Good morning Fedi friends!

Rehearsing my #BerlinFediDay presentation this morning to make sure I can do it in 12 minutes tops…. Because I have a little surprise at the end, so I can’t use my full 15 minutes 😉

A tale of 2 rehearsals: back in May, when I was getting ready to present at #JDLL in Lyon I had to rehearse in the back of the car next to my 4-year-old… who was listening to children’s stories in French over the car system. For 4 hours. It was a marathon rehearsal for me, a real test of concentration.

I thought: easy for this one - I’m traveling alone in the plane, I’ve got a 90 minutes flight… so I can practice my speech in peace. Well, think again. My two French seatmates spent the entirety of the flight loudly discussing playing music gigs and their experiences with various drugs 😵‍💫

Which scenario did I prefer for prepping my speech? Neither one… thankfully I’ve got 2 hours in my hotel room now 😅

I look forward to meeting Fedi friends and followers later today and I hope I will do a good enough job conveying my love for the Fediverse.

And I can’t wait to listen to the presentations by @andypiper
@samvie @bjoernsta @pfefferle
@cwebber @evanprodromou @ErikUden

Bis später! ❤️🇩🇪

Good morning Fedi friends!

Rehearsing my #BerlinFediDay presentation this morning to make sure I can do it in 12 minutes tops…. Because I have a little surprise at the end, so I can’t use my full 15 minutes 😉

A tale of 2 rehearsals: back in May, when I was getting ready to present at #JDLL in Lyon I had to rehearse in the back of the car next to my 4-year-old… who was listening to children’s stories in French over the car system. For 4 hours. It was a marathon rehearsal for me, a real test of concentration.

I thought: easy for this one - I’m traveling alone in the plane, I’ve got a 90 minutes flight… so I can practice my speech in peace. Well, think again. My two French seatmates spent the entirety of the flight loudly discussing playing music gigs and their experiences with various drugs 😵‍💫

Which scenario did I prefer for prepping my speech? Neither one… thankfully I’ve got 2 hours in my hotel room now 😅

I look forward to meeting Fedi friends and followers later today and I hope I will do a good enough job conveying my love for the Fediverse.

And I can’t wait to listen to the presentations by @andypiper
@samvie @bjoernsta @pfefferle
@cwebber @evanprodromou @ErikUden

Bis später! ❤️🇩🇪

L'apéro de rentrée des #JdLL c'est demain ! Il y aura plein de gens chouettes pour commencer la préparation des #JdLL2026. On me dit même dans l'oreillette qu'il y aura même des chips !

Viendez, c'est au Laboratoire Ouvert Villeurbannais (plus communément appelé LOV), situé au 21 place des Maisons Neuves à Villeurbanne (https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4483358592) à 19h30.

L'apéro de rentrée des #JdLL c'est demain ! Il y aura plein de gens chouettes pour commencer la préparation des #JdLL2026. On me dit même dans l'oreillette qu'il y aura même des chips !

Viendez, c'est au Laboratoire Ouvert Villeurbannais (plus communément appelé LOV), situé au 21 place des Maisons Neuves à Villeurbanne (https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4483358592) à 19h30.

🎥 Notre vidéo de la conférence "Comment protéger vos données à l’aide de la cryptographie ? Cas d’usage : CryptPad" aux #JDLL 2025 est disponible en ligne sur notre instance PeerTube d'entreprise : https://peertube.xwiki.com/w/eNUghLVhrFKsk5SwsrifeJ

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 165 (VFX edition) 🎞️​

Good morning Fedi friends!

I've been quiet on here (it's a temporary pause, I promise) as I have been spending every second of free time - that doesn't include childcare - editing the fediverse promo video.

The video will premiere next week at a really exciting event, right after a presentation by an absolute legend. I'm experiencing low key anxiety / palpitations, rushing to get the film ready for that.

On the to do list: sound mix, fixing some VFX animations, adding a couple of slides to the end credits, color grading, doing subtitles, exporting the video and uploading it to my PeerTube. Gaaaaah!

On the self-hosting side, I have to admit it's incredibly empowering to know I can put it on my PeerTube. Super grateful to #YunoHost for that.

If you're curious, I've published some updates re: what I've been up to this month... including a video replay of my presentation for YunoHost at #JDLL: https://news.elenarossini.com/what-im-up-to-may-2025-edition/

As a geeky side note, I had to edit a link in the article... and it would not update on my site. Awww the wonders of #Varnish cache. It's really THAT powerful. So even though I don't have time to do proper self-hosting tasks these days, I still went into my VPS and used command lines to clear Varnish cache. It counts for something, right?

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!


#MySoCalledSudoLife

Hello Fedi friends!

Today marks a really special occasion: I’ll be speaking at #JDLL in Lyon as part of the #YunoHost presentation… discussing how I use their amazing #selfhosting tools for #DigitalSovereignty.

It’s hard to believe I had only installed it 158 days ago (according to my Mastodon archive) https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113667636910565210

Thanks to @yunohost I have been able to self-host my own #GoToSocial#Pixelfed#Friendica & #PeerTube instances. I’m incredibly grateful to them ❤️

#MySoCalledSudoLife