closed projects

Signed-off-by: Xe Iaso <me@christine.website>

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+title: "Book Release: Closed Projects"
+date: 2022-03-24
+tags:
+ - shortstory
+ - fiction
+ - retrospective
+---
+
+Closed Projects is a retelling of [a four-part series](/blog/series/freenode) on
+my blog where I process the events that lead to the death of freenode, the
+largest IRC network for peer-directed projects.
+
+freenode was the reason that I managed to get into tech. Without freenode I
+would be a vastly different person today. The death of freenode last year
+brought up many lingering memories and emotions. I talk about my history with
+freenode, the events that happened in the wake of its death and how a new
+community took its place.
+
+Each part of this story is written by weaving the narrative of the last
+caretaker trying to protect the discussion halls against the darkness, and
+things continue as the darkness gets more crafty and clever.
+
+I have included versions of this for all common eBook reader devices and
+formats. I have tested this on my Kindle Oasis and iPad Pro, but I see no reason
+that at least one of these formats wouldn't work for you.
+
+<iframe frameborder="0" src="https://itch.io/embed/1454153?dark=true" width="552" height="167"><a href="https://withinstudios.itch.io/closed-projects">Closed Projects by Within</a></iframe>
+
+If you are a [Patreon supporter](https://patreon.com/cadey), you can get this
+for free by clicking [this
+link](https://withinstudios.itch.io/closed-projects/patreon-access).
+
+If you are a part of a marginalized group and cannot afford this but want to
+read it anyways, please [contact me](/contact).
+
+Thank you for reading what I put out to the world. I only hope I can continue to
+create and inspire you.