Smallweb Chatter Post

[kalloway]

Heya, smallweb!

This is an open post to talk about what you're working on, what you'd like to show off, cool resources, things that maybe aren't working so well, etc.

Also please check out previous posts to see what people are up to or if you might be able to help someone out.

Comments

[enchantedsleeper]

o/ Are we up for the return of Small Web September next month? Last year it seemed that people were keen for it to become a regular thing, so I'm hoping yes? :D

I haven't had a lot of opportunity to plan so far because August snuck up on me and then Covid snuck up on me (definitely didn't see that one coming >.>) but I thought that the format last time worked pretty well, in terms of the check-in frequency/amount (weekly check-ins for a total of five) and subject (topic requests/suggestions are also welcomed!)

[alaterdate]

I'm definitely up for it! I enjoyed how you ran it last year. If I can think up any topics I'll let you know :^)

Hope you're feeling better!

[enchantedsleeper]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it :D I am doing much better, thanks, and testing negative as of yesterday so that's a big relief. ^^; Now I'm trying to get to everything that I couldn't for a week while I was out of commission XD

[alaterdate]

Glad to hear that! Good luck catching up with everything you need to 🍀

[kalloway]

I'd love it! Please do!

I have had my ass kicked by summer in general and am looking to have a busy September, but let me know what you need and I'll help how I can. ^_^

[enchantedsleeper]

\o/ Yay, awesome! <3

I've also been run off my feet this summer and while September might be more sane, I'm not expecting to have the kind of free time I had this time last year when I was literally on holiday xD (Though, only for the first week and a half of the event) So, I was wondering about recruiting a helper or two to make sure comments get a reply - I'd like it if everyone who leaves a comment on each check-in post gets a reply from someone, and a lot of times that just comes from people organically chatting to each other, but it would be great to make sure that no-one is left out. Last year I took it upon myself to do all those replies, but it was a lot and I fell behind and felt bad xD

So I think the sensible thing to do would be to ask if anyone wants to help out with this xD I was thinking I could make a pre-announcement post to the comm similar to last year, so people know it's coming up, and mention it there.

Another thing I was thinking is that last year, we decided that the check-in posts shouldn't be too excessive because the comm was pretty quiet, and while there's more people around now, I still think that one a week is a good frequency to make sure that people have time to do stuff in between. But I was thinking of encouraging people to make posts in between if they want to share a cool resource, ask for help, talk about their projects, and what have you. People did that anyway last time, and they do it now, so it would mostly be a level of reassurance that it's okay (and welcome) to make direct posts to the comm if you want to, which may result in an uptick in posts. Is there anything that would concern you about that possibility? Are there any types of post that would be off-limits, or are we good to go as long as people follow the Community Guidelines?

[kalloway]

I can help a bit but please feel free to recruit! (My workplace is still in the middle of re-organizing and things are an absolute disaster and aside from the heat I just keep coming home mentally exhausted. And I have two long-weekend vacations scheduled in Sept but they're more day-trips and recovery than being utterly gone.)

Nope, that sounds good, and I do want to start making a longer list of resources for the sticky post, so this can work double. I think as long as people follow the basic guidelines, they're good.

[enchantedsleeper]

Oh, of course - I'm delighted for the help if you have the time! But I know you're busy too, and I thought making it a Group Endeavour would diffuse out the work ('work') to the point where it would only amount to a few comments per peep, depending on who is up for it and how many comments there are, I guess xD I also don't want to formalise it too much, but I figured that even just bringing it up could get people looking out for comments to reply to.

Awesome, thank you very much! <3 I'm gonna work on the pre-announcement for later today (or tomorrow... I also have a Seasons of Drabbles deadline that I've been very much ignoring 😂 *Mr Incredible voice* "I've got time.")

[javert]

As someone who wasn't in the comm last year, I'd really love for it to run again! It seemed like a lot of fun!

[enchantedsleeper]

Yay, a new joiner! \o/ I'm glad you'd like to take part! ^^ It was a lot of fun to run and I'm looking forward to bringing it back for another year. 😊 Do let me know if there's anything you think would be cool to have in the event!

[linky]

I'd love to see it return! It was fun to partake last year!!

[enchantedsleeper]

That's great news! I'm really glad you had fun participating last time :D