does genuinely seem to be. Its smallness makes it fragile: it takes very small scale absence for it to falter, whereas we don't affect Twitter at all by not being there.
I am so appreciative of Laura who has often stated here and called us gently back. That's what makes it different for me: care for community.
I am so appreciative of Laura who has often stated here and called us gently back. That's what makes it different for me: care for community.
@tellio @taniasheko @lauraritchie @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @dogtrax This is also something @clhendricksbc does. She forages and finds people. I love watching this skill at work.
Christina Hendricks@tellio @taniasheko @lauraritchie @econproph @ShorterPearson @Tdorey @dogtrax @katebowles It was easier when Mastodon was smaller to find people. I would read the federated timeline and find interesting people and follow them. Now I only manage new ones through what those I follow boost from others. Big timeline too big! But I love that I have a diverse group of connections here.
@clhendricksbc I think this is when the cell divides and you create a new instance.
@tellio One can do that, but then you focus on the voices of a select few in your instance. I'm part of a small instance called scholar.social (about education), and it's nice in many ways but few voices. They're all connected to fediverse so you hear more there, but then that's huge.
Then again, all instances, even this one when it was small, are limited to a select few. Impossible problem. Want more voices so more diversity, but then too "loud" to hear.
@clhendricksbc I have that as instance to join but then I reconsidered.
@tellio It is quite small. Just wondering why you reconsidered though?
@clhendricksbc And if waht you want is a little tribe maybe a proprietary tool like Slackm is best. Or minds.com
@tellio I'm not looking for proprietary tribe, but rather finding new people I couldn't find in a small bubble like I have on Slack or a small instance here. And the federated timeline here was great for that in the past because it was something you could scroll through and find people to follow you never would have met anywhere else. Loved that and made some new friends here. But now that timeline is so big it's harder to scroll through with that purpose.
@clhendricksbc I sympathize. I made new friends here in much the same way. Hasn't our instance instantiator (uggh, sorry, can't remember name) closed new membership to this instance in April? Not saying that is the answer. I have read some arguments that tribal doesn't scale, that smallest federated experiments collapse as they reach some critical mass of the folk. Maybe your observation is indicative of this collapse? Good conversation might be abt how to prevent? @Algot