Post by @jekely@biologists.social

FENS 2026 - the only file format the organisers accepted was pptx. I offered html, pdf, url - did not get far. In the end I gave a chalk talk (there was no chalk). Not good for #DigitalIndependence

"The Document Foundation, creators of #LibreOffice and promoters of the OpenDocument format (ODF), has argued that OOXML is excessively complex and unnecessarily convoluted. According to the foundation, this discourages interoperability and contributes to user dependence on Microsoft software." wiki

#digitalindependence #libreoffice

Gaspar Jekely

@jekely@biologists.social 2 days ago

Here are my slides for #fens2026

“A versatile and affordable array tomography workflow”

https://jekelylab.codeberg.page/FENS_Array_Tomography_Barcelona_July2026.html#/title-slide

for the 'Expanding Horizons: Array Tomography in Neuroscience for All' workshop.

Done by #quarto rendered to #html #FOSS

Have a look at Quarto https://quarto.org/docs/presentations/ and try the switch, you won't look back at .pptx

ribbons of ultrathin sections in a scanning electron microscope, shown is a preview of the ribbons

Quarto

Presentations – Quarto

A versatile and affordable array tomography workflow

Björn Brembs

@brembs@mastodon.social 3 hours ago

@jekely

Oh, you're at Fens! I missed your talk, sorry! Are you still here today/ tomorrow?

Gaspar Jekely

@jekely@biologists.social 2 hours ago

@brembs I am back in Heidelberg already! The talk was in this strange 'paid' technology session on Monday... See you in the autumn, enjoy the rest of the conference!