Both of Darius Kazemi's, in 2014 on generative art and more broadly about how success is effectively random and how shipping things, anything, no matter how small, fuels creativity: https://xoxofest.com/2014/videos/darius-kazemi/
and 2024, about his Hometown fork of Mastodon for small, more insular groups that still wanted some, but not all, features of federation, and more broadly about what responsibilities social media should have and fulfill in society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy6l92bFxtQ
mcfunley 1 days ago [-]
This was the best conference there ever was and I miss it a lot
accrual 1 days ago [-]
Looks like this would have been a blast to attend. Local art fairs/art crawls are a good way to get out and meet new creatives.
Arubis 1 days ago [-]
It was. XOXO was like the ultimate shared safe space for creative types.
jasonpbecker 1 days ago [-]
It was a blast.
ddrmaxgt37 1 days ago [-]
Xoxo changed my life.
joshu 1 days ago [-]
i regret that i had the opportunity to speak at the last xoxo but was trapped by having to speak at another conference.
and 2024, about his Hometown fork of Mastodon for small, more insular groups that still wanted some, but not all, features of federation, and more broadly about what responsibilities social media should have and fulfill in society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy6l92bFxtQ