Notices by Matthias Kirschner (kirschner@mastodon.social), page 2

We have a small surprise for today at #sfscon . What could it be? @fsfe

Room for the opening of #SFSCon is filling up. Two great days ahead with a great programme about #SoftwareFreedom https://sfscon.it

"Ada & #Zangemann - Un conte sur les logiciels, le skateboard et la glace à la framboise" can be pre-ordered and will be available from 1 December from @cfeditions

A big thank you to all who made the French version possible, especially @framaka 👏

https://cfeditions.com/ada/

Now @padeluun at the #FediverseFachtag about running an own #Mastodon instance with @digitalcourage for which people pay.

Encouraging people to build small awesome companies offering #Fediverse services ("Baut kleine geile Firmen auf")

Recently I received an e-mail with pictures which touched me, and which showed me how important it is to think about diversity when creating illustrations.

The photos were taken in a school at a hospital run by an international medical organisation that operates in the Middle East and showed children reading the #Arabic translation of Ada & #Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream.

Here my blog entry about it:
https://k7r.eu/importance-of-more-inclusive-illustrations/

Our sister organisation, the @fsf opened the Call for Sessions for #Libreplanet 2024 https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/call-for-sessions-for-libreplanet-2024-cultivating-community-now-open

From today on the English version of "Ada & #Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" should be available from your preferred book store world-wide with the ISBN 978-1-718-50320-5 or directly from the publisher #nostarchpress

Your help sharing your thoughts about the book with others in different channels would be highly appreciated.

@fsfe
Wish you all a good time on 17 August with the book reading of Ada & #Zangemann by Bonnie and the #Reuse talk by @Tobias
@bits_und_baeume

"You bought it, you own it - and you should be able to fix it!" #righttorepair Elizabeth Chamberlain at #libreplanet

#Libreplanet talk by @alper about "Topographical maps for all!" with a great story by someone involved in search and rescue work during the recent earthquake creating own paper maps with #FreeSoftware.

Highlighted the importance of #OpenStreetmap in that work and featuring #QGIS as the "#Blender" in this area https://qgis.org/en/site/ #nt

Currently at #Libreplanet talk about "Safety-critical software certification and why #FreeSoftware might be the best solution"

#Libreplanet talk by @alper@alper@mas.to about "Topographical maps for all!" with a great story by someone involved in search and rescue work during the recent earthquake creating own paper maps with #FreeSoftware.

Highlighted the importance of #OpenStreetmap in that work and featuring #QGIS as the "#Blender" in this area https://qgis.org/en/site/ #nt

Was very motivating to meet that many #FreeSoftware contributors and supporters at #cbase the last hours! 🥰 #ilovefs

Please take a few minutes today on I love Free Software day and thank #FreeSoftware (#OpenSource) contributors for enabling all in our society to use, understand, share, and improve software. #ilovefs

Listened to the current #SoftwareFreedom #Podcast with @Cryptie on "IT-#Security from a cryptographer's point of view" 👏👏👏

Covers security by obscurity, money for auditing, the advantage for security of #FreeSoftware developers being used to get feedback, and more.

Plus why she loves #keepass and Cryptie thanking (#ilovefs) non-coding #FreeSoftware (#OpenSource) contributors for https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-18.en.html #nt

In 2019 on the #IDAD (International Day Against #DRM) the @fsfe started its #SoftwareFreedom Podcast with the amazing @pluralistic .

His books are awesome to explain people the bad implications of #DRM for our society, his novels for teenagers inspired me to also write a book about technology and ethics for younger audiences, and I am so thankful for his help for getting the book published under a #CreativeCommons license.

You can listen to the episode here: https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-1.en.html #nt

"#SoftwareFreedom is a critical component to having technology that we can rely on as a society, and it never is too early to learn about why it is so important. I can't wait to read this book to my kids!" —Karen Sandler @karen , Executive Director, @conservancy about "Ada & #Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" https://nostarch.com/ada-zangemann 🤗 #nt