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in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Hey lovelies, I will be starting to use this post functionality to post part of the updates that I give in the funfun.email chronicle.
I am looking forward to getting FFF rolling proper next year. 2024 has, to be honest, been a lot about getting back on the bike for this creator, and I am finally feeling I'm getting warmed up.
As a hint of what is coming, the final video of the year is dropping today, and it is the start of Fun Fun Functions "Dirty D3" series, where you watch my suffering in leaning into the the impossibly large API surface area that is D3.js, bit by bit, step by step, with my unfiltered frustration at every step of the way
Dirty D3 won't be the most pedagogical series, or the most succinct, the cleanest, and certainly not the shortest, elegant or terse. BUT Dirty D3 will be the weirdest, most vulnerable, most energetic, and most importantly, most sequential course. Course-ish.
Dirty D3 will provide (an) order. There is really no one right sequence to learn all the bajillion hojillion components of D3, but that is an awful optionality, so the course will just decide the order to do it. This is the order that we learn this shit, and thus, it is the right way, because it is the way that we choose.
Hopefully, under 2025, (almost) every week, you'll be learning a little bit of d3.js with me, and at the end of 2027, we'll be renowned world experts, or at least known for having collaboratively created the most stupid course on the matter.
# Deeper Dirty D3 (D5?) is the main perk for the upcoming Fun Fun Founders membership
I've been very fortunate be able to run the Dawn of The Data Developer reboot experiment on savings and support from my partner during 2024, but during 2025 the experimental phase ends and I need to actually start making this a job, so prepare for me asking for your financial support in January. It won't be donations though, and I will handsomely rewarding for you - so read on.
In the past, FFF has been very selective with sponsors and only done it when it really, really made sense to promote to the audience. Historically, I've relied mostly on financial support via Patreon, and for the new FFF I've considered a lot of variants for how we clolud do it, and in the end, I landed on using YouTube memberships as the primary audience support mechanism instead of Patreon.
More info is coming up around this next year, it will be a lot more "perky" than the Patreon of former FFF - initially it will give you a lot of extra live streams and member-exclusive material around d3.js.
The general content strategy will be that I'll be considering non-d3 material to be the mainstreamy free tier of FFF, while d3.js (especially deeper parts of d3) is, more or less per definition, for the people that are serious about a data visualization career and that also want to support the production of FFF)
# Upcoming membership perks: Live streams (d3 support and live episode shoots) + member only Dirty D3 episodes
I aim to have significant amounts of Dirty D3 shot in front of a live stream audience, and in addition, offer monthly support live streams.
These two aforementioned live streams formats will be a perk to YouTube members (more on all that next year) and while I aim to publish 66.6666% of the edited d3.js episodes publicly for free, but the 33.3333% of Dirty D3 episodes that are more deep-divey will be the third main member perk.
The fourth main membership perk will be early-bird pricing and access to real-life Fun Fun Function events. In the first days of ideation for Dawn of the Data developer, the idea for a D3 and Destress event format was born. An event in the north of Sweden, where we disconnect, ground ourselves, and focus on learning d3 and doing data projects in a beautiful Scandinavian setting with sauna, nature and silence, and meeting other FFF fans for the first time (it's really ridiculous how few of you I've actually met through the years).
D3 and Destress has been a dream of ours for a while now, and during 2025 we will make it happen. The first events will be highly prototypal and only available to a very small group, and first members that sign up will be the first cohort we invite.
But all that is just hints of the future, today is an about saying HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, and enjoy this first episode of Dirty D3!
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LIVE STREAM after the show!
Today is the day 💛 Only 5 hours left (you can see precise time in your tz on youtube)
You can chat with me and other viewers during the premiere, and afterwards I'll be holding a live stream for people that want to stick around - just stay after the premiere ends and you'll be redirected!
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No video this week - but we have something MUCH better - on thursday and friday we're going to be live streaming the ENTIRE nordic.js conference - all talks (nordicjs.com/2019/speakers) and interviews and live commentary with me, David and Isa in between them. If you don't know about nordic.js, it's a conference like no other - look at this video from last year:
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FINALLY I CAN ANNOUNCE THIS! Together with David and Isa Silveira, I will be live streaming and commenting one of the very best JavaScript conferences in the world - @nordicjs, 10-11 October, all day, hosted on Fun Fun Function Twitch channel. Follow here for notifications when we go live: twitch.tv/funfunfunction
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Summer is here in Sweden, and so is my vacation! 🌞But you'll still be getting you FFF fix - during summer, instead of the normal shows, I'll be be posting two highlights per week from previous live streams, that have not previously been shown on YouTube!
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In your opinion, what are some companies you regard highly and that you think would be suitable sponsors for Fun Fun Function?
I'm planning the content schedule for the spring and summer and since the show is going to be more audience-driven than ever, I figure sponsors should be too.
You can post your suggestion as a comment here (and please like any comment you agree with). If you work for a company and you want to put me in touch directly with a media buyer at your company, send an email cc:ing them and youtube-business-only@mpj.me and I'll take it from there.
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Survey: What would be some workable times for for you watch a Monday stream of Fun Fun Function?
www.surveymonkey.com/r/6NWL9BG
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Many people have asked me if I will be attending Nordic.js again this year, and I most bloody definitely will - nordic.js is one of the best JS conferences out there, just watch the video from last year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ku15...) and you'll understand.
I have also negotiated special pre-purchase tickets (promo code: NORDICFUN) at 10% off for Fun Fun Function viewers.
Note that you can buy these *right now* - i.e. you can get in before the regular bird tickets will start selling at Feb 28th 11:00 CET. The regular bird tickets always sell out for Nordic.js, so do not wait if you intend to go - ask your manager for cost approval now, and then ...
➡️ Buy the special pre-sale tickets using code NORDICFUN:
nordicjs.com/2019/signup?promo=nordicfun
➡️ Speakers announced so far:
twitter.com/nordicjs/status/1095004277502889990
I will definitely organizing some little hangout for FFF viewers in connection with the conference - hope to see you there IRL! 💛
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No video this Monday either, so sorry! Moving cities and general mood has made it so hard to sit down and make a video. The light at the end of the tunnel is approaching. Consider watching some oldies but goldies in the mean time: youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q/video…
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No new episode today, too much turbulence going on with the move of the studio between cities. Sorry! :(
HOWEVER - check out if there is some old episode that you have not watched:
youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q/video…
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I’m Mattias Petter Johansson, mpj for short. I’ve been a full-time programmer for over twenty (!) years. Among others, I've worked for Spotify, Parity.io, Blackberry, Absolut Vodka, and Mindler.