On the 1st and 2nd of June [*varia*](https://varia.zone/en/) will host 'The Ecosystem Is Moving', a lecture by and worksession with Daniel Gultsch about federated instant messaging, open source software and the sustainability of open systems.
On the 1st and 2nd of June [*varia*](https://varia.zone/en/) will host 'The Ecosystem Is Moving', a lecture by and worksession with Daniel Gultsch about federated instant messaging, open source software and the sustainability of open systems.
* June 1st, 19.00 - 22.00 - introduction to XMPP and lecture by Daniel Gultsch
* June 1st, 19.00 - 22.00 - introduction to XMPP and lecture by Daniel Gultsch
* June 2nd, 10.00 - 18.00 - hands on worksession on design and federated chat systems. Please register for the worksession via `info * varia.zone`
* June 2nd, 10.00 - 18.00 - [hands on worksession](/conversations-gultsch.html#worksession) on design and federated chat systems. Please register for the worksession via `info * varia.zone`
Daniel Gultsch is the developer behind [Conversations](https://conversations.im), an open source instant messaging application for Android. In 2014, he decided to work full time on Conversations and try to <!-- PELICAN_END_SUMMARY --> make a living from it. Rather than starting from scratch with Conversations, he built it as a client for the existing federated messaging protocol XMPP.
Daniel Gultsch is the developer behind [Conversations](https://conversations.im), an open source instant messaging application for Android. In 2014, he decided to work full time on Conversations and try to <!-- PELICAN_END_SUMMARY --> make a living from it. Rather than starting from scratch with Conversations, he built it as a client for the existing federated messaging protocol XMPP.
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Conversations is notable because, through its continuous focus on user experience, design and security it has garnered a lot of interest for both itself and the XMPP ecosystem as a whole. This makes it an interesting example to talk about what the design field could potentially contribute to critical software practices.
Conversations is notable because, through its continuous focus on user experience, design and security it has garnered a lot of interest for both itself and the XMPP ecosystem as a whole. This makes it an interesting example to talk about what the design field could potentially contribute to critical software practices.
## about the worksession
## <aid="worksession">about the worksession</a>
Depending on the amount of participants during the worksession we plan to look at the following concrete tasks:
Depending on the amount of participants during the worksession we plan to look at the following concrete tasks:
rra
7 years ago