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Posted to general@jakarta.apache.org by Rob Oxspring <ro...@apache.org> on 2003/04/07 18:15:59 UTC
Re: No more newsletter?
Hi Otis,
Just after posting the last content request some day job changes have been eating up all my time.
If people want to send updated content to me in the next day or two I can put out a Feb+Mar draft sometime on Wednesday...
Thoughts?
Sorry all,
Rob
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From: "Otis Gospodnetic" <ot...@yahoo.com>
To: <ro...@apache.org>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:46 PM
Subject: No more newsletter?
> Hello Rob,
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> Are you still publishing the newsletter?
>
> Otis
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Re: No more newsletter?
Posted by "Andrew C. Oliver" <ac...@apache.org>.
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>In truth the wiki could remove the "right now" part of the problem - the wiki will allow people to add stuff as soon as it happens
>rather than looking back at the end of the month. Whether people will take advantage of this is another issue though.
>
>
No...that would be a Blog^M^M^M^M^M Syndicated Feed supporting RSSx a/o
RDF. ;-)
>Rob
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>>- robert
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Re: No more newsletter?
Posted by robert burrell donkin <ro...@blueyonder.co.uk>.
On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 10:42 AM, Rob Oxspring wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "robert burrell donkin" <ro...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: "Jakarta General List" <ge...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: No more newsletter?
<snip>
>> i think a lot of the effort is persuading people to contribute and
>> reminding them that this is something they need to do right now. i wonder
>> if there's a way that we could make that more efficient too.
>>
>
> In truth the wiki could remove the "right now" part of the problem - the
> wiki will allow people to add stuff as soon as it happens
> rather than looking back at the end of the month. Whether people will
> take advantage of this is another issue though.
i'd say that 'right now' is a double edged sword. it makes things more
difficult in some ways but it's easy to put things off unless there's a
deadline. maybe people need to make more noise on the lists.
- robert
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Re: No more newsletter?
Posted by Rob Oxspring <ro...@apache.org>.
----- Original Message -----
From: "robert burrell donkin" <ro...@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Jakarta General List" <ge...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: No more newsletter?
> On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 05:52 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
>
> > I know that I'm an evil bad person for even thinking about this let alone
> > suggesting it. However, this is like the kind of thing that I see the
> > wiki as being good for. Think of this. Rob puts a new page on the wiki,
> > "JakartaNewsletterDrafts/2003/April" for instance. Then he says
> > "Alright Kiddies! Go edit your own damn newsletter".
> > Peeps paste their stuff into the page. Someone (Rob) grabs that, formats
> > it and checks it in.
I've got a feeling you suggested it before sometime too... oh well - this time I've listened!
I've added the following to the wiki - mostly grabbed from http://jakarta.apache.org/site/news/
http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?JakartaNewsletterDrafts
More specifically the current issue can be added to here:
http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?JakartaNewsletterDrafts/Issue8March2003
The format is fairly freeform, anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute.
> >
> > The amount of Rob's time consumed would shrink.
+1
>
> +1
>
> i like this idea since it lowers the barrier to entry - users and
> developers will be able to easily contribute. rob would need to act as an
> editor and that would still some time.
Sounds good to me - keeping the barrier low should help keep the content flowing.
>
> i think a lot of the effort is persuading people to contribute and
> reminding them that this is something they need to do right now. i wonder
> if there's a way that we could make that more efficient too.
>
In truth the wiki could remove the "right now" part of the problem - the wiki will allow people to add stuff as soon as it happens
rather than looking back at the end of the month. Whether people will take advantage of this is another issue though.
Rob
> - robert
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Re: No more newsletter?
Posted by robert burrell donkin <ro...@blueyonder.co.uk>.
On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 05:52 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> I know that I'm an evil bad person for even thinking about this let alone
> suggesting it. However, this is like the kind of thing that I see the
> wiki as being good for. Think of this. Rob puts a new page on the wiki,
> "JakartaNewsletterDrafts/2003/April" for instance. Then he says
> "Alright Kiddies! Go edit your own damn newsletter".
> Peeps paste their stuff into the page. Someone (Rob) grabs that, formats
> it and checks it in.
>
> The amount of Rob's time consumed would shrink.
+1
i like this idea since it lowers the barrier to entry - users and
developers will be able to easily contribute. rob would need to act as an
editor and that would still some time.
i think a lot of the effort is persuading people to contribute and
reminding them that this is something they need to do right now. i wonder
if there's a way that we could make that more efficient too.
- robert
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Re: No more newsletter?
Posted by "Andrew C. Oliver" <ac...@apache.org>.
I know that I'm an evil bad person for even thinking about this let
alone suggesting it. However, this is like the kind of thing that I see
the wiki as being good for. Think of this. Rob puts a new page on the
wiki, "JakartaNewsletterDrafts/2003/April" for instance. Then he says
"Alright Kiddies! Go edit your own damn newsletter".
Peeps paste their stuff into the page. Someone (Rob) grabs that,
formats it and checks it in.
The amount of Rob's time consumed would shrink.
-Andy
Rob Oxspring wrote:
>Hi Otis,
>
>Just after posting the last content request some day job changes have been eating up all my time.
>
>If people want to send updated content to me in the next day or two I can put out a Feb+Mar draft sometime on Wednesday...
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Sorry all,
>
>Rob
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Otis Gospodnetic" <ot...@yahoo.com>
>To: <ro...@apache.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:46 PM
>Subject: No more newsletter?
>
>
>
>
>>Hello Rob,
>>
>>Are you still publishing the newsletter?
>>
>>Otis
>>
>>
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