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+[[!meta title="Freenode #live 2018" ]]
+
+[[!img fn-live.jpeg align=right link="https://freenode.live/" ]]
+
+[[Freenode #live|https://freenode.live/]] happened again, and like
+[[last year|posts/freenode_live_2017]], it was in Bristol over the
+weekend.
+
+Unlike last year, I'm not doing a talk, but this year I did head out
+to Bristol on the Thursday to allow some time before the conference
+begun on Saturday to do some exploring.
+
+# On the Thursday
+
+Walking up to the Clifton Suspension Bridge was great. I crossed to
+the west of the river, walked up to the bridge and then over.
+
+<div style="clear: both;">
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: right;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020048.JPG
+           caption="Looking along to the Clifton Suspension Bridge" ]]
+  </div>
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: left;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020036.JPG
+           link="https://matthew.co.uk/"
+           caption="Interesting boat, called the Matthew of Bristol" ]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div>
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: right;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020056.JPG
+           caption="Looking back from the bridge to Bristol" ]]
+  </div>
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: left;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020051.JPG
+           link="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1881728293"
+           caption="Walking through Burwalls Wood" ]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
+
+<div style="width: 48%; float: right;">
+  [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020072.JPG ]]
+</div>
+
+On the way back, I visited the [[Calbot
+Tower|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabot_Tower,_Bristol]]. The light
+was fading by this point, which was great to see looking down on
+Bristol.
+
+<div style="width: 48%; float: left;">
+  [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020075.JPG ]]
+</div>
+
+<div style="clear: both;">
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: right;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020074.JPG ]]
+  </div>
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: left;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020079.JPG ]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+# On the Friday
+
+I set off to visit two places. First the SS Great Britain, then the
+Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.
+
+The SS Great Britain was well worth a visit. I'd somehow managed to
+miss this when walking along the opposite short of the river only the
+day before.
+
+<div>
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: right;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020089.JPG ]]
+  </div>
+  <div style="width: 48%; float: left;">
+    [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020088.JPG ]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
+<div style="width: 48%; float: right;">
+  [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020097.JPG ]]
+</div>
+
+I visited the Calbot tower again, this time in the light.
+
+Still the same amazing view, just now I could see a bit more in the
+daylight.
+
+<div style="width: 48%; float: left;">
+  [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020100.JPG ]]
+</div>
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
+
+<div style="width: 48%; float: right;">
+  [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020105.JPG ]]
+</div>
+
+I was impressed by the amount of stuff in the museum.
+
+It just kept going on and on. The range was impressive as well, like a
+mini British Museum. It had exhibits on sea life along the coast,
+ancient Egypt and Assyria, maps of Bristol, dinosaurs, minerals,
+glassware and a whole range of other art.
+
+<div style="width: 48%; float: left;">
+  [[!img albums/freenode_live_2018/P1020102.JPG ]]
+</div>
+
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
+# On the Saturday
+
+Saturday was the actual first day of the conference. Chris Lamb's
+talk| was a nice way to start.
+
+The [[schedule is available
+online|https://joind.in/event/freenode-live-2018/schedule/grid]], and
+talk videos are [[available on
+YouTube|https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8]]
+it's well worth talking a look at what videos are available. I've
+directly linked to those I comment on below.
+
+## [[Doc Searls and Simon Phipps - In Conversation|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOFuQLTVdZc&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=6&t=0s]]
+
+I didn't know anything about either speakers prior to the conference,
+and I still don't know that much, but they both had really interesting
+things to say and interesting perspectives.
+
+Doc Searls opened with some great comments on privacy, this then led
+on to discussion of the <abbr title="General Data Protection
+Regulation">GDPR</abbr>.
+
+[["The because
+effect" (10:08)|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOFuQLTVdZc&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=6&t=608s]]
+was interesting with respect to the money aspect of free software.
+
+Some very insightful comments were made with respect to cloud
+computing.
+[[Copyleft came up (16:57)|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOFuQLTVdZc&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=6&t=1017s]].
+
+Something which resonated with me quite a bit was the reiteration of the
+[["open source is simply a marketing term for free software" (23:13)|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOFuQLTVdZc&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=6&t=1393s]].
+
+## [[John Sullivan - How can free communication tools win?|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzs2W8LPB4&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=7&t=0s]]
+
+Communication tools are a important intersection where both software
+freedom and interoperability/federation really matter, and this talk
+was great at presenting the problems faced.
+
+## [[Bradley Kuhn - Interactive chat and the future of software freedom|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLJjAupCMUg&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=10&t=0s]]
+
+I think this was my favourite talk of the conference, it's really
+worth a watch.
+
+# On the Sunday
+
+## [[GNU Emacs for all|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZ2KZpl4OM&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=14&t=0s]]
+
+An excellent talk, reminded me that while I've come a long way with
+Emacs, there's still a lot more to take advantage of.
+
+## [[Kyle Rankin - The death and resurrection of Linux Journal|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17JowhH57kg&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=16&t=0s]]
+
+A trip back through time, in the context of the Linux Journal.
+
+## [[Neil McGovern - Software desktops to 2025 and beyond!|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTkkwqUmOkg&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=20&t=0s]]
+
+A look at desktops, with some interesting perspectives from Neil, the
+current executive director of the GNOME Foundation.
+
+## [[VM Brasseur - Four ways to spread the four freedoms|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9Vt4knqsc&list=PLsYAJYM22VA2NMo61bxIXowgXXHufwPm8&index=21&t=0s]]
+
+I really liked the start of this talk, beginning with the 4
+freedoms. However, some of the points made later felt particularly
+polarising.
+
+Particularly at one point with regard to operating systems, the
+speaker makes the point that free software should be provided and
+supported on Microsoft Windows, but there isn't any suggestion of how
+to practically do this.
+
+My guess is that there's a lot of dependency issues with even getting
+some software to work on Windows, let alone attempting to provide
+support for something that the contributors might not even have used.
+
+# Finally...
+
+All in all, it was a great conference. I'm very grateful to all the
+organisers and speakers.
+
+The single track this year meant I actually saw most of the talks. I
+didn't speak, but I did enjoy the time that gave me to explore Bristol
+a bit, and actually enjoy the conference a bit more.
+
+I did take a few more photos, which are
+[[available in this album|albums/freenode_live_2018]].
+
+Hopefully there will be another Freenode #live next year!
+
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