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       title: March 30th, 2024

     

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       date: 2024-03-30, 22:30:12 -07:00

     

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       section: journal

     

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       link: https://lu.ma/tftrocks-april2024

     

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         - TFTrocks

     

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       OK, went ahead and figured out a date with Orion: Next [[Tools for Thought Rocks]] will be [Wed, April 17th at 8am PST](https://lu.ma/tftrocks-april2024).

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       Causal Islands LA is the first community edition of the 2023 conference held in [[Causal Islands#Toronto, April 2023|Toronto]].

     

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       Causal Islands at a high level is about the [[future of computing]]. And it's about connecting people across different specializations and disciplines to come together – to get off their islands and share deep info to inspire and connect with others.

     

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       ## Presentations & Discussions

     

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       We're going to have a mix of presentations plus Q&A, and group discussions.

     

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       Some of the themes include creative usage of technology, how we manage and collaborate, DWeb, decentralized compute, tools for thought, open source — including governance and maintaining it, local first software, open social protocols, art and computation, and more.

     

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       We have several great presentations that we'll be sharing soon. If you'd like to give a talk or host a discussion, please submit to the [call for presentations](https://schedule.fission.codes/causal-islands-losangeles-2024/cfp).

     

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       ## Agenda

     

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       - Doors at 9:30am, talks start at 10am

     

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       - Break for lunch, which is included in the price of your ticket

     

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       - End at 5pm, come together to re-cap the day

     

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       - Potential evening social, we have the space until 10pm

     

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       [[Causal Islands]] at a high level is about the [[future of computing]]. And it's about connecting people across different specializations and disciplines to come together – to get off their islands and share deep info to inspire and connect with others.

     

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       ## Venue

     

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       We will be hosted at [Monk Space](https://www.monkspace.com/), who have agreed to host us at a special rate as what we're doing is aligned with the types of things they like to support. Thank you to Mai, Gav, and Rachel for assisting in venue research and booking!

     

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       ## Sponsorship & Collaboration

     

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       Co-organized with [[Mai Ishikawa Sutton]], with media support from [[DWeb]].

     

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       [Fission](https://fission.codes/) is sponsoring the venue costs, please let us know if you'd like to support the event!

     

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       Drop by the [Causal Islands Discord](https://discord.gg/KEa7J3uNfs) if you want to chat live.
     

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       [[Fission]] sponsored the venue.

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       title: Gavin Gamboa

     

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       link: https://gavart.ist/

     

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       From Gav's [[TiddlyWiki]] powered [About](https://gavart.ist/#About) page:

     

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       > Hello! My name is Gavin and I am an artist with a focus on [music](https://gavart.ist/#Discography), [cinema](https://gavart.ist/#Cinema), and [text](https://gavart.ist/#Writing). I was born in 1984 in Mérida 🇲🇽 and [grew up](https://gavart.ist/#World%20Map) in London 🇬🇧 and Houston Texas, Los Angeles California, and Detroit Michigan. I now live in Los Angeles 🇺🇸

     

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       > You can find me [online](https://gavart.ist/#World%20Wide%20Web) as **gavcloud**.

     

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       > My work revolves around [improvised](https://gavart.ist/#Improvisation) and [notated composition](https://gavart.ist/#Scores), [algorithmic video art](https://gavart.ist/#Laskfar%20Vortok) and [cinema](https://gavart.ist/#Cinema). I am working to deepen my knowledge of [computer science](https://gavart.ist/#Software%20Notes) and [networked thinking](https://gavart.ist/#Digital%20Garden), and incorporating new technologies that can (in)form the basis of a stylistically multifaceted praxis.

     

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       Presented at [[Causal Islands LA]]

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       link: https://maisutton.net/

     

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_notes/Note Clips.md

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       [[TiddlyWiki]] has had this as a built in functionality for a long time. Founder [[Jeremy Ruston]] demos it here:

     

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       <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/axgRphzRPMU?si=yNeJTy5o2k125UDa" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

     

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       This showcases two TiddlyWiki websites which are aware of the native “tiddler” format and so can import and drop in tiddler links within those systems. 

     

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       ActivityPub: https://hci.social/@orion

     

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       advocating widespread dissatisfaction with computing

     

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       [Feature: Drag and Drop]([](https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Drag%2520and%2520Drop.html))
     

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       [Feature: Drag and Drop]([](https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Drag%2520and%2520Drop.html))

     

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