chestas<p>Today I helped to run a chess holiday program for kids in Launceston, Tasmania. It was so successful that the junior coordinator of chess sent me an SMS after.</p><p>"I just wanted to say a massive thanks to you about today and the whole term in general. I really really appreciate everything you are doing up North and in Devonport and I hope you are having fun doing so much! </p><p>Tassie chess has gone out of sight since you have come down and I am very thankful for that."</p><p>Great to be appreciated 🙂. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmania</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lutruwita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lutruwita</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Launceston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Launceston</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/appreciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appreciation</span></a></p>
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Wake up to the many gifts you are receiving every day! Yet another Lesson From Improv: Giving Appreciations at Conferences.
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@terrymatz @susankayequinn Got one!
In reply to yesterday's email with this post: https://bl.ag/the-blag-06-digital-companion/
As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.
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Now, open source software development has different roots, but at the end of the day I think it follows the same impulse: creators of both FOSS and fanfic want to share their projects, to make the world a better place. And I think getting the feedback that they achieved that goal is both natural to want and should be easily given. I find that maybe the most important thing is that we cultivate a habit of showing our #appreciation whenever we see someone creating a wonderful thing (part 2 of 3)
Daylight to Evening - A reminder of the magic of childhood at sunset at Twin Lakes watching a little girl with her pail and shovel playing in the calm water as the sun went down. Made me feel so alive in a way that's hard to express, but such a day of appreciation. Magic - something I always want to feel
https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/daylight-to-evening-renata-natale.html
#appreciation : a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.
- French: reconnaissance
- German: die Schätzung
- Italian: apprezzamento
- Portuguese: apreciação
- Spanish: agradecimiento
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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!
Year-end appreciation post:
Thanks a lot to @ordnung for running such a well-maintained instance, and thank you for having me!
Realized that the Django Fellow program is over 10 years old! It was a huge inspiration for the successful Python Developer in Residence program, and helped push the Django and Python ecosystems forward in an important and under-appreciated way.
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/sep/18/dsf-calls-applicants-django-fellow/
Django ProjectDSF calls for applicants for a Django FellowPosted by Russell Keith-Magee on Sept. 18, 2014
We've sent out certificate of participation to all PyLadiesCon attendees, volunteers, and speakers.
The certificate is a small token of appreciation that doesn't take a lot to create, if you know how to code in Python.
If you run an event and also want to send out this kind of certificates to your attendees, check my blog post to learn how.
https://mariatta.ca/posts/create-send-certificates-with-python/
Mariatta · Generating (and Sending) Conference Certificates Using PythonPyLadiesCon Certificate of Attendance Not sure how common is this practice of giving out certificates to conference attendees. I’ve been attending mostly Python-related conferences in North America, and we don’t usually get any certificates here. However, when I went to Python Brasil in Manaus 2022, they gave me a certificate of attendance. And as a conference organizer, occasionally I’d receive request from a few attendees and volunteers about such certificate, saying that their employer or school requires it as proof of attendance.
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This shows how many superfluous things people consider important and how well we are persuaded to own certain things.
Now, we mainly pass on rubbish to our children because the durability of everything has become so poor. In return, we have spent our lives acquiring much more and creating huge amounts of (problem) waste. Appreciation would help on so many levels...