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"Why Johnny Can’t Syndicate" explores the challenges faced in event syndication and the integration of technology in managing and sharing community events. Through insights from experts like Phil Libin and Jeannette Wing, the discussion highlights the necessity of effective tools such as PGP and the principles of computational thinking. It emphasizes the importance of modularizing information and utilizing appropriate representations for effective community engagement through arts, culture, and technology. This dialogue aims to identify solutions that foster better communication and event coordination in our communities.
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Why Johnny Can’t Syndicate (And What We Can Do About it) Flesch
Whitten “If an average user of email … acquires PGP … “
Phil Libin "The basics of asymmetric cryptography are … as fundamental as the basics of supply and demand and monetary inflation.“ – ITConversations interview, 2007 Phil Libin Now: Evernote CEO Then: Corestreet founder
Jeannette Wing “Computational thinking is thinking recursively … using abstraction and decomposition … separation of concerns … choosing appropriate representations … modularizing … “ - ITConversations interview, 2007 Jeannette Wing Now: Microsoft Research Before: National Science Foundation Then: Carnegie Mellon
MarkSurman Mark Surman Mozilla Foundation
Statewide Arts and Culture Statewide: Tech and Business … … Big picture … Ann Arbor music Detroit music Ann Arbor tech Detroit tech Ann Arbor art Grand Rapids art Lansing business Ann Arbor business … Community Arts and Culture Hub Community Tech and Business Hub music art tech business art environment health sports music business tech
The “Submit Your Event” anti-pattern Anti-pattern:AnnArbor.com
long tail Long tail of iCalendar producers Google Calendar Kennedy Space Center Launches by Chad
“We posted weekly.pdf to the website. Isn’t that good enough?”
Right thing: A feed RSS category error Wrong way: Not an iCal feed <link>http://www.lesliesnc.org</link> <description> Let it Snow, Snow, Snow! Thursday, January 24, 2013 Ages: Ages 4-5, caregiver not required 1:00-2:30 p.m. $44 for all four sessions </description>
The HTML/PDF/RSS fallacy How humans represent calendar events: “Why Johnny Can’t Syndicate, Jon Udell, Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad, Jan 18 at noon” How computers represent calendar events: DTSTART;TZID=EST;20130118T120000 SUMMARY:Jon Udell: Why Johnny Can’t Syndicate LOCATION:Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad HTML, PDF, RSS iCalendar
Civic scorecard A civic scorecard for machine-readable calendars