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Happy I Love Free Software Day! 💕

Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.

Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.

This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.

Without further ado, THANK YOU to:

  • @yunohost, for powering Nebuchadnezzar
  • @fedora, for running my beloved #Framework laptop
  • @frameworkcomputer, for designing and building repairable, #Linux-friendly and truly open hardware
  • @gnome and @GTK, for being just gorgeous
  • @calyxos (thus @LineageOS), for powering my #Fairphone5
  • #Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg for distributing them
  • #AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
  • @element, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
  • #Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
  • @signalapp, for keeping me connected with the people I love
  • @Mastodon, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
  • #Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
  • #Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
  • @openstreetmap, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
  • @organicmaps, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
  • @protonvpn, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
  • @libreoffice, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
  • #LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
  • @photoprism, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
  • #Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
  • @readeck, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
  • @nextcloud, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
  • #Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
  • #Listmonk, for sending out my newsletter
  • @eleventy, for powering all the websites I maintain, above all the virtual representation of my mind, and for being the only reason why I resist and try to continue learning #JavaScript
  • @forgejo, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
  • @musicbrainz for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
  • The @fsfe, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!

Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.

I am super sorry if I forgot someone!

FSFE - Free Software Foundation EuropeI Love Free Software Day - FSFE

This was supposed to be the picture to accompany my latest #jamuary2025. Set up late last night in my temporary setup as I rewire the studio. Did a few #ambient #music tracks this month, so I continued on that trip. A #CV arpeggiator on the #modular and a modified tr606 and a bunch a guitar pedals and you got a jam. Nothing quite like a live set with random elements on custom gear. Except that when I uploaded to #soundcloud, my song got removed for copyright violation of some modern disco track

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One thing that has become clear, doing lots of quick patching / unpatching (#jamuary forces you to optimize): my wall mounted patch cable holders are too far. Going to try a holder that is made to be mounted on a mike stand. That way it’ll be at arm length. I also like the 3 sided aspect, so i can organise by length/colors and just rotate if i need shorter / longer.

I’ll probably use the wall mounted for power supplies and 1/4” and midi cables.

🤔🤔 2024 has been my best year in terms of number of #citations to my #research articles, with over 1000 citations this year alone.

BUT, more than an increased appreciation of my work, I think this signals a shift in the way research is published. I'm looking at you #arxiv. 👀👀

Not complaining. More #open #publication and #openscience is never bad. I'm just explaining this as #young #researchers should understand #context is always key when evaluating a researchers #CV and that citation count is always a partial perspective.

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@elduvelle @academicchatter
#academia #AcademicChatter #CV

Tip for junior scientists:

Building a CV from scratch is really really hard. So keep a document (in whatever format you like) that is a list of everything you've done. Add to it every time you do something. Then you can use it to rebuild the CV in whatever silly format the institution you are applying to wants. But don't assume you will still remember when you are a full professor what research abstract you were on as an undergraduate, or what the title of that award you won as an undergraduate was.

It is much easier to keep a list up to date than it is to make it new.

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@elduvelle @academicchatter

#academia #AcademicChatter #CV

There are two documents you want to maintain. One is a resume and the other is your CV.

The resume should only be 1-2 pages. These are typically used for businesses and industry. They should include your major skills, your job and education history.

The CV, however, is supposed to be a COMPLETE list of your achievements. It should contain your education, your job history, and every paper you're an author on*. Typical CVs also list the grants you've received, the awards you've gotten, the talks you've given, the conference abstracts you've written, as well as the engagement/outreach, and teaching you've done. Typically included is also a list of your mentees, their roles in your lab, and their outcomes (where they are now).

* IMPORTANTLY for your publications: separate peer-review (including in press), submitted, preprints, and in process. Do not mix these.

Edit to add teaching and mentees. (Sorry, should have included that. That's important.)