exciting news everyone: To kick of the new plotting-year there will be a PEN PLOTTING PARTY* on Monday feb 12. Save the date, and get ready for the launch of the PEN PLOTTING TABLE*, PEN PLOTTING ZINE* alongside various PEN PLOTTING ACTIVITIES*.
Not close to Rotterdam this day? Don't worry and join us online for TWITCH™ PLAYS PLOTTER* ([ref](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch_Plays_Pok%C3%A9mon)).
🖋
More information: <https://hub.xpub.nl/chopchop/PEN-PLOTTING-PARTY/>
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<details>
<summary>
Special Issues
</summary>
[Special Issues](https://issue.xpub.nl) are multi-form publications related to a theme initated by a guest editor and produced collectively by XPUB first year students.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Graduation projects and theses
</summary>
[Graduation projects and theses](https://project.xpub.nl); representing the culmination of their two year Masters study, each XPUB student produces a graduation work and a thesis.
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<details>
<summary>
Course wiki
</summary>
[The wiki](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/) is the lifeblood of the course: visit the [calendar](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Calendars:Networked_Media_Calendar) to get an idea of a typical week, or see the list of current [students](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Students) to see traces and sketches of work in progress. NB: The wiki is shared with the lens-based master, items specific to XPUB are indicated by *XPUB1* and *XPUB2* (to indicate the first and second years). The wiki is an example of a self-hosted instance of [mediawiki](https://mediawiki.org), the free software that underpins Wikipedia.
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<details>
<summary>
Piet Zwart Institute
</summary>
XPUB is one of six masters programs collectively known as the [Piet Zwart Institute](https://www.pzwart.nl/experimental-publishing/).
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Willem de Kooning Academy
</summary>
XPUB is a part of the [Willem de Kooning](https://www.wdka.nl/programmes/master-media-design-experimental-publishing) academy, and can be found on the fourth floor of the Wijnhaven building, with convenient access to the many facilities of the Art academy.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Gitea
</summary>
XPUB self-hosts a [gitea code respository](https://git.xpub.nl). This provides a public outlet to support the many code works done within the course such as [this page](https://git.xpub.nl/XPUB/xpub.nl/src/branch/master/index.md).
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Etherpad
</summary>
The [XPUB etherpad](https://pad.xpub.nl) is another crucial piece of course self-hosted infrastructure. Etherpads are all about realtime group collaboration with a minimum of prescriptive structures. Pads are used heavily in the course as a means of collective note taking, planning, [writing and annotation](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Methods_xpub).
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servers for students & staff
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<details>
<summary>
Hub
</summary>
The [xpub hub](https://hub.xpub.nl/) is a public relay to a collection of self-hosted and student-maintained local servers. Using a combination of [VPN](https://tinc-vpn.org/) (virtual private network) and [reverse proxy](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/reverse-proxy/), the hub enables experimentation with self-hosting, server portability, local-first and low power infrastructure and [convivial](http://damaged.bleu255.com/Convivial_Computing/) and [feminist](http://damaged.bleu255.com/Feminist_Technology/) server practices.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Zulip
</summary>
The [zulip](https://zulip.xpub.nl) server functions as a private bulletin board system for the XPUB community, and as a [self-hosted free software](https://zulip.com/) acts as an alternative to centralized proprietary services like Slack and Discord.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Mailing list
</summary>
The course uses a mailing list provided by neighbor network [lurk.org](https://we.lurk.org).
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Hotline
</summary>
The [hotline](https://hotline.xpub.nl) is a self-hosted [Jitsi Meet](https://jitsi.org) server, an alternative to proprietary services like Zoom, Teams, and Meet.
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@ -211,139 +360,9 @@ XPUB students + staff will be on hand at the [not-just-a-fair](https://platformp
Come meet students + staff in person, and sample recent and in-progress publications!
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public servers
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::: {.flex}
<details>
<summary>
Special Issues
</summary>
[Special Issues](https://issue.xpub.nl) are multi-form publications related to a theme initated by a guest editor and produced collectively by XPUB first year students.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Graduation projects and theses
</summary>
[Graduation projects and theses](https://project.xpub.nl); representing the culmination of their two year Masters study, each XPUB student produces a graduation work and a thesis.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Course wiki
</summary>
[The wiki](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/) is the lifeblood of the course: visit the [calendar](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Calendars:Networked_Media_Calendar) to get an idea of a typical week, or see the list of current [students](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Students) to see traces and sketches of work in progress. NB: The wiki is shared with the lens-based master, items specific to XPUB are indicated by *XPUB1* and *XPUB2* (to indicate the first and second years). The wiki is an example of a self-hosted instance of [mediawiki](https://mediawiki.org), the free software that underpins Wikipedia.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Piet Zwart Institute
</summary>
XPUB is one of six masters programs collectively known as the [Piet Zwart Institute](https://www.pzwart.nl/experimental-publishing/).
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Willem de Kooning Academy
</summary>
XPUB is a part of the [Willem de Kooning](https://www.wdka.nl/programmes/master-media-design-experimental-publishing) academy, and can be found on the fourth floor of the Wijnhaven building, with convenient access to the many facilities of the Art academy.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Gitea
</summary>
XPUB self-hosts a [gitea code respository](https://git.xpub.nl). This provides a public outlet to support the many code works done within the course such as [this page](https://git.xpub.nl/XPUB/xpub.nl/src/branch/master/index.md).
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Etherpad
</summary>
The [XPUB etherpad](https://pad.xpub.nl) is another crucial piece of course self-hosted infrastructure. Etherpads are all about realtime group collaboration with a minimum of prescriptive structures. Pads are used heavily in the course as a means of collective note taking, planning, [writing and annotation](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Methods_xpub).
</details>
:::
servers for students & staff
------------------------------------
::: {.flex}
<details>
<summary>
Hub
</summary>
The [xpub hub](https://hub.xpub.nl/) is a public relay to a collection of self-hosted and student-maintained local servers. Using a combination of [VPN](https://tinc-vpn.org/) (virtual private network) and [reverse proxy](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/reverse-proxy/), the hub enables experimentation with self-hosting, server portability, local-first and low power infrastructure and [convivial](http://damaged.bleu255.com/Convivial_Computing/) and [feminist](http://damaged.bleu255.com/Feminist_Technology/) server practices.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Zulip
</summary>
The [zulip](https://zulip.xpub.nl) server functions as a private bulletin board system for the XPUB community, and as a [self-hosted free software](https://zulip.com/) acts as an alternative to centralized proprietary services like Slack and Discord.
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Mailing list
</summary>
The course uses a mailing list provided by neighbor network [lurk.org](https://we.lurk.org).
</details>
<details>
<summary>
Hotline
</summary>
The [hotline](https://hotline.xpub.nl) is a self-hosted [Jitsi Meet](https://jitsi.org) server, an alternative to proprietary services like Zoom, Teams, and Meet.
