Community

Feeling of Computing uses Slack as an internet forum / message board.

We share and discuss ideas, prototypes, and inspirational links, with a friendly tone and an inclusive code of conduct. We also organize meetups and events in cities around the world and online. The community is wonderful, with an eye to half-forgotten history and a head filled with dreams of what could someday be.

Before joining the community, please familiarize yourself with the member handbook. We have our own cultural norms, and this handbook will help you feel at home.

Skimmed the handbook? Great! You’re ready to join the Feeling of Computing Slack community. (If this link doesn’t work, email [email protected] and we’ll set up a new one.)

Tools

Slack isn’t the best platform for an internet forum, but as the saying goes, you make soup with carrots in your garden. To overcome some deficiencies of Slack, we use the following handy tools.

First, there’s Linen, a service for searching and browsing Slack history. It’s like Slack’s built-in search, but without Slack’s 3-month cutoff.

Next, there’s an entire family of tools created by community member Mariano Guerra:

• Newsletter — A once-a-week email of the top-level Slack posts.
• History — View discussions within a chosen date range.
• Search — An alternative to Linen, with richer info in the search results. Click the date on a message to view it in context.
• Links — Every link that’s ever been shared.
• People — A directory of community members, with links to their personal websites or social profiles. Not exhaustive.

Here’s a tool by community member Kartik Agaram:

• Archives — Index pages that load the full history of any channel all on one page. As a bonus, to quickly pull up the #introduce-yourself post for any member, use this bookmarklet or format a link like this: http://akkartik.name/archives/foc/introduce-yourself/Kartik-Agaram.html