Re: very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?

[Paul Sutton]

On 01/05/2022 23:23, Thomas Lord wrote:
> You sparked what I think is a really good idea in my head.
> Of course, I can't judge if it really is a really good idea. :-)
>
> I think/guess many people discover that twitter is a fun
> and informative way to track some subject of interest.
> Four examples:
>
>    - follow all your favorite Hollywood celebrities
>
>    - follow all your favorite news outlets / journalists
>
>    - subscribe to a list that is cultivated to carry the
>      tweets of credible climate scientists and related
>      climate advocates and experts
>
>    - subscribe to a list of people actively making and
>      posting about making music
>
> Conversely, celebrities, climate scientists and activists,
> etc. are all seeking to reach large, interested audiences.
>
> AHA!  That can be assembled out of Mastodon with few or no
> changes -- mostly just by using it wisely.  As someone said,
> the UI might benefit from some loving enhancement and documentation.


So could we perhaps share our mastodon / fedi id's on this list so we 
can all perhaps start following each other, as much as possible.

@zleap@qoto.org

To start the ball rolling on this one.

I am trying to put together a series of posts on my blog about 
cybersecurity, but starting off with, introducing the BASH shell using a 
series of 8 videos from youtube that I feel are good for beginners.

I can use these at code club too,  and hopefully help raise awareness of 
free software at the same time.

https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton

With a link to the first video on May 4th

https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/cybersecurity-part-3

So trying to find resources and share them,  in a structured way.

Clearly this can lead to cybersecurity, but this series can also lead to 
a whole range of other areas,   such as developing free software, and 
developing secure applications / services which is still important.

Something that I may look in to doing, as I want to encourage people to 
learn BASH scripting, python, networking etc, first then look at 
cybersecurity if they still wish to, they may decide to branch out and 
contribute to free software development.

The way I am doing this, won't be to everyone's taste, BUT I am happy to 
link to alternatives and further resources,  so hopefully we can find a 
way to do complementary each other.

Paul

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