garden/agora chapter.md

• a book chapter.
  • See also: PKG book, agora pkg chapter, agora doc.
  • #oldgo https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BXcGKLsuXgQy2go2lCI54K6Gv-9vV-zeiD_SNl7JZvo
    • Was the only version freely available from June 2023 to June 2024, when the version edited for the PKG book became available in the Commons.
  • #go https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DXJRDh9Ss5VCRBi3oirDw9d7yjn3H2hMqfN2ETTyjIc/edit
    • Is the living document that was published in the Commons in June 2024 and I intend to maintain going forward.
  • #pull https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSYDn9CoWlS5MOtgdK4q2etAVDf_IXgDNJE8CKzQ73SGVmSDY5Vd0Azakw9s6ogR7LYADNxG2j-F9Na/pub?embedded=true
    • If you like embeddings :)
  • Historical notes from writing and editing follow :)
    • This will be a part of pkg book if I write it to a good standard before 2022-09-01 :)
    • or maybe 2022-10-30 ;)
      • after great comments by editors.
  • #meta agora doc is what will be the actual next deliverable
    • this google doc has been used for editing rounds after 2022-09-01.
    • #push 2023
      • I'd like to set up sync back to the Agora (Markdown).
      • Ask konstantint?
      • Try to set up sync on the other direction using pandoc?
  • #comments from the editors
    • finish first pass on 2022-10-28
    • second pass with a deadline of 2022-12-04
    • The PKG book got published in June 2023 🎊
    • #push next action
      • Publish in the Commons in June 2024.

Some loose notes about the process of writing/editing this follow, started on 2022-10-27 as I'm starting to go through editors' comments to try to get the chapter into a good enough shape to call it done.

First of all, it's super useful and informative (a learning experience) to have professional editors go through the document. Regardless of the outcome I'm glad I get to have this experience!

Second of all, I procrastinated a bit on starting to go through comments due to a pretty irrational sense of fear that the chapter was unreadable/unrepairable. I think it turns out there's plenty to be saved and repurposed for the final draft :) I'm also happy that I took some days off work, as it is indeed the time to dedicate real time to this project in a relatively uninterrupted way.

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#meta I wonder if anagora.org supports rulers yet or I just dreamt it?

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#meta Maybe if they are four minuses?

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#meta Nope, doesn't work, need to add this to Marko or maybe consider moving to the markdown parser that peter kaminski recommended in the last fellowship of the link.

Anyway, here I am in 2022-10-28 doing pomodoros to try to finish the first pass over all the interesting comments by the editors, end to end over the 20 pages of the document.

Also planning to cook something simple tonight and have a quick dinner with friends :)

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#meta Back on 2022-11-04, still pretending that horizontal rulers render in the Agora :)

• #push todo fix horizontal rulers in an agora

Tonight I want to reintroduce filenames to make screenshots better.

Then tour the Agora, taking screenshots and writing in bugs.

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2022-11-06. Five minutes of rest, so I write here :)

Loving termdown shaped into my simple pomodoro script.

Meditating every rest, at least three breaths (~33 seconds).

I got derailed trying to stream myself work in yoga with x. Having fun in the process, but I must not fool around now too much; I don't want the day to be derailed.

It is currently 2022-11-06 15:20. I'll now shoot for eight pomodoros on top of the four we've done so far :)

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On it then. First pomodoro ticking, 15m to go.

Agora of Flancia ~ Flanciagora?

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I'm happier with how the structure looks after eight pomodoros today :)

Now yoga with x.

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Thirteen pomodoros in, three to go. Having fun :)

Hmm, here we are again :)

This is now 2022-11-28. The deadline for the next round of comments is 2022-12-04.

(This is my #drishti currently, meaning that I have set it to the number four, representing the date.)

I will now work on a different computer :)

If you somehow found this recording and you don't know what it's all about, you can check https://anagora.org/yoga-with-x and you'll find links to other recordings :)

• #push todo
  • Wow, I really need to maintain the Agora root repository. I haven't touched it in, well, maybe a year? I need to check. And it is the reason I keep thinking 'the Agora index doesn't read great.'

2023

Still working on this on 2023-01-02, enjoying it although I'm a bit delayed :)

My current attitude is: some bits of this are readable, if in need, chop what's not and publish what remains :)

2023-01-02

I plan to do 4 to 8 pomodoros on this tonight, although friends are coming over, so some of them might be later at night :) And I'm fine with 4.

Let's see how it goes though. It's 17:40 now, but the house is ready and dinner is simple.

2023-01-07

Back in this part of town! Starting pomodoros at 15. I hope to be able to finish this today. I'm primary oncall for Meet but oncall on weekends is usually quiet; let's see :)

2024-06-18

Back here one year after publishing this work in the PKG book to make it available in the Commons :) What a ride!