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<div class="date">1 Sep 2015</div>
<p>
I was asked to speak about <a href="http://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/literate-devops.html">Literate Devops</a> at <a href="http://emacsconf2015.org/">EmacsConf 2015</a>. Due
to work and family complications, I knew that I couldn’t physically
attend. Wait, what year is this!? We should open a can of
virtualization on this meatspace! The week before, we tested out
the technology, and the Furies looked favorable upon me to remotely
attend a live conference.
</p>
<p>
On Saturday, September 29th at 9:00am, I sat at my large monitor,
carefully arranged into windows of note taking Emacs, conference
twitter feeds, the <code>#emacsconf</code> IRC channel ... and of course, the
live video feed. “This is good,” I thought. No struggling in
uncomfortable seats to power small-screened laptops. I had all
the coffee I wanted, and just the way I wanted it too.
</p>
<p>
The first talk, by <a href="http://nicolas-petton.fr/presentations/emacsconf2015">Nicolas Petton</a> (who was also presenting remotely
from France), illustrated immutable data structures and lazy
sequencing from <a href="http://twitter.com/howardabrams/status/637676190640156672">Clojure to Emacs Lisp</a>.
I thought, “This is going to be a great day!”
</p>
<p>
And then <a href="http://twitter.com/howardabrams/status/637692234226233344">it happened</a>. The power went out halfway through the second talk.
Using the battery and data service on my cell phone, I went to the
power utility’s web site. Their power outage map was covered in
red. Estimated time began at 12:50... then 1:30... then 3:00...
</p>
<p>
I panicked and put out a <a href="http://twitter.com/howardabrams/status/637695592404094980">plea for help</a>. I quickly cross town to
the first friend who responded, to give my talk perched in his
living room.
</p>
<p>
My demonstration went <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/emacsconf/v/13477760">well enough</a> (I start at 1:27:00), but I was
frazzled and the environment on my laptop was less than ideal. I
received some very thoughtful compliments, however:
</p>
<blockquote>
<p>
Your talk on Literate DevOps with Org-Mode was fantastic, and
everyone was blown away by it. You had a really stressful day, but
you gave the talk anyway for your fellow emacers, and everyone
really enjoyed it. I really appreciate the effort it took to go
through with the talk after your power cut out. An excerpt from IRC
at the end of your talk:
</p>
</blockquote>
<p>
The virtual clapping on IRC was pretty humorous:
</p>
<pre class="example" id="orga7f6245">
| 5:41 PM | &lt;tered&gt; &lt;clap clap&gt;
| 5:41 PM | — cestdiego *claps*
| 5:41 PM | &lt;python476&gt; &lt;fingerclap&gt;
| 5:41 PM | &lt;Caine&gt; great talk
| 5:41 PM | &lt;momerath&gt; thanks Howard!!
| 5:41 PM | &lt;cestdiego&gt; M-x clap
| 5:41 PM | — offby1 stomps feet
| 5:42 PM | — python476 flips IKEA desks
</pre>
<p>
While the entire experience was interesting and enjoyable, I just
wasn’t pleased, and felt my fellow Cultists in the Church of Emacs
deserved better, so last night, I <a href="https://youtu.be/dljNabciEGg">re-recorded myself</a>. The audio is
better, but it doesn’t have the questions and answers afterward.
</p>
<p>
See you all next year at EmacsConf 2016!
</p>