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Canva Be Damned: A Full Alt in Obsidian + Simple Targeter Beta - Bnkops Newsletter 1.2

Hi Friends,

I'm back from sickness, feeling speedy, and excited about this update! You're getting two updates this week 😮

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Canva Be Damned

I'm genuinely thrilled to share this update. That's because Canva has become a massive thorn in operations here, and getting off of it was supposed to be a challenge.

To start getting off Canva, I've already set up a standalone alternative online: excalidraw.bnkops.com

However, after some research this morning, I found out that the free and open-source software Excalidraw is already integrated into Obsidian and is SUPER fast. Now this might not be free forever (it's like one guy making the plugin), but it's now my official recommendation.

To install:

  1. Go to settings (gear icon at the bottom left of Obsidian)
  2. Click on "Community Plugins"
  3. Search for Excalidraw

On install, a handy video will pop up that's 15 minutes long, teaching you the basics of the editor. This thing is powerful; my first glance is that it has integrated nearly every feature you find in a full Photoshop suite, including some optional AI features.

Why is this exciting?

Well, because I love Obsidian and Excalidraw, and them coming together feels like a dream. Also, because if you're on the repo, this allows you to generate visuals and immediately publish them. You can then use these assets anywhere; integrating them into newsletters, articles, or any of the other features in The Bunker Ops Server Build-Out. If you've been trained on Syncthing, you can automatically sync your content across devices. It uses the Obsidian command line (click Ctrl+P to open in Obsidian) for speedy content creation and is all localized.

On the quest to replace Nationbuilder, I've inadvertently also replaced Canva/Photoshop. Pretty good deal!

Simple Targeter - BETA Testing

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Simple Targeter has been deployed for public consumption! Special thanks to Trans.Rights.YEG for picking this up and running with it.

Check it out here

So far, just some simple back-end issues needed work; no major app breakages. I look forward to getting more feedback.

I'm prioritizing a major update to this system, which includes:

  • Aftercare: Wanting to integrate an email that goes to the public user and a landing page to encourage further actions. This will be toggle-able.
  • Manuals: Needing to write documentation for the use of the app. This is a secondary-priority.
  • Campaign Management: Allowing app administrators to send follow-up emails to their collected list. This feature will allow each app deployment to be reusable, reducing working hours in deployment.

Feedback + Training

I believe that this project might be getting too conceptual for people to wrap their heads around. The decentralization of tooling is something that's hard to follow, even for someone terminally plugged in like me. I regularily loose myself in the freedom of it all, however, it has drawn me too deep into it.

How it feels to try and communicate this project when I am too plugged in:

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Bnkops is dedicated to getting all allies onto their own dedicated servers so we can collectively build resilience to corporate systems that are sucking energy, time, and dollars out of our communities.

I've been thinking on how to better approach this dream. After having trained just a handful of people on the basic systems (we have new contributors on the repo btw 🙂), I'm starting to understand that the best way forward is likely through facilitated in-person sessions.

The tldr is: I need to stop developing and start communicating with people in real life!

To that end, please share your thoughts on this project so far. You can reply to this email or chat with me in person when we see each other.

Thanks for Reading!

Much appreciated y'all.

Cheers, Bunker Admin

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