diff --git a/LogBot/README.md b/LogBot/README.md index 13999e5..d442c7d 100644 --- a/LogBot/README.md +++ b/LogBot/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,15 @@ # LogBot -A small XMPP bot written in Python that logs XMPP conversations into a HTML page, allowing collaborative log writing over time. +LogBot is a bot for asynchronous collective logging and log writing over longer periods of time. The bot operates in a chat environment, from where it saves images, messages and other media files into a webpage. The bot is made by members of Varia and is used hand in hand with event preparations[^xy], collective research[^autonomy][^pubclub] or as a tool for publishing materials on the go[^backlog]. The bot runs on a self-hosted XMPP chat infrastructure, hosted and maintained by members of Varia. -The bot is used in group chats, where it includes all images that are send to the group and all messages that include `@logbot` or `logbot` or `logbot:`. +[^xy]: https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/x-y/ X-Y log, in preparation of Plaintext Partyline +[^autonomy]: https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/digital-autonomy/log.html Collective research log, around the term "digital autonomy" +[^pubclub]: https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/afijeno/ Pub.club research log, around community publishing initiatives +[^backlog]: https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/zamopuzo/ Backlog, the making of the streaming infrastructure of Varia + +----------------- + +LogBot is small XMPP bot written in Python that is used in group chats. It uses the [xbotlib library](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/decentral1se/xbotlib) written by [decentral1se](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/decentral1se). _work-in-progress_ @@ -36,8 +43,9 @@ logbot @uptime: To check how long @logbot has been around * timeline * float +* opentab -Examples soon. +These can be found in the folder `stylesheets/`. ## Fonts @@ -45,13 +53,12 @@ Examples soon. * notcouriersans * None -Examples soon. - ## Situated tails - Archive bot, Relearn 2017, - Streambot, Varia website extension 2017-2018, - Logbot v1, Varia XMPP extension 2017-2020, +- Bots as Infrapunctures @ Obfuscation Workshop, May 2021, Cristina Cochior & Manetta Berends, & ## Requirements