Re: Akademy 2022 Call For Papers has been deleted
On 6/10/22 20:01, Shlomi Fish wrote: hi all, i'm reminded of DOET: https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/books-recommends/#design_of_everyday_things A great book about designing for usability. Instead of covering software, it covers everyday things like doors, taps or phones, and why or why not they make sense. This book is amusing, insightful, and makes a very good read. One of the central themes of the book is that users of these tools tend to blame themselves for being unable to use the tools easily, while the fault is in fact in the tools, because they lack usability and are designed badly. +1000, I love that book and it's very relevant here. There's definitely something wrong with the tool if someone experienced was able to make this kind of mistake with it. As someone who submitted a talk, I found the input form to be rather cumbersome. Nate
Re: Akademy 2022 Call For Papers has been deleted
hi all, On Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:47:44 +0200 Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 10/6/22 18:43, Albert Astals Cid wrote: > > El divendres, 10 de juny de 2022, a les 18:14:33 (CEST), Albert Astals Cid > > va escriure: > >> I have made a HUGE mistake. > >> > >> I have deleted the Akademy 2022 event on conf.kde.org and with it all the > >> submitted talks. > >> > >> I am so sorry. I don't know how I ended up deleting the whole event when I > >> just wanted to delete the test talk I had just submitted. I have failed > >> you. > >> > >> I have contacted the system administrators in case we are super lucky and > >> we had a backup, but even if we do, some of the talks that had just been > >> submitted are probably lost. > >> > >> I have asked for all my rights in conf.kde.org to be removed since clearly > >> I can't be trusted to use it. > >> > >> Again I apologize for such a huge mistake. > >> > >> Super sad, > >>Albert > > > > Kenny Coyle has fixed it and all should be back to normal, no talk > > submissions have been lost. > > > > Albert > > > > > > Good news. > > But even if they were deleted, as Nate said, it is an honest mistake; it > could happen to anyone, so to summarize, I think I echo many others when I > say we still trust that you didn't/won't use your elevated permissions on > conf.kde.org to do harm. > i'm reminded of DOET: https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/books-recommends/#design_of_everyday_things [[ A great book about designing for usability. Instead of covering software, it covers everyday things like doors, taps or phones, and why or why not they make sense. This book is amusing, insightful, and makes a very good read. One of the central themes of the book is that users of these tools tend to blame themselves for being unable to use the tools easily, while the fault is in fact in the tools, because they lack usability and are designed badly. ]] -- Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ Why I Love Perl - https://shlom.in/joy-of-perl If Botticelli were alive today, he’d be working for Vogue. — https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - https://shlom.in/reply .
Re: Akademy 2022 Call For Papers has been deleted
On 10/6/22 18:43, Albert Astals Cid wrote: El divendres, 10 de juny de 2022, a les 18:14:33 (CEST), Albert Astals Cid va escriure: I have made a HUGE mistake. I have deleted the Akademy 2022 event on conf.kde.org and with it all the submitted talks. I am so sorry. I don't know how I ended up deleting the whole event when I just wanted to delete the test talk I had just submitted. I have failed you. I have contacted the system administrators in case we are super lucky and we had a backup, but even if we do, some of the talks that had just been submitted are probably lost. I have asked for all my rights in conf.kde.org to be removed since clearly I can't be trusted to use it. Again I apologize for such a huge mistake. Super sad, Albert Kenny Coyle has fixed it and all should be back to normal, no talk submissions have been lost. Albert Good news. But even if they were deleted, as Nate said, it is an honest mistake; it could happen to anyone, so to summarize, I think I echo many others when I say we still trust that you didn't/won't use your elevated permissions on conf.kde.org to do harm. -- Ahmad Samir
Re: Akademy 2022 Call For Papers has been deleted
El divendres, 10 de juny de 2022, a les 18:14:33 (CEST), Albert Astals Cid va escriure: > I have made a HUGE mistake. > > I have deleted the Akademy 2022 event on conf.kde.org and with it all the > submitted talks. > > I am so sorry. I don't know how I ended up deleting the whole event when I > just wanted to delete the test talk I had just submitted. I have failed you. > > I have contacted the system administrators in case we are super lucky and we > had a backup, but even if we do, some of the talks that had just been > submitted are probably lost. > > I have asked for all my rights in conf.kde.org to be removed since clearly I > can't be trusted to use it. > > Again I apologize for such a huge mistake. > > Super sad, > Albert Kenny Coyle has fixed it and all should be back to normal, no talk submissions have been lost. Albert
Re: Akademy 2022 Call For Papers has been deleted
I agree fully with Nate, don't be too hard on yourself! Sh*t happens even to the best of us. Cheers, Joseph On 6/10/22 18:16, Nate Graham wrote: That sucks, but it sounds like it was an honest mistake, and data can be restored or re-created. Don't beat yourself up about it too much. :) Nate On 6/10/22 10:14, Albert Astals Cid wrote: I have made a HUGE mistake. I have deleted the Akademy 2022 event on conf.kde.org and with it all the submitted talks. I am so sorry. I don't know how I ended up deleting the whole event when I just wanted to delete the test talk I had just submitted. I have failed you. I have contacted the system administrators in case we are super lucky and we had a backup, but even if we do, some of the talks that had just been submitted are probably lost. I have asked for all my rights in conf.kde.org to be removed since clearly I can't be trusted to use it. Again I apologize for such a huge mistake. Super sad, Albert -- Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss BE4FOSS Project and Community Manager (KDE Eco) OpenPGP: 8FC5 4178 DC44 AD55 08E7 DF57 453E 5746 59A6 C06F --- KDE Eco: Building Energy-Efficient Free Software! Website: https://eco.kde.org Mastodon: @BE4FOSS@mastodon.social Mailing list: https://mail.kde.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/energy-efficiency Matrix: https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#energy-efficiency:kde.org Forum: https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=334
Re: Akademy 2022 Call For Papers has been deleted
That sucks, but it sounds like it was an honest mistake, and data can be restored or re-created. Don't beat yourself up about it too much. :) Nate On 6/10/22 10:14, Albert Astals Cid wrote: I have made a HUGE mistake. I have deleted the Akademy 2022 event on conf.kde.org and with it all the submitted talks. I am so sorry. I don't know how I ended up deleting the whole event when I just wanted to delete the test talk I had just submitted. I have failed you. I have contacted the system administrators in case we are super lucky and we had a backup, but even if we do, some of the talks that had just been submitted are probably lost. I have asked for all my rights in conf.kde.org to be removed since clearly I can't be trusted to use it. Again I apologize for such a huge mistake. Super sad, Albert
Akademy 2022 Call For Papers has been deleted
I have made a HUGE mistake. I have deleted the Akademy 2022 event on conf.kde.org and with it all the submitted talks. I am so sorry. I don't know how I ended up deleting the whole event when I just wanted to delete the test talk I had just submitted. I have failed you. I have contacted the system administrators in case we are super lucky and we had a backup, but even if we do, some of the talks that had just been submitted are probably lost. I have asked for all my rights in conf.kde.org to be removed since clearly I can't be trusted to use it. Again I apologize for such a huge mistake. Super sad, Albert
