who dat, YOU DAT!! Your Daily Dose of Dopeness: IDAT (AKA: I Did A Thing)
IDAT is a daily dose of awesome things made by Queer, Trans, Non-Binary folks who are Black or Non-Black People Of Color!
You'll be able to Amplify their work, Celebrate their achievement, and Support them financially or any way they see fit.
IDAT was an Idea that sprang out of my participation in the 2017 Write/Speak/Code Conference in Portland, OR. As an alumnx of the conference, we were tasked with coming up with and working on a project. By that time, we were on day two of the conference, and I'd already seen and referred to SO MANY amazing things that fellow QBPOC and QNBPOC have done, that I wanted to build something that would share them year round.
The goal of IDAT is to collect and distribute all the things, from zines and twitter threads, to presentations, github projects, and other accomplishments of all sizes and deliver them to an audience who wants to share, support, contribute, buy, and celebrate that work, while giving a short 24-hr timeframe on it.
Right now, I'm seeking Creators to share the things they've made so I can collect enough to buffer out a great month's worth schedule of things to share, and I'm building out the distribution channels via Tiny Letter and a website, that will show a given thing for a 24-hr span, and let subscribers Buy, Share, or Support the creator.
I'm also building out a Twitter bot named IDATbot to be a source for creators and fans to let me know about more things to put on the schedule.
I DAT IdeaFox & Creator, Kara Carrell. I'm a Queer Blaxican developer and communitechie obsessed with Avocadoes, git, and using emoji. You can find out more about me on my website, or you can hit me on the TwitterBuzz at @KaraAJC. #HireMe.
If you'd like to support me, you can:
- Signal Boost
- Subscribe to the Tiny Letter
- Follow IDATbot on Twitter
- Contribute to the project via Github
Here are the set of tools I've used to make this site happen, please familiarize yourself with the following tools, if you're planning on contributing:
I will be putting up Issues for folks to assist with as needed. If there is a bug you find, or something you'd like to help me with specifically, feel free to ping me!
Special thanks to the two contributors I had on Day ONE: @rnocc and @nkotbpartyomg !
Also, special thanks to @rmw for her guidance, and the entire #WSC2017Conf for their cheerleading and inspiration!