<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SignWriting List<div class="">April 12, 2020</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My dear friends on the SignWriting List -</div><div class="">Today is an important day for many around the world. For those who are celebrating, I wish you all a wonderful day!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And Steve - what a gift you have given all of us today -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for posting the first episode of the SignWriting Stream:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/Z2iJEMuENVk" class="">https://youtu.be/Z2iJEMuENVk</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am watching it right now - and it is excellent - I am really enjoying it - I love the casual live presentation style -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I look forward to meeting with you, Steve, and anyone else who wants to participate, on Saturdays - I hope some of you will mark SignWriting Saturdays on your calendar -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Want more details? Write again and we can explain more about the SignWriting Stream, which is Steve's vision for the future of SignWriting presentations...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Val ;-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">--------------</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 12, 2020, at 11:43 AM, Stephen Slevinski <<a href="mailto:slevin@SIGNPUDDLE.NET" class="">slevin@SIGNPUDDLE.NET</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi SignWriting List,<br class=""><br class="">I successfully recorded and posted the first episode of the SignWriting Stream. It's about half an hour. Not professional. No captions yet, unless auto caption works. Let me know. Skip to the end to see the hand shapes rain.<br class="">* <a href="https://youtu.be/Z2iJEMuENVk" class="">https://youtu.be/Z2iJEMuENVk</a><br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">-Steve<br class=""><br class="">PS - Here are the show notes<br class=""><br class="">The SignWriting Stream is a live show where we show, teach, and demo all about Sutton SignWriting. The purpose of the show is to highlight our current efforts and offerings so that we demonstrate the value we provide. If you find our work interesting or helpful, consider joining the Patrons of SignWriting and becoming a member on <a href="http://Patreon.com/signwriting" class="">Patreon.com/signwriting</a> , or donate directly to <a href="mailto:slevinski@signwriting.org" class="">slevinski@signwriting.org</a><br class=""><br class="">The show premise is one shot without a script. I have five bullet points, a few mind-maps, and several websites. The target audience is not well defined. People who know SignWriting and sign language, don't care about the technical details. People who care about technical details don't want to know about writing sign languages. This is why your feedback is so important. What's good, what's bad, and what's interesting? What topics and what formats would you like to see?<br class=""><br class="">Our current infrastructure and websites need massive work with minimal resources. We do what we can. Look for improvements over time and updates as we continue to grow.<br class=""><br class="">Stuck in the past, ready for the present, working towards the future. SignWriting is complex and has had massive technological churn over the years. My work with SignWriting has evolved as I've built system after system for SignWriting with the limited technology of the day. Over the years, I had to rebuild systems for the new technology of today. Years later, I found out that I needed to rebuild the systems for the technology of tomorrow as well, so I mapped out the optimal path for future growth. Building on the Sutton SignWriting Standards of 2010, 2012 and 2017, I am hopeful and excited for the future of the Sutton SignWriting packages. I am especially pleased with the @sutton-signwriting/core package. I will extensively demo this package in a future episode.<br class=""><br class="">And finally, in this episode, I announce that I will be open sourcing SignPuddle 2 software later this year. Before the <a href="http://SignBank.org" class="">SignBank.org</a> website can be moved to the new server, SignPuddle 2 needs to be rewritten to use a database (MySQL or SQLite) rather than SPML. SPML will be supported in SignPuddle 2 as an optional export, but it will not be supported in future offerings. I can reuse the database work from SignPuddle 3 and I can update the software to use the font files rather than the slow and expensive PHP image scripts. I will start this project after the simple websites are moved to the new server. Next Saturday, I will move <a href="https://SteveSlevinski.me" class="">https://SteveSlevinski.me</a> to the new server.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks for reading and watching.<br class=""><br class="">Other websites in this video:<br class=""><a href="https://signwriting.org/" class="">https://signwriting.org/</a><br class="">https://www.patreon.com/signwriting<br class="">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXu4AXlG0rXFtk_5SzumDow/featured<br class="">https://steveslevinski.me/demo/fsw.html<br class="">https://steveslevinski.me/demo/swu.html<br class="">https://github.com/sutton-signwriting<br class="">https://sutton-signwriting.github.io/core/<br class="">https://unpkg.com/browse/@sutton-signwriting/font-ttf@1.1.0/font/<br class="">https://slevinski.github.io/SuttonSignWriting/components/fonts.html<br class=""><br class="">________________________________________________<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<br class=""><br class="">Valerie Sutton<br class="">SignWriting List moderator<br class="">sutton@signwriting.org<br class=""><br class="">Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<br class="">sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu<br class=""><br class="">SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<br class="">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist<br class=""><br class="">Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<br class="">http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>________________________________________________
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