Sacha Chua

EmacsConf 2024 Notes

The videos have been uploaded , thank-you notes have been sent, and the kiddo has decided to play a little Minecraft on her own, so now I get to write some quick notes on EmacsConf 2024 .

Excerpts from a conversation about personal information management

[2025-03-31 Mon] : Clarification: The recording is not available for this conversation, but both Adam and John are okay with this post, so here are the notes. =)

How to Learn Emacs: A Hand-drawn One-pager for Beginners

Here’s version 2 (September 2013). You can print this at 16.5″x10.75″ at 300dpi. Have an ordinary printer? Check out PosteRazor !

I made a font based on my handwriting

I wanted to make a font based on my handwriting using only free software. It turns out that FontForge can be scripted with Python. I know just a little about Python and even less about typography, but I managed to hack together something that worked for me. If you're reading this on my blog at…

Why browse the Web in Emacs? (2008)

“Are you browsing Slashdot in Emacs?”, W- asked me after he glanced at my screen.

The shy connector: How to get strangers to talk to you