Daniel and Manton take stock of the week’s coronavirus-related cancellations, and the events that are going on as planned despite concerns. They talk about the challenge for event planners in balancing the risk of people getting hurt vs. the potential to lose a lot of money or possibly go out of business. Finally, they follow up on Manton’s plans to strip metadata from Micro.blog images, and the ways in which urgent issues sometimes displace other goals for a given week.
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Links:
- SXSW Covid-19 Attendee Information – FAQ from SXSW organizers ahout the epidemic’s impact on the event.
- An Unannounced Friend – Episode of Roderick on the Line featuring John’s antication of going on a cruise.
- JoCo Cruise – A cruise featuring performances by Jonathan Coulton and friends.
- An Event Apart – Popular conference web designers and programmers.
- Protecting Your Privacy with Metadata Removal – Daniel’s blog post about MarsEdit’s metadata-stripping feature.
- SXSW cancellation update on The Verge — Breaking news that we cover at the end of the show.
