Blog:Observations

playing with: Smallest Federated Wiki

new user page with json source code

had to fix some path structures and development version is running or deactive ;-)

I like the forking aspect:

• imagine: no more disputes at WV or any other wiki
  • A makes a page, B imports
  • B changes something
  • A can decide if changes are imported

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[edit] Reviewing (adds value)

Just reviewed - again - some old blog posts (after 5 years) and I'm still astinished about what kind of things happen while doing this

read also in my Wikiversity PLE: Wikiversity wide: provide meta info about learning, actions

tbh I never took the time so far to review old micro blog posts (e.g. User:Erkan Yilmaz/twitter), see also: What is (not) so good about micro blogs?

I wonder why? Because it's many tweets/dents?

...but I reviewed: "real" blog posts (here and in Wikiversity), PLE entries so far.

So: I decided to use those more - again. Even if it appears now as not connected or not important, while reviewing in a few years and adding more thoughts (e.g. the reasons why one posted? ...) may lead to interesting thoughts...

So, my unimportant thoughts for today are noted at: Some thoughts

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[edit] Act I - intra

scenario: while one is focussed on getting the goal done...
.. hands on keyboard and suddenly you slip the key (in my case the strg-key)

and wondering: "I did not think of pressing the strg key actually
my finger moved by itself..."

Wondering what else is done automatically by body / mind?
All actions are small steps (in parallel/iterative/..?) which build something...
thinking about each step would make things ... slower?

So, any accident is welcome which throws me out of the routine (1)

[edit] Act II - inter

I am pretty sure the above thought was triggered by today's post about Suicide Linux or things like esoteric programming languages...

Before I went showering I had a thought for a few secs which I did not pursue any more due to other thoughts (yes, thoughts and thoughts and thoughts, it's all a circle)
But my mind seems have been busy with the answer to that question, it had to do also with: Counterfactual history...

It is not ripe yet, but it goes like this...

One tends to think when doing something (e.g. releasing software):

it should fulfill certain (stakeholder's) goals, important things done (e.g. bugs gone or noted in a list)...

So, one makes necessary preparations so all in the team can work towards achieving those "valuable things"

BUT, what about: if you don't care for that?

I mean not in the sense of like a:

• hacker (who wants bad software to get into the system) or
• irresponsible manager (like: knowing about errors brings responsability: I do not know, so I can not be made responsible)

What if you just do the opposite of what you normally do? It seems awkward for certain, since it's illogical to do that.

One may be blocked by thoughts like: that is bad, one has to pay for the loss, ...

but... what good things can one learn from that?

(e.g. not in the sense of: "Ah ok, I understand now why we have to do these and those steps...")

One question may also be: is one in the situation to do (controlled) experiments?

But... should learning be dominated by thoughts of outcome? No? Yes?

[edit] notes

(1) had to think of an old blog post from March 2007 while writing this: use also the other shoe lace

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top artists come from Azerbaijan, China, Japan, Korean, Russian, Taiwan + Turkey.

Read more:

• Erkan Yilmaz - Last.fm statistics 2011

What really turns me off the last few days with one webservice provider is:

• I am forced at each login to use the new GUI version (which I always deny)
• besides that it is a waste of time for me (even when I bookmark my link), it frustrates me with that service though they did good things for me so far
  • one time bad, can ruin the feelings I guess

More, after I install my own opensource version...

[edit] music from the past

• nice to hear again music from 15-20 years ago
  • specifically 90s rap, hip-hop + soul/r&b
  • have been hearing somehow more Asian music since I use last.fm

[edit] micro blogging

• I was also wondering why I do not post the line above into the micro blogging sphere?
  • I guess I wanted it to be more permanent.
    To be honest, who reads old microblog posts like these: User:Erkan Yilmaz/twitter?
    Too few chars to preserve all thoughts for the future :-( (1)
• I also noticed, I did not use much micro blogs lately (2) + was reminded of: What is (not) so good about micro blogs ?

[edit] common theme: time

• I think, the common thing from above thoughts is: time :-)
• since 1 month left in 2011: I want to rethink on specific tools
  • learning history:
    • with wikis as one tool:
      • own wiki (33 months since I started it) and
      • other wikis (76 months)
  • blogging
    • micro blogging (24 months)
    • blog post frequency (2007-2011)
  • music history
    • 21 months since using last.fm: Erkan Yilmaz - Last.fm statistics
  • other online tools: Experiences in online communities

[edit] notes

(1) before I wrote: Too few chars to capture all thoughts from back then :-(
(2) the initial thought was about Friendica only, and not to micro blogs in general though
(3) need to find later another picture which associates (better?) to time

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• What happens when you see grey hair ?
  • it is sexy
  • (not that I see those the first time, but they appear in a beard more obvious and... guess? sexy)

(see also: some thoughts: week 51, 2011)

• Why do headaches disappear after drinking coffee?
  • well, my theory is: I pee it out (since I have to go often to toilet after drinking)
  • /me has not found scientfic evidence though for this

e.g. when a fly passes by your hand very closely
...
in progress

First I wanted to make this related to music + language only, but I think it's a little more...

my current main music genre seems to be like this:

• to summarize: Asian and/or (string) instruments, more slower music preferred (see also here)
• I noticed though in Turkish language I can pretty much listen any genre though (also pretty faster ones)

Another occasion with language was this one:

• I stressed my voice once + somehow I wanted to talk slowly again with just counting numbers
• somehow number counting would not work in English/German
• but when doing it in Turkish it just came out
• could be now because I had tried before in other languages, or perhaps it's related to the thinking part?

Anyhow: reminded me of one of the Birbal Tales, where a guy could speak many languages and to find out his native language he was disturbed in his sleep + gave a shout in his first language.

One thought was:

• that things you learned from very long time could have still an effect? Though unused the human body can reactivate those fast?
  e.g. like when not doing sports a while somehow the body remembers faster + you can regain your level from back then much faster than a newcomer?

Another thought in regards to music:

• I said always when I do not understand the language of the music (so much) one can concentrate more on the music + emotions of the voice

but perhaps my liking of "slow songs" lies in this:

• if you learn a language it's better for oneself to hear things pronounced slow?

Erkan Yilmaz

Erkan Yilmaz released his book !

It consists of: 1,924 pages + contains his thoughts about various subjects.
See link below which bookstores list it already.

Further info here (feel free to contribute reviews) !

As it is with each effort some additional marketing does not hurt:

user1: what's this <snip-domain> ?
user1: are those people or bots?
me: what's the difference between both?
me: I watch people + think they also behave like bots

• me is not sure where he should put the word: "some" in previous sentence
  

user1: before 'bots', I believe

... (than e.g. platforms where you can post more) ?^[1]

misunderstanding possibility due to limits in characters (or let's say: in normal life there's not even time to cover all if-then-scenarios)

• which ensures: there's again interaction because of questions, ...
  • is this now a devil's circle (in terms of time allocation)?
  • or is it wished? e.g. by twitter (to keep the system alive) and/or the sender (to engage more discussion)?
• one could extend the char limit, link to blogs, ...
  • but when not all do this it seems unfair, since more space could give more freedom to formulate arguments or
    at least save time (e.g. quote: sorry, that I write a longer letter now, for a shorter one I didn't have the time - by Voltaire/Goethe/Twain/Marx?)

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What is so fascinating about water?

Lately the ability of water to loosen dirt (e.g. on plate) pops up in my mind
I'm reminded of it during tooth brushing or other places where water is used. (Yeah, call me crazy... :-))
One surely can explain this ability by the different processes involved.
But still: I find this a strange thing (in the sense of fascination)
such a "small" thing (non-human built) can achieve something, is water undervalued by me/humans/...?

todo: find more aspects of water, e.g.:

• How much fluid is in a/my human body?
  • 50-60% body-weight seems water^[1] (though my eyes think it's more since I've urinated until now more than I weigh ;-))
• How much water can be found on the earth? on other planets? elsewhere?
  • Earth: though ca. 70% covers surface of Earth^[2], water makes ca. 0.02% of Earth's total mass^[3]
• functions?
  • helpful (at the moment)
    • saves (e.g. drinking, creates jobs (purification plant, ...))
    • fun (e.g. open-air pool)
    • ...
  • not so helpful (at the moment)
    • kills (e.g. in form of tsunamis)
    • ...
• Alan Watts
• 道德经 book2 chapter 78
• ...

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  transformation

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September 2011

The picture shows the silenced users in September 2011

• around 16th September identi.ca upgraded to StatusNet 1.0.0
• Evan: when stopping hiding avatar-less users -> increase

source: Evan

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I was wondering if microblogs are a nice tool to do (better?) Mention In Passing (MIP)?
I imagine a link between bug databases (mantis, bugzilla, jira, ...) + e.g. twitter, identi.ca, friendika ...

Since:

• tweets, dents, ... have a limit (ca. 140 chars) it makes sure people describe the "main" thing
• one has an automatic time stamp
• in the form of Statusnet one has the possibility to show replies in a tree like structure
  • for e.g. reconstructing after test sessions the time spent on activities
• after testing + review these MIPs in the database could be deactivated(?)
  • helps to keep the database clean?
  • to have later acess to this MIP knowledge a checkbox with MIP in search would be nice
    
    

• Can be probably utilized over feeds offered (+ some filtering of tags) already
• or you could get feeds from both + display in a feed viewer?
  
  

• access?
  • only to specific users (company internal, beta testers, ...) or
  • skilledtests.com/wiki/index.php5?title=Blog:Observations&action=wikilog Add] a new blog post.//friendika.skilledtests.com/display/erkan_yilmaz/14705 example]
  • public
    • activates public knowledge during your sessions (not only because you have now more people who might help (re)test for you ;-) )
    • in general you could see what people are experiencing in times when you do not test (the released version)

Because of some problems with another federation software, I thought I'd dedicate more time again to my good old Mediawiki.

The result is this Mediawiki extension: Send2StatusNet

you can send wiki edits/articles to any StatusNet website of your choice (e.g. also identi.ca)
read more about it there

if you have other MediaWiki/StatusNet versions than listed, would be great, if you could shortly try it out and add your versions - thx

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the goblin of MediaGoblin :-)

I was thinking of using MediaGoblin, but so far - I think - I have it already over my MediaWiki install
(from what I saw over the demo server of Mediagoblin; I'm certainly missing some features, need to register + login once; openid or an offered test account would be nice)

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Below you can see the relationship for the database of my GNU FM (libre.fm) instance
(The displayed relationships rely on a column's name/type/size matching another table's primary key)

relationships

These are perhaps some anomalies

anomalies?

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The picture shows the amount of users, projects and the avg. users per project of some open source software hosters.

For these projects I could not get actual data, so I did not list them in the picture:

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The most 3 used StatusNet versions make 53.8%:

• 0.9.6 - 24.02%
• 0.9.7fix1 - 19.61%
• 0.9.5 - 10.16%

• the latest stable release (0.9.9) is used only 2.28%
  • seems people did not read the security alert or just ignore this :-(
• the current beta (1.0.0beta3): 0.62%
  • I'm one of 'em :-)

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