CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

Dear marketing team,

One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.

There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
share with us.

This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.

What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?

P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.

[1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
[2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb

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,,,^..^,,,

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Lena Reinhard <le...@thehoodiefirm.com>]

Hey all,

I also like the idea. We've done something similar over there in the Hoodie project with a series of interviews with Hoodie users, called "A Hoodie for you", which was very successful. We've just done interviews via email, which were super interesting for us as community members (we received lots of helpful feedback), and also helped us get more traction (we shared the interviews online, and usually the persons we interviewed shared them as well). And I think it could be a good thing for CouchDB as well.

The only point I'd like to raise about the setup is regarding the format. Not everyone is comfortable with having a video of themselves recorded and published, and sometimes this is also hard due to limited internet bandwidth. Thus, I want to propose to also take alternatives into account, e.g. prepare a template so these interviews can also be done via email (or via another medium, Google Forms or so can also be a good option). 

Best,
Lena

> On 23 Mar 2015, at 14:25, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> 
> Alexander,
> let me share what is the MO in my experience for this
> Identify verify interest to do an interview based in existing 1-to-1 relationship
> Then a clear idea for the story and the ramifications for its use is established (published under who’s control)
> A trusted brand need so be behind it (here it is Apache project)
> The story idea (never go for an endorsement) is sketched out in order for a internal go-ahead be be given
> The interview is conducted on camera
> The story is written up
> When approved, the supporting video material is created based on the conclusions on text review
> Whatever makes it to the finishing line gets published 
> 
> Suggestion for where to publish: 
> CouchDB Company page on LinkedIn
> alternatively a YouTube/Vimeo account set up by the PMC
> 
> It would be an intersting collaborative project for the list and the PMCs brand mgmnt
> J
> 
> 
>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:08, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Great Johs! Thank you (: Any other volunteers?
>> 
>> As about list of companies, I think our wiki "CouchDB in the wild"
>> page is quite good for start. At least we'll update it, at most we'll
>> receive feedback about.
>> 
>> With CERN, I hope Cloudant folks may help us as they did migration[1]
>> from Oracle for them, but CouchDB was used even before such event.
>> 
>> In case of success with the major few we could attract the others via
>> social media - this should simplify the overall process.
>> 
>> [1]: https://cloudant.com/blog/moving-from-oracle-to-couchdb-data-management-at-cern/
>> 
>> --
>> ,,,^..^,,,
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> Hey Alex,
>>> 
>>> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
>>> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF press)
>>> if anyone has contacts.
>>> 
>>> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need contacts
>>> at?
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Andy
>>> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Great idea, Alexander
>>>> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
>>>> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
>>>> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is
>>>> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
>>>> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is sent
>>>> to me offlist
>>>> johs
>>>> 
>>>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dear marketing team,
>>>>> 
>>>>> One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
>>>>> that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
>>>>> companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
>>>>> 
>>>>> There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
>>>>> the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
>>>>> knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
>>>>> for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
>>>>> what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
>>>>> to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
>>>>> migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
>>>>> share with us.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
>>>>> hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
>>>>> 
>>>>> P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
>>>>> contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
>>>>> CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
>>>>> who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
>>>>> 
>>>>> [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
>>>>> [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>> 
>>>> 
> 

Re: Fwd: CouchDB users interview

[Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd>]

I think I have, can you give me a short reminder what the process would be
be like? What steps do I have to take and which steps are you taking and
what is the result?

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone --a quick follow-up on this.
> Do we have any low-hanging fruit? Otherwise I'll just plow through the PR
> contacts and will let you know who is amenable to working with us.
> Thanks so much,Sally
>
>       From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
>  To: "andy@nms.de" <an...@nms.de>
> Cc: TheApacheFoundation <pr...@apache.org>; "marketing@couchdb.apache.org"
> <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2015, 13:08
>  Subject: Re: Fwd: CouchDB users interview
>
> Thanks, Andy.
> This is a great idea --I've been discussing a similar approach with the
> ASF Fundraising team. Nice to see we're in synch on this.
> Yes, I'll be happy to reach out to help obtain interviews and
> testimonials. Is this your primary list or do you have some low-hanging
> fruit that are "friends of CouchDB" and ready to chat now?
> I'm traveling over the next couple of weeks and might have some
> connectivity issues during this time, and would prefer to start with our
> friendlies first.
> One thing that is helpful is if we have a technical contact within these
> groups whom we can leverage where possible. So if you can pass on our
> contact's name(s), coordinates (so I can copy them on any emails), and role
> in the project (if any on a formal basis), that would be terrific.
> And, of course, we presumably have inside contacts with Cordova, for
> example. Do let me know which organizations you'd like me to help with :-)
> Cheers & chat soon,Sally
>
>
>      From: Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>  To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
> Cc: TheApacheFoundation <pr...@apache.org>; "marketing@couchdb.apache.org"
> <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2015, 10:36
>  Subject: Fwd: CouchDB users interview
>
> Dear Sally,
> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>
> AppleBBCCERNNodeJS/NPMDrupalSoundcloud
> Erlang SolutionsApache Cordova
> Microsoft
> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
> Warm regards
> Andy
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>,
> Andreas Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> > Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>
> From my point of view:
>
> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
> - BBC:
> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>
> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
> more questions about
> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
> replication protocol
> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
> protocol
> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
> know something
>
> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
> no need to explain why (:
>
> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>
> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
> helpful.
>
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,
>
>
>
> --
> Andy Wenk
> Hamburg - Germany
> RockIt!
>
> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>
> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Fwd: CouchDB users interview

[Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>]

Hi everyone --a quick follow-up on this.
Do we have any low-hanging fruit? Otherwise I'll just plow through the PR contacts and will let you know who is amenable to working with us.
Thanks so much,Sally 

      From: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>
 To: "andy@nms.de" <an...@nms.de> 
Cc: TheApacheFoundation <pr...@apache.org>; "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org> 
 Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2015, 13:08
 Subject: Re: Fwd: CouchDB users interview
   
Thanks, Andy.
This is a great idea --I've been discussing a similar approach with the ASF Fundraising team. Nice to see we're in synch on this.
Yes, I'll be happy to reach out to help obtain interviews and testimonials. Is this your primary list or do you have some low-hanging fruit that are "friends of CouchDB" and ready to chat now?
I'm traveling over the next couple of weeks and might have some connectivity issues during this time, and would prefer to start with our friendlies first.
One thing that is helpful is if we have a technical contact within these groups whom we can leverage where possible. So if you can pass on our contact's name(s), coordinates (so I can copy them on any emails), and role in the project (if any on a formal basis), that would be terrific.
And, of course, we presumably have inside contacts with Cordova, for example. Do let me know which organizations you'd like me to help with :-)
Cheers & chat soon,Sally 
 

     From: Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>
 To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org> 
Cc: TheApacheFoundation <pr...@apache.org>; "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org> 
 Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2015, 10:36
 Subject: Fwd: CouchDB users interview
   
Dear Sally,
Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:

AppleBBCCERNNodeJS/NPMDrupalSoundcloud
Erlang SolutionsApache Cordova
Microsoft
Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
Thank you so much for any help ;-)
Warm regards
Andy
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas Wenk <an...@nms.de>


On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?

>From my point of view:

- Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
- BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
- CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb

- NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
more questions about
- Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
replication protocol
- Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication protocol
- Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
- Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
- Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
know something

- Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
no need to explain why (:

These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.

In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be helpful.

--
,,,^..^,,,



-- 
Andy Wenk
Hamburg - Germany
RockIt!

http://www.couchdb-buch.de
http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de

GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc


   

  

Re: Fwd: CouchDB users interview

[Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org>]

Thanks, Andy.
This is a great idea --I've been discussing a similar approach with the ASF Fundraising team. Nice to see we're in synch on this.
Yes, I'll be happy to reach out to help obtain interviews and testimonials. Is this your primary list or do you have some low-hanging fruit that are "friends of CouchDB" and ready to chat now?
I'm traveling over the next couple of weeks and might have some connectivity issues during this time, and would prefer to start with our friendlies first.
One thing that is helpful is if we have a technical contact within these groups whom we can leverage where possible. So if you can pass on our contact's name(s), coordinates (so I can copy them on any emails), and role in the project (if any on a formal basis), that would be terrific.
And, of course, we presumably have inside contacts with Cordova, for example. Do let me know which organizations you'd like me to help with :-)
Cheers & chat soon,Sally 
      From: Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>
 To: Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org> 
Cc: TheApacheFoundation <pr...@apache.org>; "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org> 
 Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2015, 10:36
 Subject: Fwd: CouchDB users interview
   
Dear Sally,
Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:

AppleBBCCERNNodeJS/NPMDrupalSoundcloud
Erlang SolutionsApache Cordova
Microsoft
Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
Thank you so much for any help ;-)
Warm regards
Andy
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas Wenk <an...@nms.de>


On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?

>From my point of view:

- Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
- BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
- CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb

- NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
more questions about
- Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
replication protocol
- Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication protocol
- Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
- Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
- Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
know something

- Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
no need to explain why (:

These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.

In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be helpful.

--
,,,^..^,,,



-- 
Andy Wenk
Hamburg - Germany
RockIt!

http://www.couchdb-buch.de
http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de

GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc


  

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

Should we keep a spreadsheet with this info in? Or stick it on the wiki? I
expect some of it will need to be private. Not sure people at companies
want their contact details and so on in the open.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 17:42 Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:

> Andy,
> for BBC and CERN I will do it. It is geographically and otherwise close to
> what my team do.
> I can fit it in with some other work.
> Re method, I’ll do it on video, but go for a written article with video as
> supporting material.
> A big job in my experience is the review and approval, it typically
> involves communications
> at the interviewee side
> J
>
> > On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:11, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > If I read correctly, Johs Ensby would help here ...
> >
> > On 28 March 2015 at 16:17, Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:
> >
> >> One question: who would run the interview so I can connect you in case
> >> I should contact them
> >>
> >> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd>
> wrote:
> >>> Hi there,
> >>>
> >>> I can ping my friends at npm if you want (I got into Couch as a npm
> >>> maintainer :) )
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Robert
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> >>>> Dear Sally,
> >>>>
> >>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the
> >> CouchDB
> >>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big
> players
> >> in
> >>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people
> >> at
> >>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
> >>>>
> >>>> Apple
> >>>> BBC
> >>>> CERN
> >>>> NodeJS/NPM
> >>>> Drupal
> >>>> Soundcloud
> >>>> Erlang Solutions
> >>>> Apache Cordova
> >>>> Microsoft
> >>>>
> >>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use
> >> CouchDB.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to
> >> find
> >>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Warm regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Andy
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> >>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
> >>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
> >>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>,
> >> Andreas
> >>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> >>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
> >>>>
> >>>> From my point of view:
> >>>>
> >>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
> >>>> - BBC:
> >>>>
> >> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
> speakers/endafarrell
> >>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >>>>
> >>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
> >>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
> >>>> more questions about
> >>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
> >>>> replication protocol
> >>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
> >>>> protocol
> >>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
> >>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
> >>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
> >>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and
> may
> >>>> know something
> >>>>
> >>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
> >>>> no need to explain why (:
> >>>>
> >>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
> >>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
> >>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
> >>>>
> >>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
> >>>> helpful.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> ,,,^..^,,,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Andy Wenk
> >>>> Hamburg - Germany
> >>>> RockIt!
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
> >>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
> >>>>
> >>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
> >>>>
> >>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andy Wenk
> > Hamburg - Germany
> > RockIt!
> >
> > GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
> >
> > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

Andy,
for BBC and CERN I will do it. It is geographically and otherwise close to what my team do.
I can fit it in with some other work. 
Re method, I’ll do it on video, but go for a written article with video as supporting material.
A big job in my experience is the review and approval, it typically involves communications
at the interviewee side
J
 
> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:11, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> If I read correctly, Johs Ensby would help here ...
> 
> On 28 March 2015 at 16:17, Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:
> 
>> One question: who would run the interview so I can connect you in case
>> I should contact them
>> 
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>> 
>>> I can ping my friends at npm if you want (I got into Couch as a npm
>>> maintainer :) )
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Robert
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>> 
>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the
>> CouchDB
>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players
>> in
>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people
>> at
>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>> 
>>>> Apple
>>>> BBC
>>>> CERN
>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>> Drupal
>>>> Soundcloud
>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> 
>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use
>> CouchDB.
>>>> 
>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to
>> find
>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> Warm regards
>>>> 
>>>> Andy
>>>> 
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>,
>> Andreas
>>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>> 
>>>> From my point of view:
>>>> 
>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>> - BBC:
>>>> 
>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>> 
>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>> more questions about
>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>> replication protocol
>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>> protocol
>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>> know something
>>>> 
>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>> 
>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>> 
>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>> helpful.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>> RockIt!
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>> 
>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>> 
>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Andy Wenk
> Hamburg - Germany
> RockIt!
> 
> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
> 
> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org>]

If I read correctly, Johs Ensby would help here ...

On 28 March 2015 at 16:17, Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:

> One question: who would run the interview so I can connect you in case
> I should contact them
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I can ping my friends at npm if you want (I got into Couch as a npm
> > maintainer :) )
> >
> > Best,
> > Robert
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> >> Dear Sally,
> >>
> >> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the
> CouchDB
> >> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players
> in
> >> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people
> at
> >> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
> >>
> >> Apple
> >> BBC
> >> CERN
> >> NodeJS/NPM
> >> Drupal
> >> Soundcloud
> >> Erlang Solutions
> >> Apache Cordova
> >> Microsoft
> >>
> >> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use
> CouchDB.
> >>
> >> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to
> find
> >> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
> >>
> >> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
> >>
> >> Warm regards
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> >> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
> >> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
> >> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>,
> Andreas
> >> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> >>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
> >>
> >> From my point of view:
> >>
> >> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
> >> - BBC:
> >>
> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
> >> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >>
> >> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
> >> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
> >> more questions about
> >> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
> >> replication protocol
> >> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
> >> protocol
> >> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
> >> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
> >> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
> >> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
> >> know something
> >>
> >> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
> >> no need to explain why (:
> >>
> >> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
> >> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
> >> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
> >>
> >> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
> >> helpful.
> >>
> >> --
> >> ,,,^..^,,,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andy Wenk
> >> Hamburg - Germany
> >> RockIt!
> >>
> >> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
> >> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
> >>
> >> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
> >>
> >> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>



-- 
Andy Wenk
Hamburg - Germany
RockIt!

GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588

 https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd>]

One question: who would run the interview so I can connect you in case
I should contact them

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I can ping my friends at npm if you want (I got into Couch as a npm
> maintainer :) )
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>> Dear Sally,
>>
>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>
>> Apple
>> BBC
>> CERN
>> NodeJS/NPM
>> Drupal
>> Soundcloud
>> Erlang Solutions
>> Apache Cordova
>> Microsoft
>>
>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>
>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>
>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>
>> Warm regards
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>
>> From my point of view:
>>
>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>> - BBC:
>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>
>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>> more questions about
>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>> replication protocol
>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>> protocol
>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>> know something
>>
>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>> no need to explain why (:
>>
>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>
>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>> helpful.
>>
>> --
>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andy Wenk
>> Hamburg - Germany
>> RockIt!
>>
>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>
>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>
>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd>]

Hi there,

I can ping my friends at npm if you want (I got into Couch as a npm
maintainer :) )

Best,
Robert

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> Dear Sally,
>
> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>
> Apple
> BBC
> CERN
> NodeJS/NPM
> Drupal
> Soundcloud
> Erlang Solutions
> Apache Cordova
> Microsoft
>
> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>
> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>
> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>
> Warm regards
>
> Andy
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>
> From my point of view:
>
> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
> - BBC:
> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>
> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
> more questions about
> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
> replication protocol
> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
> protocol
> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
> know something
>
> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
> no need to explain why (:
>
> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>
> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
> helpful.
>
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,
>
>
>
> --
> Andy Wenk
> Hamburg - Germany
> RockIt!
>
> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>
> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>
> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Lena Reinhard <le...@thehoodiefirm.com>]

I agree with Jan's concerns. As mentioned before[1], I have a few additional concerns regarding video material. Video is not the only way to do these interviews & get valuable information, and I think it would be good in terms of keeping the efforts low (especially since many people are doing volunteer work here). When developing a strategy + approach for this, it would be good imo to elaborate which different ways we can take to achieve what the general purpose of this is.

[1] http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=Re%3A%20CouchDB%20users%20interview#query:Re%3A%20CouchDB%20users%20interview%20list%3Aorg.apache.couchdb.marketing%20order%3Adate-backward+page:2+mid:qe3ifepwksf223pd+state:results

> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:15, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started, unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
> 
> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
> 
> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to start with text.
> 
> Best
> Jan
> --
> 
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Jan,
>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.
>> 
>> Noah,
>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>
>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
>> are part of the decision making process.
>> - head of production
>> - technology controller
>> - editor
>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
>> 
>> j
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>>> My “open” approach is
>>>> - story idea first
>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>>>> - interview on video
>>> 
>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> Jan
>>> --
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> - article writeup and approval
>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>>> j
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>> BBC
>>>>>> CERN
>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>>> Drupal
>>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>>>>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>>>> more questions about
>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>>>> know something
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
> 

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> This thread is the first I'm hearing of it, but that doesn't have to mean much. Do you have a reference anywhere?
>>
>> Not a strong one, but from his message it's hard for me to make a
>> conclusion that he talking about some different replication protocol:
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201312.mbox/%3C52B21145.5030906%40systemli.org%3E
>
> A few more:
> https://github.com/soundcloud/lolcatlizr
> https://github.com/lgierth/lemasque
>
> P.S. An accidental result for me: https://vimeo.com/7310793 (:

Anyway, in case if I'm wrong, it will be good to clarify this question.

P.S. Sorry for multiple emails /:

--
,,,^..^,,,

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

> On 29 Mar 2015, at 12:47, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> This thread is the first I'm hearing of it, but that doesn't have to mean much. Do you have a reference anywhere?
>> 
>> Not a strong one, but from his message it's hard for me to make a
>> conclusion that he talking about some different replication protocol:
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201312.mbox/%3C52B21145.5030906%40systemli.org%3E

Ah, this person was jut using the SoundCloud API, I don’t think it was anything official.

> A few more:
> https://github.com/soundcloud/lolcatlizr

Ah nice, so they at least use it for prototyping, that might be an angle. I’ll try to find out who ran this.


> https://github.com/lgierth/lemasque

Same as the replication@ person


> P.S. An accidental result for me: https://vimeo.com/7310793 (:

:) First European NoSQL event that I organised waaay back when!

Thanks for the digging!

Best
Jan
--


> 
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,

-- 
Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>> This thread is the first I'm hearing of it, but that doesn't have to mean much. Do you have a reference anywhere?
>
> Not a strong one, but from his message it's hard for me to make a
> conclusion that he talking about some different replication protocol:
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201312.mbox/%3C52B21145.5030906%40systemli.org%3E

A few more:
https://github.com/soundcloud/lolcatlizr
https://github.com/lgierth/lemasque

P.S. An accidental result for me: https://vimeo.com/7310793 (:

--
,,,^..^,,,

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> This thread is the first I'm hearing of it, but that doesn't have to mean much. Do you have a reference anywhere?

Not a strong one, but from his message it's hard for me to make a
conclusion that he talking about some different replication protocol:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201312.mbox/%3C52B21145.5030906%40systemli.org%3E

--
,,,^..^,,,

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

This thread is the first I'm hearing of it, but that doesn't have to mean much. Do you have a reference anywhere?

Best
Jan
--

> On 29.03.2015, at 01:21, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 23:42, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Wow! There's so much great stuff going on in this thread. Thank you so much
>>> everybody!
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to say a few things:
>>> 
>>> - I support Jan's iterative idea. Let's get the basics done and build up
>>> from there (building our relationships with third-parties as we do so)
>>> 
>>> - There's an outside chance that we can get funding for the production of
>>> one professional quality video for our homepage. One. That's important, and
>>> I expect it means it will have to be a very general video, perhaps serving
>>> multiple purposes. I'll chase up on that now
>>> 
>>> - Myself or Jan have contacts at SoundCloud, ftr
>> 
>> They are not using CouchDB tho :)
> 
> IIRC they used CouchDB replication protocol, don't they? That's why I
> included them into the list. Yeap, not direct CouchDB user, but a part
> of ecosystem - why not?
> 
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 23:42, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Wow! There's so much great stuff going on in this thread. Thank you so much
>> everybody!
>>
>> Just wanted to say a few things:
>>
>> - I support Jan's iterative idea. Let's get the basics done and build up
>> from there (building our relationships with third-parties as we do so)
>>
>> - There's an outside chance that we can get funding for the production of
>> one professional quality video for our homepage. One. That's important, and
>> I expect it means it will have to be a very general video, perhaps serving
>> multiple purposes. I'll chase up on that now
>>
>> - Myself or Jan have contacts at SoundCloud, ftr
>
> They are not using CouchDB tho :)

IIRC they used CouchDB replication protocol, don't they? That's why I
included them into the list. Yeap, not direct CouchDB user, but a part
of ecosystem - why not?

--
,,,^..^,,,

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

> On 28 Mar 2015, at 23:42, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Wow! There's so much great stuff going on in this thread. Thank you so much
> everybody!
> 
> Just wanted to say a few things:
> 
> - I support Jan's iterative idea. Let's get the basics done and build up
> from there (building our relationships with third-parties as we do so)
> 
> - There's an outside chance that we can get funding for the production of
> one professional quality video for our homepage. One. That's important, and
> I expect it means it will have to be a very general video, perhaps serving
> multiple purposes. I'll chase up on that now
> 
> - Myself or Jan have contacts at SoundCloud, ftr

They are not using CouchDB tho :)

> 
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 23:36 Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:
> 
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> I like Jan's idea of smaller sub-projects: I have a pretty rough
>> schedule right now. but I could help to collect logos for the website.
>> 
>> I am open for all other ideas and can ask my contacts for interviews
>> that can result in whitepapers, interviews, case studies or even
>> videos - as long as there is someone who takes care of that in 100%
>> from the beginning to the end.
>> 
>> Please contact me if you would like to lead a case study, whitepaper
>> or interview. I am happy to help!
>> 
>> 
>> For the video idea that would also mean professional equipment & cut
>> (at least for my quality standards), and additionally I am unsure if
>> my contacts are willing to provide video content. Nevertheless I am
>> happy to help regarding contacts if someone has the time and money and
>> definitely wants to push that topic. Please also contact me!
>> 
>> Best,
>> Robert
>> 
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> tl;dr: I’m not stopping anyone from proceeding with this. I just want to
>> make sure that we don’t end up with a high-profile proposal that nobody in
>> this community can act on and that wastes our precious time that could be
>> used for more productive things.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> marketing@ hat:
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 19:11, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Lena, when you say
>>>>> When developing a strategy + approach for this, it would be good imo
>> to elaborate which different ways we can take to achieve what the general
>> purpose of this is.
>>>> 
>>>> I think it is happening.
>>> 
>>> I don’t see it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I think we could learn from the logo discussion that lead to a process
>> that will support a decision
>>>> Making a case video with a big brand is a lot more complicated than a
>> new sofa in the logo, since they are serious about their external comms, so
>> at this list we would need progress on in our abilities to discuss processes
>>> 
>>> I think we should start with goals, not with “we should have a flashy
>> video series“.
>>> 
>>> 1. Goals
>>> 
>>> - What do we want to convey?
>>> - …and to whom?
>>> - How does this benefit CouchDB?
>>>  - internal and external (e.g. attracting committers vs. boosting
>> CouchDB’s profile)
>>>  - what value add exists for people/companies that we’d engage (in
>> which ever way)
>>>  - what is the value add for the target audience (do deciders watch 1
>> hour documentary, or do developers care that we are used by Apple somewhere
>> etc.)
>>> 
>>> 2. Approaches
>>> 
>>> - for each goal, we should, before we start anything, decide:
>>>  - what tech to use (text, video, audio, slides, animation etc.) given
>> the target audience
>>>  - how to tell a particular story given the target audience
>>>  - which partners to interview (and how to convince them)
>>>  - how much effort it is and who can work on it
>>>  - how we do PR for a particular instalment (just dumping a video on
>> YouTube does not a success make, managing PR is not trivial)
>>> 
>>> None of this must be absolutely in depth, but once we have a list of
>> things we want to get out and a list of ways to get them out, we can sort
>> the latter list by what we can actually achieve as a group with the people
>> we have and anyone we can recruit. We need to be clear about these things
>> *before* we consider spending lots of time and maybe money on any one thing.
>>> 
>>> Here’s a start:
>>> 
>>> 1.
>>> 
>>> Message: big names trust Apache CouchDB
>>> Target Audience: deciders (including developers, who make tech choices)
>>> Approach: big name logos on website
>>> Story: not much, just use flashy logos
>>> Effort: small / medium (lots of emailing and getting PR/legal clearance
>> from companies)
>>> PR Effort: medium (should include a bunch of tweets at least)
>>> Who could do this: anyone who has the time to write emails and somewhat
>> understands corporate priorities and sensibilities.
>>> Possibile follow-up work: prepare presenter slides that people who give
>> CouchDB talks add to their slide deck to brag about CouchDB’s success.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2.
>>> 
>>> Message: Apache CouchDB is good for <mobile sync|big data|ease of
>> development|…>
>>> Target Audience: developers & deciders
>>> Story: CouchDB is good at X, here is a case study
>>> Approach: Case-Study section of our website
>>> Effort: medium (needs prep work for a bit of a questionnaire and then
>> reach out to CouchDB users who can fill it out, we take the results and
>> produce a case-study)
>>> Who could do this: Prep work: someone who knows how to ask good, broad
>> questions that allow specific answers. Write-up: someone who’s good at
>> writing things up (duh :)
>>> PR Effort: medium (tweets, blog/G+ posts etc)
>>> Possible follow-up work: really interesting case studies could be used
>> to make press releases (c.f. “Apache CouchDB helped find the Higgs-Boson”)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 3.
>>> 
>>> Message: Apache CouchDB is developer friendly
>>> Target Audience: developers
>>> Story: Depends on interviewee.
>>> Approach: Interview series on the blog
>>> Effort: ...
>>> PR Effort: ...
>>> Follow-up: ...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 4.
>>> 
>>> Message: Apache CouchDB is a great developer community, you should join
>>> Target Audience: developers
>>> Story: Depends on interviewee.
>>> Approach: Interview series on the blog
>>> Effort: ...
>>> PR Effort: ...
>>> Follow-up: ...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> And so on...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * * *
>>> 
>>> PMC hat:
>>> 
>>> In addition, I’d like you, Johs, to consider the feedback you have
>> gotten so far on the video idea. If you ask for feedback on ideas, I’d
>> appreciate, if you’d address it:
>>> 
>>> - way too much effort for our group of volunteers
>>> - no sponsor to foot any bills
>>> - not great from an accessibility point of view
>>> - not great from a getting partners-to-do-this-with-in-the-frist-place
>> point of view
>>> - there are many more things that we can do more easily and with the
>> resources we have so why try to boil the ocean?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * * *
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> Jan
>>> --
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
>>>> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint
>> from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
>>>> Develop story ideas
>>>> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal
>> relationships that form the first bases of trust
>>>> Make an interview
>>>> Develop the story
>>>> Get it approved (text)
>>>> Agree on where/how to publish it
>>>> Adapt it for relevant formats/channels
>>>> 
>>>> 1-2 is happening already
>>>> If you get a really good opportunity at 4) you to video if allowed
>>>> 
>>>> Jan,
>>>> 
>>>> For low-hanging fruit, you could branch out after point 3 and decide to
>> just publish a story without any reference/endorsement.
>>>> The only thing to care about then is to ask
>>>> Is it true?
>>>> Is it true that CouchDB has a role in the IMB/Apple cooperation
>> agreement?
>>>> Is it true that the BBC is using CouchDB to …..?
>>>> Is it true that the CERN is using CouchDB to …..?
>>>> 
>>>> The low-hanging branch could go like this
>>>> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
>>>> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint
>> from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
>>>> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal
>> relationships, this time to get a inside source
>>>> Check facts, verify them with two sources, quotes if possible
>>>> Develop a story
>>>> Publish on CouchDB web site
>>>> 
>>>> The problem with this approach is the channel.
>>>> Here my advice is to go for a story that works like rumour, a bit hot
>> and for insiders to share with the next layer of insiders until it reach
>> the outsiders.
>>>> j
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:36, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:20, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <mailto:
>> johs@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jan,
>>>>>>> I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots
>> and interviews.
>>>>>> I do
>>>>>> Dont underestimate the “us” of this list
>>>>> 
>>>>> I’m not trying to. If anyone says they are willing to spend a week or
>> so travelling to Geneva and London and a few more weeks on pre- and
>> post-production for the benefit of CouchDB, I’ll be their biggest
>> supporter. I’m just suggesting that I haven’t seen anyone here (yet) and
>> that with the resources I know about, we can do something very low-key that
>> can get us a looong way.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just having a list of “these big names are using CouchDB” on the
>> website would be terrific, and, while not trivial, be A LOT easier than
>> producing high-quality video.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Having “here is what a few of those big names are doing with CouchDB
>> and how they like it / why they chose it” case-studies is the next level up
>> from there and that’s *still* going to be a lot less work etc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I’m just worried we are getting excited about high hanging fruit while
>> starving and ignoring the low-hanging ones.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Again, I’ll support anyone who is going all out on kick-ass CouchDB
>> end-user videos. I just also want to make sure we do something with the
>> other resources we have to get something tangible going with less effort
>> and maybe even faster.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Jan
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alexander,
>>>>>> great list, I am focusing on what I see as business cases for CouchDB
>> (Apple is a different animal)
>>>>>> - BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
>> speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
>> speakers/endafarrell> <http://www.erlang-factory.
>> com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.
>> com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell>>
>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <
>> http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb> <
>> http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/
>> 26/lhc-couchdb>>
>>>>>> all I need to develop a story idea of someone has a warm contact that
>> is interesting in doing the interview and hopefully pull in some colleague
>>>>>> j
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <mailto:
>> jan@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude
>> more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started,
>> unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest
>> that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional
>> video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a
>> camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all
>> for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to
>> start with text.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>> Jan
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <mailto:
>> johs@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jan,
>>>>>>>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set
>> the target at
>>>>>>>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video
>> being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
>>>>>>>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is
>> story and coordination of approval.
>>>>>>>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video
>> release.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Noah,
>>>>>>>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the
>> way to go
>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4> <https://www.youtube.com/
>> watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>>
>>>>>>>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several
>> people that
>>>>>>>> are part of the decision making process.
>>>>>>>> - head of production
>>>>>>>> - technology controller
>>>>>>>> - editor
>>>>>>>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech
>> selection.
>>>>>>>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B,
>> especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> j
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <mailto:
>> jan@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <mailto:
>> johs@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>>>>>>>>> My “open” approach is
>>>>>>>>>> - story idea first
>>>>>>>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go
>> public (comms dept)
>>>>>>>>>> - interview on video
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis
>> for a written version?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>>>> Jan
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> - article writeup and approval
>>>>>>>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>>>>>>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>>>>>>>>> j
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org
>> <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or
>> case
>>>>>>>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with
>> a list of
>>>>>>>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all
>> approach.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <mailto:
>> andy@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of
>> the CouchDB
>>>>>>>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big
>> players in
>>>>>>>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for
>> people at
>>>>>>>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>>>>>>>> BBC
>>>>>>>>>>>> CERN
>>>>>>>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>>>>>>>>> Drupal
>>>>>>>>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>>>>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>>>>>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects
>> use CouchDB.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice
>> how to find
>>>>>>>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kxepal@gmail.com <mailto:
>> kxepal@gmail.com>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>>>>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org <mailto:marketing@couchdb.
>> apache.org>" <marketing@couchdb.apache.org <mailto:marketing@couchdb.
>> apache.org>>, Andreas
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de
>> <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>>>>>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
>> speakers/endafarrell
>>>>>>>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience
>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them
>> some
>>>>>>>>>>>> more questions about
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>>>>>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just
>> replication
>>>>>>>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-
>> solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML
>> and may
>>>>>>>>>>>> know something
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think,
>> there is
>>>>>>>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract
>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving
>> much
>>>>>>>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you
>> likes.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia
>> may be
>>>>>>>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>>>>>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3
>> 9588
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
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>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/>
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> 
>> 

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Re: CouchDB users interview

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

Wow! There's so much great stuff going on in this thread. Thank you so much
everybody!

Just wanted to say a few things:

- I support Jan's iterative idea. Let's get the basics done and build up
from there (building our relationships with third-parties as we do so)

- There's an outside chance that we can get funding for the production of
one professional quality video for our homepage. One. That's important, and
I expect it means it will have to be a very general video, perhaps serving
multiple purposes. I'll chase up on that now

- Myself or Jan have contacts at SoundCloud, ftr

On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 23:36 Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I like Jan's idea of smaller sub-projects: I have a pretty rough
> schedule right now. but I could help to collect logos for the website.
>
> I am open for all other ideas and can ask my contacts for interviews
> that can result in whitepapers, interviews, case studies or even
> videos - as long as there is someone who takes care of that in 100%
> from the beginning to the end.
>
> Please contact me if you would like to lead a case study, whitepaper
> or interview. I am happy to help!
>
>
> For the video idea that would also mean professional equipment & cut
> (at least for my quality standards), and additionally I am unsure if
> my contacts are willing to provide video content. Nevertheless I am
> happy to help regarding contacts if someone has the time and money and
> definitely wants to push that topic. Please also contact me!
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> > tl;dr: I’m not stopping anyone from proceeding with this. I just want to
> make sure that we don’t end up with a high-profile proposal that nobody in
> this community can act on and that wastes our precious time that could be
> used for more productive things.
> >
> >
> > marketing@ hat:
> >
> >> On 28 Mar 2015, at 19:11, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Lena, when you say
> >>> When developing a strategy + approach for this, it would be good imo
> to elaborate which different ways we can take to achieve what the general
> purpose of this is.
> >>
> >> I think it is happening.
> >
> > I don’t see it.
> >
> >
> >> I think we could learn from the logo discussion that lead to a process
> that will support a decision
> >> Making a case video with a big brand is a lot more complicated than a
> new sofa in the logo, since they are serious about their external comms, so
> at this list we would need progress on in our abilities to discuss processes
> >
> > I think we should start with goals, not with “we should have a flashy
> video series“.
> >
> > 1. Goals
> >
> >  - What do we want to convey?
> >  - …and to whom?
> >  - How does this benefit CouchDB?
> >   - internal and external (e.g. attracting committers vs. boosting
> CouchDB’s profile)
> >   - what value add exists for people/companies that we’d engage (in
> which ever way)
> >   - what is the value add for the target audience (do deciders watch 1
> hour documentary, or do developers care that we are used by Apple somewhere
> etc.)
> >
> > 2. Approaches
> >
> >  - for each goal, we should, before we start anything, decide:
> >   - what tech to use (text, video, audio, slides, animation etc.) given
> the target audience
> >   - how to tell a particular story given the target audience
> >   - which partners to interview (and how to convince them)
> >   - how much effort it is and who can work on it
> >   - how we do PR for a particular instalment (just dumping a video on
> YouTube does not a success make, managing PR is not trivial)
> >
> > None of this must be absolutely in depth, but once we have a list of
> things we want to get out and a list of ways to get them out, we can sort
> the latter list by what we can actually achieve as a group with the people
> we have and anyone we can recruit. We need to be clear about these things
> *before* we consider spending lots of time and maybe money on any one thing.
> >
> > Here’s a start:
> >
> > 1.
> >
> > Message: big names trust Apache CouchDB
> > Target Audience: deciders (including developers, who make tech choices)
> > Approach: big name logos on website
> > Story: not much, just use flashy logos
> > Effort: small / medium (lots of emailing and getting PR/legal clearance
> from companies)
> > PR Effort: medium (should include a bunch of tweets at least)
> > Who could do this: anyone who has the time to write emails and somewhat
> understands corporate priorities and sensibilities.
> > Possibile follow-up work: prepare presenter slides that people who give
> CouchDB talks add to their slide deck to brag about CouchDB’s success.
> >
> >
> > 2.
> >
> > Message: Apache CouchDB is good for <mobile sync|big data|ease of
> development|…>
> > Target Audience: developers & deciders
> > Story: CouchDB is good at X, here is a case study
> > Approach: Case-Study section of our website
> > Effort: medium (needs prep work for a bit of a questionnaire and then
> reach out to CouchDB users who can fill it out, we take the results and
> produce a case-study)
> > Who could do this: Prep work: someone who knows how to ask good, broad
> questions that allow specific answers. Write-up: someone who’s good at
> writing things up (duh :)
> > PR Effort: medium (tweets, blog/G+ posts etc)
> > Possible follow-up work: really interesting case studies could be used
> to make press releases (c.f. “Apache CouchDB helped find the Higgs-Boson”)
> >
> >
> > 3.
> >
> > Message: Apache CouchDB is developer friendly
> > Target Audience: developers
> > Story: Depends on interviewee.
> > Approach: Interview series on the blog
> > Effort: ...
> > PR Effort: ...
> > Follow-up: ...
> >
> >
> > 4.
> >
> > Message: Apache CouchDB is a great developer community, you should join
> > Target Audience: developers
> > Story: Depends on interviewee.
> > Approach: Interview series on the blog
> > Effort: ...
> > PR Effort: ...
> > Follow-up: ...
> >
> >
> > And so on...
> >
> >
> > * * *
> >
> > PMC hat:
> >
> > In addition, I’d like you, Johs, to consider the feedback you have
> gotten so far on the video idea. If you ask for feedback on ideas, I’d
> appreciate, if you’d address it:
> >
> >  - way too much effort for our group of volunteers
> >  - no sponsor to foot any bills
> >  - not great from an accessibility point of view
> >  - not great from a getting partners-to-do-this-with-in-the-frist-place
> point of view
> >  - there are many more things that we can do more easily and with the
> resources we have so why try to boil the ocean?
> >
> >
> > * * *
> >
> > Best
> > Jan
> > --
> >
> >
> >>
> >> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
> >> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint
> from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
> >> Develop story ideas
> >> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal
> relationships that form the first bases of trust
> >> Make an interview
> >> Develop the story
> >> Get it approved (text)
> >> Agree on where/how to publish it
> >> Adapt it for relevant formats/channels
> >>
> >> 1-2 is happening already
> >> If you get a really good opportunity at 4) you to video if allowed
> >>
> >> Jan,
> >>
> >> For low-hanging fruit, you could branch out after point 3 and decide to
> just publish a story without any reference/endorsement.
> >> The only thing to care about then is to ask
> >> Is it true?
> >> Is it true that CouchDB has a role in the IMB/Apple cooperation
> agreement?
> >> Is it true that the BBC is using CouchDB to …..?
> >> Is it true that the CERN is using CouchDB to …..?
> >>
> >> The low-hanging branch could go like this
> >> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
> >> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint
> from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
> >> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal
> relationships, this time to get a inside source
> >> Check facts, verify them with two sources, quotes if possible
> >> Develop a story
> >> Publish on CouchDB web site
> >>
> >> The problem with this approach is the channel.
> >> Here my advice is to go for a story that works like rumour, a bit hot
> and for insiders to share with the next layer of insiders until it reach
> the outsiders.
> >> j
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:36, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:20, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <mailto:
> johs@b2w.com>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Jan,
> >>>>> I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots
> and interviews.
> >>>> I do
> >>>> Dont underestimate the “us” of this list
> >>>
> >>> I’m not trying to. If anyone says they are willing to spend a week or
> so travelling to Geneva and London and a few more weeks on pre- and
> post-production for the benefit of CouchDB, I’ll be their biggest
> supporter. I’m just suggesting that I haven’t seen anyone here (yet) and
> that with the resources I know about, we can do something very low-key that
> can get us a looong way.
> >>>
> >>> Just having a list of “these big names are using CouchDB” on the
> website would be terrific, and, while not trivial, be A LOT easier than
> producing high-quality video.
> >>>
> >>> Having “here is what a few of those big names are doing with CouchDB
> and how they like it / why they chose it” case-studies is the next level up
> from there and that’s *still* going to be a lot less work etc.
> >>>
> >>> I’m just worried we are getting excited about high hanging fruit while
> starving and ignoring the low-hanging ones.
> >>>
> >>> Again, I’ll support anyone who is going all out on kick-ass CouchDB
> end-user videos. I just also want to make sure we do something with the
> other resources we have to get something tangible going with less effort
> and maybe even faster.
> >>>
> >>> Best
> >>> Jan
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Alexander,
> >>>> great list, I am focusing on what I see as business cases for CouchDB
> (Apple is a different animal)
> >>>> - BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
> speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
> speakers/endafarrell> <http://www.erlang-factory.
> com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.
> com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell>>
> >>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <
> http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb> <
> http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/
> 26/lhc-couchdb>>
> >>>> all I need to develop a story idea of someone has a warm contact that
> is interesting in doing the interview and hopefully pull in some colleague
> >>>> j
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <mailto:
> jan@apache.org>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude
> more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started,
> unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest
> that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional
> video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a
> camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all
> for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to
> start with text.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best
> >>>>> Jan
> >>>>> --
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <mailto:
> johs@b2w.com>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Jan,
> >>>>>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set
> the target at
> >>>>>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video
> being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
> >>>>>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is
> story and coordination of approval.
> >>>>>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video
> release.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Noah,
> >>>>>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the
> way to go
> >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4> <https://www.youtube.com/
> watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>>
> >>>>>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several
> people that
> >>>>>> are part of the decision making process.
> >>>>>> - head of production
> >>>>>> - technology controller
> >>>>>> - editor
> >>>>>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech
> selection.
> >>>>>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B,
> especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> j
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <mailto:
> jan@apache.org>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <mailto:
> johs@b2w.com>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
> >>>>>>>> My “open” approach is
> >>>>>>>> - story idea first
> >>>>>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go
> public (comms dept)
> >>>>>>>> - interview on video
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis
> for a written version?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Best
> >>>>>>> Jan
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> - article writeup and approval
> >>>>>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
> >>>>>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
> >>>>>>>> j
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org
> <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or
> case
> >>>>>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with
> a list of
> >>>>>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all
> approach.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <mailto:
> andy@nms.de>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Dear Sally,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of
> the CouchDB
> >>>>>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big
> players in
> >>>>>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for
> people at
> >>>>>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Apple
> >>>>>>>>>> BBC
> >>>>>>>>>> CERN
> >>>>>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
> >>>>>>>>>> Drupal
> >>>>>>>>>> Soundcloud
> >>>>>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
> >>>>>>>>>> Apache Cordova
> >>>>>>>>>> Microsoft
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects
> use CouchDB.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice
> how to find
> >>>>>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Warm regards
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Andy
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>>>>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kxepal@gmail.com <mailto:
> kxepal@gmail.com>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
> >>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
> >>>>>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org <mailto:marketing@couchdb.
> apache.org>" <marketing@couchdb.apache.org <mailto:marketing@couchdb.
> apache.org>>, Andreas
> >>>>>>>>>> Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de
> <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> From my point of view:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
> >>>>>>>>>> - BBC:
> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
> speakers/endafarrell
> >>>>>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience
> with
> >>>>>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them
> some
> >>>>>>>>>> more questions about
> >>>>>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
> >>>>>>>>>> replication protocol
> >>>>>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just
> replication
> >>>>>>>>>> protocol
> >>>>>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-
> solutions.com/couchdb/
> >>>>>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
> >>>>>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
> >>>>>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML
> and may
> >>>>>>>>>> know something
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think,
> there is
> >>>>>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract
> the
> >>>>>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving
> much
> >>>>>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you
> likes.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia
> may be
> >>>>>>>>>> helpful.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>>> Andy Wenk
> >>>>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
> >>>>>>>>>> RockIt!
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3
> 9588
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> >>>>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> >>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> >>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ <
> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/>
> >
> > --
> > Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> > http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
> >
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Robert Kowalski <ro...@kowalski.gd>]

Hi list,

I like Jan's idea of smaller sub-projects: I have a pretty rough
schedule right now. but I could help to collect logos for the website.

I am open for all other ideas and can ask my contacts for interviews
that can result in whitepapers, interviews, case studies or even
videos - as long as there is someone who takes care of that in 100%
from the beginning to the end.

Please contact me if you would like to lead a case study, whitepaper
or interview. I am happy to help!


For the video idea that would also mean professional equipment & cut
(at least for my quality standards), and additionally I am unsure if
my contacts are willing to provide video content. Nevertheless I am
happy to help regarding contacts if someone has the time and money and
definitely wants to push that topic. Please also contact me!

Best,
Robert

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> tl;dr: I’m not stopping anyone from proceeding with this. I just want to make sure that we don’t end up with a high-profile proposal that nobody in this community can act on and that wastes our precious time that could be used for more productive things.
>
>
> marketing@ hat:
>
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 19:11, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>
>> Lena, when you say
>>> When developing a strategy + approach for this, it would be good imo to elaborate which different ways we can take to achieve what the general purpose of this is.
>>
>> I think it is happening.
>
> I don’t see it.
>
>
>> I think we could learn from the logo discussion that lead to a process that will support a decision
>> Making a case video with a big brand is a lot more complicated than a new sofa in the logo, since they are serious about their external comms, so at this list we would need progress on in our abilities to discuss processes
>
> I think we should start with goals, not with “we should have a flashy video series“.
>
> 1. Goals
>
>  - What do we want to convey?
>  - …and to whom?
>  - How does this benefit CouchDB?
>   - internal and external (e.g. attracting committers vs. boosting CouchDB’s profile)
>   - what value add exists for people/companies that we’d engage (in which ever way)
>   - what is the value add for the target audience (do deciders watch 1 hour documentary, or do developers care that we are used by Apple somewhere etc.)
>
> 2. Approaches
>
>  - for each goal, we should, before we start anything, decide:
>   - what tech to use (text, video, audio, slides, animation etc.) given the target audience
>   - how to tell a particular story given the target audience
>   - which partners to interview (and how to convince them)
>   - how much effort it is and who can work on it
>   - how we do PR for a particular instalment (just dumping a video on YouTube does not a success make, managing PR is not trivial)
>
> None of this must be absolutely in depth, but once we have a list of things we want to get out and a list of ways to get them out, we can sort the latter list by what we can actually achieve as a group with the people we have and anyone we can recruit. We need to be clear about these things *before* we consider spending lots of time and maybe money on any one thing.
>
> Here’s a start:
>
> 1.
>
> Message: big names trust Apache CouchDB
> Target Audience: deciders (including developers, who make tech choices)
> Approach: big name logos on website
> Story: not much, just use flashy logos
> Effort: small / medium (lots of emailing and getting PR/legal clearance from companies)
> PR Effort: medium (should include a bunch of tweets at least)
> Who could do this: anyone who has the time to write emails and somewhat understands corporate priorities and sensibilities.
> Possibile follow-up work: prepare presenter slides that people who give CouchDB talks add to their slide deck to brag about CouchDB’s success.
>
>
> 2.
>
> Message: Apache CouchDB is good for <mobile sync|big data|ease of development|…>
> Target Audience: developers & deciders
> Story: CouchDB is good at X, here is a case study
> Approach: Case-Study section of our website
> Effort: medium (needs prep work for a bit of a questionnaire and then reach out to CouchDB users who can fill it out, we take the results and produce a case-study)
> Who could do this: Prep work: someone who knows how to ask good, broad questions that allow specific answers. Write-up: someone who’s good at writing things up (duh :)
> PR Effort: medium (tweets, blog/G+ posts etc)
> Possible follow-up work: really interesting case studies could be used to make press releases (c.f. “Apache CouchDB helped find the Higgs-Boson”)
>
>
> 3.
>
> Message: Apache CouchDB is developer friendly
> Target Audience: developers
> Story: Depends on interviewee.
> Approach: Interview series on the blog
> Effort: ...
> PR Effort: ...
> Follow-up: ...
>
>
> 4.
>
> Message: Apache CouchDB is a great developer community, you should join
> Target Audience: developers
> Story: Depends on interviewee.
> Approach: Interview series on the blog
> Effort: ...
> PR Effort: ...
> Follow-up: ...
>
>
> And so on...
>
>
> * * *
>
> PMC hat:
>
> In addition, I’d like you, Johs, to consider the feedback you have gotten so far on the video idea. If you ask for feedback on ideas, I’d appreciate, if you’d address it:
>
>  - way too much effort for our group of volunteers
>  - no sponsor to foot any bills
>  - not great from an accessibility point of view
>  - not great from a getting partners-to-do-this-with-in-the-frist-place point of view
>  - there are many more things that we can do more easily and with the resources we have so why try to boil the ocean?
>
>
> * * *
>
> Best
> Jan
> --
>
>
>>
>> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
>> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
>> Develop story ideas
>> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal relationships that form the first bases of trust
>> Make an interview
>> Develop the story
>> Get it approved (text)
>> Agree on where/how to publish it
>> Adapt it for relevant formats/channels
>>
>> 1-2 is happening already
>> If you get a really good opportunity at 4) you to video if allowed
>>
>> Jan,
>>
>> For low-hanging fruit, you could branch out after point 3 and decide to just publish a story without any reference/endorsement.
>> The only thing to care about then is to ask
>> Is it true?
>> Is it true that CouchDB has a role in the IMB/Apple cooperation agreement?
>> Is it true that the BBC is using CouchDB to …..?
>> Is it true that the CERN is using CouchDB to …..?
>>
>> The low-hanging branch could go like this
>> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
>> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
>> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal relationships, this time to get a inside source
>> Check facts, verify them with two sources, quotes if possible
>> Develop a story
>> Publish on CouchDB web site
>>
>> The problem with this approach is the channel.
>> Here my advice is to go for a story that works like rumour, a bit hot and for insiders to share with the next layer of insiders until it reach the outsiders.
>> j
>>
>>
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:36, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:20, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Jan,
>>>>> I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>>>> I do
>>>> Dont underestimate the “us” of this list
>>>
>>> I’m not trying to. If anyone says they are willing to spend a week or so travelling to Geneva and London and a few more weeks on pre- and post-production for the benefit of CouchDB, I’ll be their biggest supporter. I’m just suggesting that I haven’t seen anyone here (yet) and that with the resources I know about, we can do something very low-key that can get us a looong way.
>>>
>>> Just having a list of “these big names are using CouchDB” on the website would be terrific, and, while not trivial, be A LOT easier than producing high-quality video.
>>>
>>> Having “here is what a few of those big names are doing with CouchDB and how they like it / why they chose it” case-studies is the next level up from there and that’s *still* going to be a lot less work etc.
>>>
>>> I’m just worried we are getting excited about high hanging fruit while starving and ignoring the low-hanging ones.
>>>
>>> Again, I’ll support anyone who is going all out on kick-ass CouchDB end-user videos. I just also want to make sure we do something with the other resources we have to get something tangible going with less effort and maybe even faster.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Jan
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alexander,
>>>> great list, I am focusing on what I see as business cases for CouchDB (Apple is a different animal)
>>>> - BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell> <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell>>
>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb> <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb>>
>>>> all I need to develop a story idea of someone has a warm contact that is interesting in doing the interview and hopefully pull in some colleague
>>>> j
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started, unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to start with text.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Jan
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jan,
>>>>>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
>>>>>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
>>>>>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
>>>>>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Noah,
>>>>>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>>
>>>>>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
>>>>>> are part of the decision making process.
>>>>>> - head of production
>>>>>> - technology controller
>>>>>> - editor
>>>>>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
>>>>>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> j
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>>>>>>> My “open” approach is
>>>>>>>> - story idea first
>>>>>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>>>>>>>> - interview on video
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>> Jan
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - article writeup and approval
>>>>>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>>>>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>>>>>>> j
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>>>>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>>>>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>>>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>>>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>>>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>>>>>> BBC
>>>>>>>>>> CERN
>>>>>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>>>>>>> Drupal
>>>>>>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>>>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>>>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kxepal@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com>>
>>>>>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>" <marketing@couchdb.apache.org <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>>, Andreas
>>>>>>>>>> Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>>>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>>>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>>>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>>>>>>>> more questions about
>>>>>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>>>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>>>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>>>>>>>> know something
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>>>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>>>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>>>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>>>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>>>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ <http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/>
>
> --
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> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

tl;dr: I’m not stopping anyone from proceeding with this. I just want to make sure that we don’t end up with a high-profile proposal that nobody in this community can act on and that wastes our precious time that could be used for more productive things.


marketing@ hat:

> On 28 Mar 2015, at 19:11, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> 
> Lena, when you say
>> When developing a strategy + approach for this, it would be good imo to elaborate which different ways we can take to achieve what the general purpose of this is.
> 
> I think it is happening.

I don’t see it.


> I think we could learn from the logo discussion that lead to a process that will support a decision
> Making a case video with a big brand is a lot more complicated than a new sofa in the logo, since they are serious about their external comms, so at this list we would need progress on in our abilities to discuss processes

I think we should start with goals, not with “we should have a flashy video series“.

1. Goals

 - What do we want to convey?
 - …and to whom?
 - How does this benefit CouchDB?
  - internal and external (e.g. attracting committers vs. boosting CouchDB’s profile)
  - what value add exists for people/companies that we’d engage (in which ever way)
  - what is the value add for the target audience (do deciders watch 1 hour documentary, or do developers care that we are used by Apple somewhere etc.)

2. Approaches

 - for each goal, we should, before we start anything, decide:
  - what tech to use (text, video, audio, slides, animation etc.) given the target audience
  - how to tell a particular story given the target audience
  - which partners to interview (and how to convince them)
  - how much effort it is and who can work on it
  - how we do PR for a particular instalment (just dumping a video on YouTube does not a success make, managing PR is not trivial)

None of this must be absolutely in depth, but once we have a list of things we want to get out and a list of ways to get them out, we can sort the latter list by what we can actually achieve as a group with the people we have and anyone we can recruit. We need to be clear about these things *before* we consider spending lots of time and maybe money on any one thing.

Here’s a start:

1.

Message: big names trust Apache CouchDB
Target Audience: deciders (including developers, who make tech choices)
Approach: big name logos on website
Story: not much, just use flashy logos
Effort: small / medium (lots of emailing and getting PR/legal clearance from companies)
PR Effort: medium (should include a bunch of tweets at least)
Who could do this: anyone who has the time to write emails and somewhat understands corporate priorities and sensibilities.
Possibile follow-up work: prepare presenter slides that people who give CouchDB talks add to their slide deck to brag about CouchDB’s success.


2.

Message: Apache CouchDB is good for <mobile sync|big data|ease of development|…>
Target Audience: developers & deciders
Story: CouchDB is good at X, here is a case study
Approach: Case-Study section of our website
Effort: medium (needs prep work for a bit of a questionnaire and then reach out to CouchDB users who can fill it out, we take the results and produce a case-study)
Who could do this: Prep work: someone who knows how to ask good, broad questions that allow specific answers. Write-up: someone who’s good at writing things up (duh :)
PR Effort: medium (tweets, blog/G+ posts etc)
Possible follow-up work: really interesting case studies could be used to make press releases (c.f. “Apache CouchDB helped find the Higgs-Boson”)


3.

Message: Apache CouchDB is developer friendly
Target Audience: developers
Story: Depends on interviewee.
Approach: Interview series on the blog
Effort: ...
PR Effort: ...
Follow-up: ...


4.

Message: Apache CouchDB is a great developer community, you should join
Target Audience: developers
Story: Depends on interviewee.
Approach: Interview series on the blog
Effort: ...
PR Effort: ...
Follow-up: ...


And so on...


* * *

PMC hat:

In addition, I’d like you, Johs, to consider the feedback you have gotten so far on the video idea. If you ask for feedback on ideas, I’d appreciate, if you’d address it:

 - way too much effort for our group of volunteers
 - no sponsor to foot any bills
 - not great from an accessibility point of view
 - not great from a getting partners-to-do-this-with-in-the-frist-place point of view
 - there are many more things that we can do more easily and with the resources we have so why try to boil the ocean?


* * *

Best
Jan
--


> 
> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
> Develop story ideas
> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal relationships that form the first bases of trust
> Make an interview
> Develop the story
> Get it approved (text)
> Agree on where/how to publish it
> Adapt it for relevant formats/channels
> 
> 1-2 is happening already
> If you get a really good opportunity at 4) you to video if allowed
> 
> Jan,
> 
> For low-hanging fruit, you could branch out after point 3 and decide to just publish a story without any reference/endorsement.
> The only thing to care about then is to ask
> Is it true?
> Is it true that CouchDB has a role in the IMB/Apple cooperation agreement?
> Is it true that the BBC is using CouchDB to …..?
> Is it true that the CERN is using CouchDB to …..?
> 
> The low-hanging branch could go like this
> List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
> List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
> Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal relationships, this time to get a inside source
> Check facts, verify them with two sources, quotes if possible
> Develop a story
> Publish on CouchDB web site
> 
> The problem with this approach is the channel.
> Here my advice is to go for a story that works like rumour, a bit hot and for insiders to share with the next layer of insiders until it reach the outsiders.
> j
> 
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:36, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:20, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jan,
>>>> I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>>> I do
>>> Dont underestimate the “us” of this list
>> 
>> I’m not trying to. If anyone says they are willing to spend a week or so travelling to Geneva and London and a few more weeks on pre- and post-production for the benefit of CouchDB, I’ll be their biggest supporter. I’m just suggesting that I haven’t seen anyone here (yet) and that with the resources I know about, we can do something very low-key that can get us a looong way.
>> 
>> Just having a list of “these big names are using CouchDB” on the website would be terrific, and, while not trivial, be A LOT easier than producing high-quality video.
>> 
>> Having “here is what a few of those big names are doing with CouchDB and how they like it / why they chose it” case-studies is the next level up from there and that’s *still* going to be a lot less work etc.
>> 
>> I’m just worried we are getting excited about high hanging fruit while starving and ignoring the low-hanging ones.
>> 
>> Again, I’ll support anyone who is going all out on kick-ass CouchDB end-user videos. I just also want to make sure we do something with the other resources we have to get something tangible going with less effort and maybe even faster.
>> 
>> Best
>> Jan
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Alexander,
>>> great list, I am focusing on what I see as business cases for CouchDB (Apple is a different animal)
>>> - BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell> <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell>>
>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb> <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb>>
>>> all I need to develop a story idea of someone has a warm contact that is interesting in doing the interview and hopefully pull in some colleague
>>> j
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started, unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
>>>> 
>>>> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>>>> 
>>>> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to start with text.
>>>> 
>>>> Best
>>>> Jan
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jan,
>>>>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
>>>>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
>>>>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
>>>>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Noah,
>>>>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>>
>>>>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
>>>>> are part of the decision making process.
>>>>> - head of production
>>>>> - technology controller
>>>>> - editor
>>>>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
>>>>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
>>>>> 
>>>>> j
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>>>>>> My “open” approach is
>>>>>>> - story idea first
>>>>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>>>>>>> - interview on video
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>> Jan
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - article writeup and approval
>>>>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>>>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>>>>>> j
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>>>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>>>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>>>>> BBC
>>>>>>>>> CERN
>>>>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>>>>>> Drupal
>>>>>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kxepal@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com>>
>>>>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>" <marketing@couchdb.apache.org <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>>, Andreas
>>>>>>>>> Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>>>>>>> more questions about
>>>>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>>>>>>> know something
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ <http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/>

-- 
Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

Lena, when you say
> When developing a strategy + approach for this, it would be good imo to elaborate which different ways we can take to achieve what the general purpose of this is.

I think it is happening.

I think we could learn from the logo discussion that lead to a process that will support a decision
Making a case video with a big brand is a lot more complicated than a new sofa in the logo, since they are serious about their external comms, so at this list we would need progress on in our abilities to discuss processes

List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
Develop story ideas
Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal relationships that form the first bases of trust
Make an interview
Develop the story
Get it approved (text)
Agree on where/how to publish it
Adapt it for relevant formats/channels

1-2 is happening already
If you get a really good opportunity at 4) you to video if allowed

Jan,

For low-hanging fruit, you could branch out after point 3 and decide to just publish a story without any reference/endorsement.
The only thing to care about then is to ask
Is it true?
Is it true that CouchDB has a role in the IMB/Apple cooperation agreement?
Is it true that the BBC is using CouchDB to …..?
Is it true that the CERN is using CouchDB to …..?

The low-hanging branch could go like this
List of big brands that use CouchDB for impressive things
List of material already published for this (like some ugly powerpoint from ta talk at a conference, far from approved by any big brand comms dept)
Run a "Who knows somebody” to id a possible contact based on a personal relationships, this time to get a inside source
Check facts, verify them with two sources, quotes if possible
Develop a story
Publish on CouchDB web site

The problem with this approach is the channel.
Here my advice is to go for a story that works like rumour, a bit hot and for insiders to share with the next layer of insiders until it reach the outsiders.
j


> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:36, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:20, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Jan,
>>> I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>> I do
>> Dont underestimate the “us” of this list
> 
> I’m not trying to. If anyone says they are willing to spend a week or so travelling to Geneva and London and a few more weeks on pre- and post-production for the benefit of CouchDB, I’ll be their biggest supporter. I’m just suggesting that I haven’t seen anyone here (yet) and that with the resources I know about, we can do something very low-key that can get us a looong way.
> 
> Just having a list of “these big names are using CouchDB” on the website would be terrific, and, while not trivial, be A LOT easier than producing high-quality video.
> 
> Having “here is what a few of those big names are doing with CouchDB and how they like it / why they chose it” case-studies is the next level up from there and that’s *still* going to be a lot less work etc.
> 
> I’m just worried we are getting excited about high hanging fruit while starving and ignoring the low-hanging ones.
> 
> Again, I’ll support anyone who is going all out on kick-ass CouchDB end-user videos. I just also want to make sure we do something with the other resources we have to get something tangible going with less effort and maybe even faster.
> 
> Best
> Jan
> --
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Alexander,
>> great list, I am focusing on what I see as business cases for CouchDB (Apple is a different animal)
>> - BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell> <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell>>
>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb> <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb>>
>> all I need to develop a story idea of someone has a warm contact that is interesting in doing the interview and hopefully pull in some colleague
>> j
>> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started, unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
>>> 
>>> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>>> 
>>> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to start with text.
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> Jan
>>> --
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Jan,
>>>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
>>>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
>>>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
>>>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.
>>>> 
>>>> Noah,
>>>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>>
>>>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
>>>> are part of the decision making process.
>>>> - head of production
>>>> - technology controller
>>>> - editor
>>>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
>>>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
>>>> 
>>>> j
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <johs@b2w.com <ma...@b2w.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>>>>> My “open” approach is
>>>>>> - story idea first
>>>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>>>>>> - interview on video
>>>>> 
>>>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Jan
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> - article writeup and approval
>>>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>>>>> j
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>>>> BBC
>>>>>>>> CERN
>>>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>>>>> Drupal
>>>>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kxepal@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com>>
>>>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>" <marketing@couchdb.apache.org <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>>, Andreas
>>>>>>>> Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de <ma...@nms.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>>>>>> more questions about
>>>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>>>>>> know something
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ <http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:20, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> 
> Jan,
>> I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
> I do
> Dont underestimate the “us” of this list

I’m not trying to. If anyone says they are willing to spend a week or so travelling to Geneva and London and a few more weeks on pre- and post-production for the benefit of CouchDB, I’ll be their biggest supporter. I’m just suggesting that I haven’t seen anyone here (yet) and that with the resources I know about, we can do something very low-key that can get us a looong way.

Just having a list of “these big names are using CouchDB” on the website would be terrific, and, while not trivial, be A LOT easier than producing high-quality video.

Having “here is what a few of those big names are doing with CouchDB and how they like it / why they chose it” case-studies is the next level up from there and that’s *still* going to be a lot less work etc.

I’m just worried we are getting excited about high hanging fruit while starving and ignoring the low-hanging ones.

Again, I’ll support anyone who is going all out on kick-ass CouchDB end-user videos. I just also want to make sure we do something with the other resources we have to get something tangible going with less effort and maybe even faster.

Best
Jan
--




> 
> Alexander,
> great list, I am focusing on what I see as business cases for CouchDB (Apple is a different animal)
> - BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell>
> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb>
> all I need to develop a story idea of someone has a warm contact that is interesting in doing the interview and hopefully pull in some colleague
> j
> 
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started, unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
>> 
>> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
>> 
>> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to start with text.
>> 
>> Best
>> Jan
>> --
>> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jan,
>>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
>>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
>>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
>>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.
>>> 
>>> Noah,
>>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>
>>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
>>> are part of the decision making process.
>>> - head of production
>>> - technology controller
>>> - editor
>>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
>>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
>>> 
>>> j
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>>>> My “open” approach is
>>>>> - story idea first
>>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>>>>> - interview on video
>>>> 
>>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
>>>> 
>>>> Best
>>>> Jan
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> - article writeup and approval
>>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>>>> j
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>>> BBC
>>>>>>> CERN
>>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>>>> Drupal
>>>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>>>>>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>>>>> more questions about
>>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>>>>> know something
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>> 
> 

-- 
Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

Jan,
>  I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
I do
Dont underestimate the “us” of this list

Alexander,
great list, I am focusing on what I see as business cases for CouchDB (Apple is a different animal)
- BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell <http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell>
- CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb <http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb>
all I need to develop a story idea of someone has a warm contact that is interesting in doing the interview and hopefully pull in some colleague
j


> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started, unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.
> 
> Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.
> 
> Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to start with text.
> 
> Best
> Jan
> --
> 
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Jan,
>> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
>> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
>> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
>> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.
>> 
>> Noah,
>> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>
>> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
>> are part of the decision making process.
>> - head of production
>> - technology controller
>> - editor
>> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
>> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
>> 
>> j
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>>> My “open” approach is
>>>> - story idea first
>>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>>>> - interview on video
>>> 
>>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> Jan
>>> --
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> - article writeup and approval
>>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>>> j
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>> BBC
>>>>>> CERN
>>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>>> Drupal
>>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>>>>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>>>> more questions about
>>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>>>> know something
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
> 

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

Ok, then just my cautioning: producing video is orders of magnitude more involved than producing text. Since we are just getting started, unless we have someone who’s happy to do pro video work for us, I’d suggest that we focus on text and use video as a prop for transcripts and such.

Note that the Apple videos you linked were done by a professional video production crew with plenty of resources. I don’t see us taking a camera into CERN and the BBC for mood shots and interviews.

Again, if we *do* have people that are willing to do this, I’m all for it. To get started, it might be easier and more bang for the buck to start with text.

Best
Jan
--


> On 28 Mar 2015, at 18:07, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> 
> Jan,
> my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
> article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
> What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
> Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.
> 
> Noah,
> I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>
> This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
> are part of the decision making process.
> - head of production
> - technology controller
> - editor
> this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
> Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.
> 
> j
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>>> My “open” approach is
>>> - story idea first
>>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>>> - interview on video
>> 
>> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
>> 
>> Best
>> Jan
>> --
>> 
>> 
>>> - article writeup and approval
>>> - video edit and apprtoval
>>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>>> j
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Apple
>>>>> BBC
>>>>> CERN
>>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>>> Drupal
>>>>> Soundcloud
>>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> Andy
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>>>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>>> 
>>>>> From my point of view:
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>>> - BBC:
>>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>> 
>>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>>> more questions about
>>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>>> replication protocol
>>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>>> protocol
>>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>>> know something
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>>> 
>>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>>> helpful.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>>> RockIt!
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>>> 
>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
>> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
>> 
> 

-- 
Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

Jan,
my suggestion if we got an opportunity with CERN or BBC is to set the target at
article that could be adopted to various purposes and with video being supporting clips and possibly a standalone.
What many dont realise is that the biggest part of this job is story and coordination of approval.
Heading for text first eases the approval process for a video release.

Noah,
I thought of some case videos that Apple did some years back a the way to go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42e-HFbt6Z4>
This is a typical B2B story that uses interviews with several people that
are part of the decision making process.
- head of production
- technology controller
- editor
this is an exemplary piece when it comes to supporting tech selection.
Marketing is all about supporting decision making and in B2B, especially selecting tech platforms it needs to be this kind of story.

j

> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:55, Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
>> My “open” approach is
>> - story idea first
>> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
>> - interview on video
> 
> Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?
> 
> Best
> Jan
> --
> 
> 
>> - article writeup and approval
>> - video edit and apprtoval
>> - adaptation for various formats/channels
>> j
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear Sally,
>>>> 
>>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>>> 
>>>> Apple
>>>> BBC
>>>> CERN
>>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>>> Drupal
>>>> Soundcloud
>>>> Erlang Solutions
>>>> Apache Cordova
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> 
>>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>>> 
>>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> Warm regards
>>>> 
>>>> Andy
>>>> 
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>>> 
>>>> From my point of view:
>>>> 
>>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>>> - BBC:
>>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>> 
>>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>>> more questions about
>>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>>> replication protocol
>>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>>> protocol
>>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>>> know something
>>>> 
>>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>>> no need to explain why (:
>>>> 
>>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>>> 
>>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>>> helpful.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Andy Wenk
>>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>>> RockIt!
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>>> 
>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>>> 
>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
> http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
> 

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Jan Lehnardt <ja...@apache.org>]

> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:46, Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> 
> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
> My “open” approach is
> - story idea first
> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
> - interview on video

Are you planning to release the video, or is that just the basis for a written version?

Best
Jan
--


> - article writeup and approval
> - video edit and apprtoval
> - adaptation for various formats/channels
> j
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
>> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
>> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
>> 
>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear Sally,
>>> 
>>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>>> 
>>> Apple
>>> BBC
>>> CERN
>>> NodeJS/NPM
>>> Drupal
>>> Soundcloud
>>> Erlang Solutions
>>> Apache Cordova
>>> Microsoft
>>> 
>>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>>> 
>>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>>> 
>>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>>> 
>>> Warm regards
>>> 
>>> Andy
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>>> 
>>> From my point of view:
>>> 
>>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>>> - BBC:
>>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>> 
>>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>>> more questions about
>>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>>> replication protocol
>>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>>> protocol
>>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>>> know something
>>> 
>>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>>> no need to explain why (:
>>> 
>>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>>> 
>>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>>> helpful.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Andy Wenk
>>> Hamburg - Germany
>>> RockIt!
>>> 
>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>>> 
>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>>> 
>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>>> 
> 

-- 
Professional Support for Apache CouchDB:
http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

Sounds cool :)

On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 17:48 Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:

> Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
> My “open” approach is
> - story idea first
> - interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public
> (comms dept)
> - interview on video
> - article writeup and approval
> - video edit and apprtoval
> - adaptation for various formats/channels
> j
>
> > On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
> > studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
> > options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
> >
> > On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Sally,
> >>
> >> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the
> CouchDB
> >> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players
> in
> >> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people
> at
> >> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
> >>
> >> Apple
> >> BBC
> >> CERN
> >> NodeJS/NPM
> >> Drupal
> >> Soundcloud
> >> Erlang Solutions
> >> Apache Cordova
> >> Microsoft
> >>
> >> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use
> CouchDB.
> >>
> >> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to
> find
> >> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
> >>
> >> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
> >>
> >> Warm regards
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> >> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
> >> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
> >> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>,
> Andreas
> >> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> >>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
> >>
> >> From my point of view:
> >>
> >> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
> >> - BBC:
> >> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/
> speakers/endafarrell
> >> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >>
> >> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
> >> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
> >> more questions about
> >> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
> >> replication protocol
> >> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
> >> protocol
> >> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
> >> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
> >> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
> >> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
> >> know something
> >>
> >> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
> >> no need to explain why (:
> >>
> >> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
> >> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
> >> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
> >>
> >> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
> >> helpful.
> >>
> >> --
> >> ,,,^..^,,,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andy Wenk
> >> Hamburg - Germany
> >> RockIt!
> >>
> >> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
> >> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
> >>
> >> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
> >>
> >> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
> >>
>
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

Agree that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach
My “open” approach is
- story idea first
- interviewee agrees with it and OKs it with whoever needed to go public (comms dept)
- interview on video
- article writeup and approval
- video edit and apprtoval
- adaptation for various formats/channels
j
  
> On 28 Mar 2015, at 17:38, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
> studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
> options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
> 
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Sally,
>> 
>> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
>> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
>> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
>> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>> 
>> Apple
>> BBC
>> CERN
>> NodeJS/NPM
>> Drupal
>> Soundcloud
>> Erlang Solutions
>> Apache Cordova
>> Microsoft
>> 
>> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>> 
>> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
>> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>> 
>> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>> 
>> Warm regards
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
>> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
>> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
>> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
>> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
>>> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>> 
>> From my point of view:
>> 
>> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
>> - BBC:
>> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
>> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>> 
>> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
>> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
>> more questions about
>> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
>> replication protocol
>> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
>> protocol
>> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
>> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
>> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
>> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
>> know something
>> 
>> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
>> no need to explain why (:
>> 
>> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
>> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
>> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>> 
>> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
>> helpful.
>> 
>> --
>> ,,,^..^,,,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Andy Wenk
>> Hamburg - Germany
>> RockIt!
>> 
>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>> 
>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>> 
>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>> 

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

Are we interested in doing interview over, say, white papers, or case
studies? I'd like to suggest that we approach each company with a list of
options and see what works, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 at 15:38 Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:

> Dear Sally,
>
> Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
> project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
> the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
> these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:
>
> Apple
> BBC
> CERN
> NodeJS/NPM
> Drupal
> Soundcloud
> Erlang Solutions
> Apache Cordova
> Microsoft
>
> Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.
>
> Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
> out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?
>
> Thank you so much for any help ;-)
>
> Warm regards
>
> Andy
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
> Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
> To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
> Wenk <an...@nms.de>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> > Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?
>
> From my point of view:
>
> - Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
> - BBC:
> http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
> - CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>
> - NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
> CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
> more questions about
> - Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
> replication protocol
> - Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
> protocol
> - Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
> - Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
> http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
> - Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
> know something
>
> - Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
> no need to explain why (:
>
> These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
> others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
> hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.
>
> In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
> helpful.
>
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,
>
>
>
> --
> Andy Wenk
> Hamburg - Germany
> RockIt!
>
> http://www.couchdb-buch.de
> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
>
> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
>
> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
>

Fwd: CouchDB users interview

[Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>]

Dear Sally,

Alex, a fellow PMC member and others at the marketing list of the CouchDB
project had the great idea to start a interview series with big players in
the tech industry who are using CouchDB. We are now looking for people at
these companies we can contact. The list is as follows:

Apple
BBC
CERN
NodeJS/NPM
Drupal
Soundcloud
Erlang Solutions
Apache Cordova
Microsoft

Please find more details below how these companies / projects use CouchDB.

Can you help us with some contacts? Or do you have any advice how to find
out, who are the people we should contact at these companies?

Thank you so much for any help ;-)

Warm regards

Andy

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
Date: 27 March 2015 at 12:44
Subject: Re: CouchDB users interview
To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" <ma...@couchdb.apache.org>, Andreas
Wenk <an...@nms.de>


On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?

>From my point of view:

- Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
- BBC:
http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
- CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb

- NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
more questions about
- Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
replication protocol
- Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication
protocol
- Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
- Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
- Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
know something

- Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
no need to explain why (:

These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.

In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be
helpful.

--
,,,^..^,,,



-- 
Andy Wenk
Hamburg - Germany
RockIt!

http://www.couchdb-buch.de
http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de

GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588

https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:
> Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?

>From my point of view:

- Apple: they have CouchDB included in XCode server
- BBC: http://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2009/speakers/endafarrell
- CERN: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb

- NodeJS/NPM: they had a couple of posts about their experience with
CouchDB and troubles they had, but it would be good to ask them some
more questions about
- Drupal community: they don't technically uses CouchDB, but the
replication protocol
- Soundcloud: iirc they uses CouchDB as well or also just replication protocol
- Erlang Solutions: https://elearning.erlang-solutions.com/couchdb/
- Apache Cordova: their plugins registry
http://http://plugins.cordova.io is driven by CouchDB
- Microsoft: Yaron Goland seems very active on replication@ ML and may
know something

- Cloudant/IBM, PouchDB and Hoodie/Neighborhoodie: I think, there is
no need to explain why (:

These are big fishes, but any success with them could attract the
others. Most urls on CouchDB in the Wild page are not giving much
hope, but you can walk among them and pick few links which you likes.

In additional, may be some call on Twitter / ML / Socialmedia may be helpful.

--
,,,^..^,,,

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>]

Can someone send a list of companies we would like to contact?

On 24 March 2015 at 08:41, Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de> wrote:

> Just for the record ... We have set up a youtube channel. Look for Apache
> CouchDB at youtube.
>
> > Anyone got any other ideas?
> Noah,
> yes: one or two really good word-of-mouth stories would be good!
>
> promotion in social media is the new spam, but there is one thing that
> never goes out of fashion; the word-of-mouth story.
>
> It has what Malcolm Gladwell called "the anatomy of a rumour” in his
> Tipping Point (still the best intro to network dynamics in my view and far
> better than all the gobble about viral marketing)
>
> A good word-of-mouth story puts the teller in the hero role.
> They are hard to develop, but can take form here in the community:
> something like this...
>
> “I discovered CouchDB in 19XX, and now it turns out that the BBC has… and
> CERN used it for … Cloudant, a company recently acquired by IBM is said to
> have done so as part of their agreed cooperation with Apple.”
>
> No call for action, no “you should really take a look at this, because its
> to cool”, you tell it just because it feels good to do so, and the one you
> told it to have the brains to make the decision, or you dont bother telling.
>
> When you have a good, true word-of-mouth story it travels through any
> media faster than anything and it goes FAST. It has to do with
> 6-degrees-of-separations etc.
> And moreover; it travels the path it need to travel to reach otherwise
> unreachable people for lists like this or any activity we would cook up.
>
> johs
>
> > On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:34, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > There are lots of ways to demonstrate "social proof". Some ideas:
> >
> > - Video/text interviews (as Alexander/Johs/Lena suggests)
> > - Case studies (probably in the format of single, well designed HTML page
> > we can link to)
> > - White papers (again, probably a HTML page)
> > - Testimonials or authorised quotes (easy to get, but shorter. can put
> them
> > on the homepage)
> > - Authorised logos (people who use us, put them on the homepage)
> >
> > Also note that the sorts of questions Alexander mentions in his original
> > post are very good for product management, so we can circulate that stuff
> > with the dev@ list.
> >
> > Anyone got any other ideas?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 15:27 Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Alexander,
> >> let me share what is the MO in my experience for this
> >> Identify verify interest to do an interview based in existing 1-to-1
> >> relationship
> >> Then a clear idea for the story and the ramifications for its use is
> >> established (published under who’s control)
> >> A trusted brand need so be behind it (here it is Apache project)
> >> The story idea (never go for an endorsement) is sketched out in order
> for
> >> a internal go-ahead be be given
> >> The interview is conducted on camera
> >> The story is written up
> >> When approved, the supporting video material is created based on the
> >> conclusions on text review
> >> Whatever makes it to the finishing line gets published
> >>
> >> Suggestion for where to publish:
> >> CouchDB Company page on LinkedIn
> >> alternatively a YouTube/Vimeo account set up by the PMC
> >>
> >> It would be an intersting collaborative project for the list and the
> PMCs
> >> brand mgmnt
> >> J
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:08, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Great Johs! Thank you (: Any other volunteers?
> >>>
> >>> As about list of companies, I think our wiki "CouchDB in the wild"
> >>> page is quite good for start. At least we'll update it, at most we'll
> >>> receive feedback about.
> >>>
> >>> With CERN, I hope Cloudant folks may help us as they did migration[1]
> >>> from Oracle for them, but CouchDB was used even before such event.
> >>>
> >>> In case of success with the major few we could attract the others via
> >>> social media - this should simplify the overall process.
> >>>
> >>> [1]: https://cloudant.com/blog/moving-from-oracle-to-couchdb-
> >> data-management-at-cern/
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> ,,,^..^,,,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> >>>> Hey Alex,
> >>>>
> >>>> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
> >>>> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF
> >> press)
> >>>> if anyone has contacts.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need
> >> contacts
> >>>> at?
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>>
> >>>> Andy
> >>>> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Great idea, Alexander
> >>>>> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
> >>>>> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
> >>>>> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that
> >> is
> >>>>> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
> >>>>> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
> >> sent
> >>>>> to me offlist
> >>>>> johs
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Dear marketing team,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all
> know
> >>>>>> that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
> >>>>>> companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
> >>>>>> the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh
> our
> >>>>>> knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those
> organizations
> >>>>>> for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
> >>>>>> what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB
> helped
> >>>>>> to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they
> had
> >>>>>> migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something
> to
> >>>>>> share with us.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
> >>>>>> hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without
> direct
> >>>>>> contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
> >>>>>> CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a
> guy,
> >>>>>> who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
> >>>>>> [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> >>
>
>


-- 
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Re: CouchDB users interview

[Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>]

Just for the record ... We have set up a youtube channel. Look for Apache
CouchDB at youtube.

> Anyone got any other ideas?
Noah,
yes: one or two really good word-of-mouth stories would be good!

promotion in social media is the new spam, but there is one thing that
never goes out of fashion; the word-of-mouth story.

It has what Malcolm Gladwell called "the anatomy of a rumour” in his
Tipping Point (still the best intro to network dynamics in my view and far
better than all the gobble about viral marketing)

A good word-of-mouth story puts the teller in the hero role.
They are hard to develop, but can take form here in the community:
something like this...

“I discovered CouchDB in 19XX, and now it turns out that the BBC has… and
CERN used it for … Cloudant, a company recently acquired by IBM is said to
have done so as part of their agreed cooperation with Apple.”

No call for action, no “you should really take a look at this, because its
to cool”, you tell it just because it feels good to do so, and the one you
told it to have the brains to make the decision, or you dont bother telling.

When you have a good, true word-of-mouth story it travels through any media
faster than anything and it goes FAST. It has to do with
6-degrees-of-separations etc.
And moreover; it travels the path it need to travel to reach otherwise
unreachable people for lists like this or any activity we would cook up.

johs

> On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:34, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> There are lots of ways to demonstrate "social proof". Some ideas:
>
> - Video/text interviews (as Alexander/Johs/Lena suggests)
> - Case studies (probably in the format of single, well designed HTML page
> we can link to)
> - White papers (again, probably a HTML page)
> - Testimonials or authorised quotes (easy to get, but shorter. can put
them
> on the homepage)
> - Authorised logos (people who use us, put them on the homepage)
>
> Also note that the sorts of questions Alexander mentions in his original
> post are very good for product management, so we can circulate that stuff
> with the dev@ list.
>
> Anyone got any other ideas?
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 15:27 Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>
>> Alexander,
>> let me share what is the MO in my experience for this
>> Identify verify interest to do an interview based in existing 1-to-1
>> relationship
>> Then a clear idea for the story and the ramifications for its use is
>> established (published under who’s control)
>> A trusted brand need so be behind it (here it is Apache project)
>> The story idea (never go for an endorsement) is sketched out in order for
>> a internal go-ahead be be given
>> The interview is conducted on camera
>> The story is written up
>> When approved, the supporting video material is created based on the
>> conclusions on text review
>> Whatever makes it to the finishing line gets published
>>
>> Suggestion for where to publish:
>> CouchDB Company page on LinkedIn
>> alternatively a YouTube/Vimeo account set up by the PMC
>>
>> It would be an intersting collaborative project for the list and the PMCs
>> brand mgmnt
>> J
>>
>>
>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:08, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Great Johs! Thank you (: Any other volunteers?
>>>
>>> As about list of companies, I think our wiki "CouchDB in the wild"
>>> page is quite good for start. At least we'll update it, at most we'll
>>> receive feedback about.
>>>
>>> With CERN, I hope Cloudant folks may help us as they did migration[1]
>>> from Oracle for them, but CouchDB was used even before such event.
>>>
>>> In case of success with the major few we could attract the others via
>>> social media - this should simplify the overall process.
>>>
>>> [1]: https://cloudant.com/blog/moving-from-oracle-to-couchdb-
>> data-management-at-cern/
>>>
>>> --
>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> Hey Alex,
>>>>
>>>> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
>>>> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF
>> press)
>>>> if anyone has contacts.
>>>>
>>>> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need
>> contacts
>>>> at?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Great idea, Alexander
>>>>> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
>>>>> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
>>>>> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that
>> is
>>>>> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
>>>>> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
>> sent
>>>>> to me offlist
>>>>> johs
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear marketing team,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
>>>>>> that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
>>>>>> companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
>>>>>> the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
>>>>>> knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those
organizations
>>>>>> for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
>>>>>> what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
>>>>>> to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
>>>>>> migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something
to
>>>>>> share with us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
>>>>>> hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
>>>>>> contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
>>>>>> CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a
guy,
>>>>>> who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
>>>>>> [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

> Anyone got any other ideas?
Noah,
yes: one or two really good word-of-mouth stories would be good!

promotion in social media is the new spam, but there is one thing that never goes out of fashion; the word-of-mouth story. 

It has what Malcolm Gladwell called "the anatomy of a rumour” in his Tipping Point (still the best intro to network dynamics in my view and far better than all the gobble about viral marketing)

A good word-of-mouth story puts the teller in the hero role.
They are hard to develop, but can take form here in the community: something like this...

“I discovered CouchDB in 19XX, and now it turns out that the BBC has… and CERN used it for … Cloudant, a company recently acquired by IBM is said to have done so as part of their agreed cooperation with Apple.”

No call for action, no “you should really take a look at this, because its to cool”, you tell it just because it feels good to do so, and the one you told it to have the brains to make the decision, or you dont bother telling.

When you have a good, true word-of-mouth story it travels through any media faster than anything and it goes FAST. It has to do with 6-degrees-of-separations etc.
And moreover; it travels the path it need to travel to reach otherwise unreachable people for lists like this or any activity we would cook up.

johs

> On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:34, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> There are lots of ways to demonstrate "social proof". Some ideas:
> 
> - Video/text interviews (as Alexander/Johs/Lena suggests)
> - Case studies (probably in the format of single, well designed HTML page
> we can link to)
> - White papers (again, probably a HTML page)
> - Testimonials or authorised quotes (easy to get, but shorter. can put them
> on the homepage)
> - Authorised logos (people who use us, put them on the homepage)
> 
> Also note that the sorts of questions Alexander mentions in his original
> post are very good for product management, so we can circulate that stuff
> with the dev@ list.
> 
> Anyone got any other ideas?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 15:27 Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> 
>> Alexander,
>> let me share what is the MO in my experience for this
>> Identify verify interest to do an interview based in existing 1-to-1
>> relationship
>> Then a clear idea for the story and the ramifications for its use is
>> established (published under who’s control)
>> A trusted brand need so be behind it (here it is Apache project)
>> The story idea (never go for an endorsement) is sketched out in order for
>> a internal go-ahead be be given
>> The interview is conducted on camera
>> The story is written up
>> When approved, the supporting video material is created based on the
>> conclusions on text review
>> Whatever makes it to the finishing line gets published
>> 
>> Suggestion for where to publish:
>> CouchDB Company page on LinkedIn
>> alternatively a YouTube/Vimeo account set up by the PMC
>> 
>> It would be an intersting collaborative project for the list and the PMCs
>> brand mgmnt
>> J
>> 
>> 
>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:08, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Great Johs! Thank you (: Any other volunteers?
>>> 
>>> As about list of companies, I think our wiki "CouchDB in the wild"
>>> page is quite good for start. At least we'll update it, at most we'll
>>> receive feedback about.
>>> 
>>> With CERN, I hope Cloudant folks may help us as they did migration[1]
>>> from Oracle for them, but CouchDB was used even before such event.
>>> 
>>> In case of success with the major few we could attract the others via
>>> social media - this should simplify the overall process.
>>> 
>>> [1]: https://cloudant.com/blog/moving-from-oracle-to-couchdb-
>> data-management-at-cern/
>>> 
>>> --
>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> Hey Alex,
>>>> 
>>>> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
>>>> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF
>> press)
>>>> if anyone has contacts.
>>>> 
>>>> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need
>> contacts
>>>> at?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> 
>>>> Andy
>>>> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Great idea, Alexander
>>>>> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
>>>>> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
>>>>> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that
>> is
>>>>> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
>>>>> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
>> sent
>>>>> to me offlist
>>>>> johs
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear marketing team,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
>>>>>> that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
>>>>>> companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
>>>>>> the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
>>>>>> knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
>>>>>> for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
>>>>>> what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
>>>>>> to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
>>>>>> migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
>>>>>> share with us.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
>>>>>> hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
>>>>>> contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
>>>>>> CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
>>>>>> who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
>>>>>> [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>> 
>> 

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

There are lots of ways to demonstrate "social proof". Some ideas:

- Video/text interviews (as Alexander/Johs/Lena suggests)
- Case studies (probably in the format of single, well designed HTML page
we can link to)
- White papers (again, probably a HTML page)
- Testimonials or authorised quotes (easy to get, but shorter. can put them
on the homepage)
- Authorised logos (people who use us, put them on the homepage)

Also note that the sorts of questions Alexander mentions in his original
post are very good for product management, so we can circulate that stuff
with the dev@ list.

Anyone got any other ideas?


On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 15:27 Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:

> Alexander,
> let me share what is the MO in my experience for this
> Identify verify interest to do an interview based in existing 1-to-1
> relationship
> Then a clear idea for the story and the ramifications for its use is
> established (published under who’s control)
> A trusted brand need so be behind it (here it is Apache project)
> The story idea (never go for an endorsement) is sketched out in order for
> a internal go-ahead be be given
> The interview is conducted on camera
> The story is written up
> When approved, the supporting video material is created based on the
> conclusions on text review
> Whatever makes it to the finishing line gets published
>
> Suggestion for where to publish:
> CouchDB Company page on LinkedIn
> alternatively a YouTube/Vimeo account set up by the PMC
>
> It would be an intersting collaborative project for the list and the PMCs
> brand mgmnt
> J
>
>
> > On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:08, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Great Johs! Thank you (: Any other volunteers?
> >
> > As about list of companies, I think our wiki "CouchDB in the wild"
> > page is quite good for start. At least we'll update it, at most we'll
> > receive feedback about.
> >
> > With CERN, I hope Cloudant folks may help us as they did migration[1]
> > from Oracle for them, but CouchDB was used even before such event.
> >
> > In case of success with the major few we could attract the others via
> > social media - this should simplify the overall process.
> >
> > [1]: https://cloudant.com/blog/moving-from-oracle-to-couchdb-
> data-management-at-cern/
> >
> > --
> > ,,,^..^,,,
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> >> Hey Alex,
> >>
> >> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
> >> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF
> press)
> >> if anyone has contacts.
> >>
> >> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need
> contacts
> >> at?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Andy
> >> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Great idea, Alexander
> >>> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
> >>> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
> >>> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that
> is
> >>> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
> >>> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
> sent
> >>> to me offlist
> >>> johs
> >>>
> >>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear marketing team,
> >>>>
> >>>> One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
> >>>> that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
> >>>> companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
> >>>>
> >>>> There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
> >>>> the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
> >>>> knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
> >>>> for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
> >>>> what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
> >>>> to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
> >>>> migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
> >>>> share with us.
> >>>>
> >>>> This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
> >>>> hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
> >>>>
> >>>> What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
> >>>>
> >>>> P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
> >>>> contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
> >>>> CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
> >>>> who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
> >>>>
> >>>> [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
> >>>> [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> ,,,^..^,,,
> >>>
> >>>
>
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

Alexander,
let me share what is the MO in my experience for this
Identify verify interest to do an interview based in existing 1-to-1 relationship
Then a clear idea for the story and the ramifications for its use is established (published under who’s control)
A trusted brand need so be behind it (here it is Apache project)
The story idea (never go for an endorsement) is sketched out in order for a internal go-ahead be be given
The interview is conducted on camera
The story is written up
When approved, the supporting video material is created based on the conclusions on text review
Whatever makes it to the finishing line gets published 

Suggestion for where to publish: 
CouchDB Company page on LinkedIn
alternatively a YouTube/Vimeo account set up by the PMC

It would be an intersting collaborative project for the list and the PMCs brand mgmnt
J
 

> On 23 Mar 2015, at 15:08, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Great Johs! Thank you (: Any other volunteers?
> 
> As about list of companies, I think our wiki "CouchDB in the wild"
> page is quite good for start. At least we'll update it, at most we'll
> receive feedback about.
> 
> With CERN, I hope Cloudant folks may help us as they did migration[1]
> from Oracle for them, but CouchDB was used even before such event.
> 
> In case of success with the major few we could attract the others via
> social media - this should simplify the overall process.
> 
> [1]: https://cloudant.com/blog/moving-from-oracle-to-couchdb-data-management-at-cern/
> 
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Hey Alex,
>> 
>> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
>> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF press)
>> if anyone has contacts.
>> 
>> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need contacts
>> at?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Andy
>> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Great idea, Alexander
>>> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
>>> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
>>> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is
>>> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
>>> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is sent
>>> to me offlist
>>> johs
>>> 
>>>> On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear marketing team,
>>>> 
>>>> One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
>>>> that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
>>>> companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
>>>> 
>>>> There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
>>>> the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
>>>> knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
>>>> for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
>>>> what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
>>>> to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
>>>> migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
>>>> share with us.
>>>> 
>>>> This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
>>>> hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
>>>> 
>>>> What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
>>>> 
>>>> P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
>>>> contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
>>>> CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
>>>> who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
>>>> 
>>>> [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
>>>> [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> ,,,^..^,,,
>>> 
>>> 

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

Great Johs! Thank you (: Any other volunteers?

As about list of companies, I think our wiki "CouchDB in the wild"
page is quite good for start. At least we'll update it, at most we'll
receive feedback about.

With CERN, I hope Cloudant folks may help us as they did migration[1]
from Oracle for them, but CouchDB was used even before such event.

In case of success with the major few we could attract the others via
social media - this should simplify the overall process.

[1]: https://cloudant.com/blog/moving-from-oracle-to-couchdb-data-management-at-cern/

--
,,,^..^,,,


On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hey Alex,
>
> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF press)
> if anyone has contacts.
>
> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need contacts
> at?
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>
>> Great idea, Alexander
>> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
>> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
>> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is
>> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
>> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is sent
>> to me offlist
>> johs
>>
>> > On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear marketing team,
>> >
>> > One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
>> > that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
>> > companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
>> >
>> > There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
>> > the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
>> > knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
>> > for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
>> > what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
>> > to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
>> > migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
>> > share with us.
>> >
>> > This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
>> > hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
>> >
>> > What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
>> >
>> > P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
>> > contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
>> > CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
>> > who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
>> >
>> > [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
>> > [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>> >
>> > --
>> > ,,,^..^,,,
>>
>>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

Yup, I added a todo item for this!

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 15:25 Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Noah!
>
> Indeed AdvocateHub may help here. May I ask your to help here? You're
> the only experienced user with that I know (:
>
> I would also glad if someone experienced and social active person will
> take leadership on that. I'm not the best candidate for such role >_>
>
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> > This is a great idea, and should be something we should start collecting
> > via the AdvocateHub.
> >
> > We've been in desperate need of white papers, case studies, and other
> such
> > marketing material for many years.
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 14:23 Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey Alex,
> >>
> >> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
> >> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF
> press)
> >> if anyone has contacts.
> >>
> >> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need
> contacts
> >> at?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Andy
> >> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Great idea, Alexander
> >> > this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
> >> > since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
> >> > on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that
> is
> >> > authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
> >> > I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
> >> sent
> >> > to me offlist
> >> > johs
> >> >
> >> > > On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Dear marketing team,
> >> > >
> >> > > One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all
> know
> >> > > that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
> >> > > companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
> >> > >
> >> > > There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
> >> > > the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh
> our
> >> > > knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those
> organizations
> >> > > for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
> >> > > what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB
> helped
> >> > > to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they
> had
> >> > > migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something
> to
> >> > > share with us.
> >> > >
> >> > > This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
> >> > > hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
> >> > >
> >> > > What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
> >> > >
> >> > > P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without
> direct
> >> > > contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
> >> > > CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a
> guy,
> >> > > who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
> >> > >
> >> > > [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
> >> > > [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > ,,,^..^,,,
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Noah!

Indeed AdvocateHub may help here. May I ask your to help here? You're
the only experienced user with that I know (:

I would also glad if someone experienced and social active person will
take leadership on that. I'm not the best candidate for such role >_>

--
,,,^..^,,,


On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:
> This is a great idea, and should be something we should start collecting
> via the AdvocateHub.
>
> We've been in desperate need of white papers, case studies, and other such
> marketing material for many years.
>
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 14:23 Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey Alex,
>>
>> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
>> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF press)
>> if anyone has contacts.
>>
>> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need contacts
>> at?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy
>> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Great idea, Alexander
>> > this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
>> > since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
>> > on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is
>> > authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
>> > I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
>> sent
>> > to me offlist
>> > johs
>> >
>> > > On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Dear marketing team,
>> > >
>> > > One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
>> > > that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
>> > > companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
>> > >
>> > > There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
>> > > the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
>> > > knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
>> > > for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
>> > > what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
>> > > to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
>> > > migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
>> > > share with us.
>> > >
>> > > This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
>> > > hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
>> > >
>> > > What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
>> > >
>> > > P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
>> > > contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
>> > > CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
>> > > who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
>> > >
>> > > [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
>> > > [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > ,,,^..^,,,
>> >
>> >
>>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org>]

Noah - cool idea!!!

On 23 March 2015 at 14:57, Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org> wrote:

> This is a great idea, and should be something we should start collecting
> via the AdvocateHub.
>
> We've been in desperate need of white papers, case studies, and other such
> marketing material for many years.
>
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 14:23 Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey Alex,
>>
>> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
>> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF press)
>> if anyone has contacts.
>>
>> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need contacts
>> at?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy
>> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Great idea, Alexander
>> > this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
>> > since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
>> > on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is
>> > authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
>> > I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
>> sent
>> > to me offlist
>> > johs
>> >
>> > > On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Dear marketing team,
>> > >
>> > > One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
>> > > that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
>> > > companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
>> > >
>> > > There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
>> > > the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
>> > > knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
>> > > for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
>> > > what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
>> > > to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
>> > > migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
>> > > share with us.
>> > >
>> > > This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
>> > > hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
>> > >
>> > > What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
>> > >
>> > > P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
>> > > contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
>> > > CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
>> > > who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
>> > >
>> > > [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
>> > > [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > ,,,^..^,,,
>> >
>> >
>>
>


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Re: CouchDB users interview

[Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>]

This is a great idea, and should be something we should start collecting
via the AdvocateHub.

We've been in desperate need of white papers, case studies, and other such
marketing material for many years.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 at 14:23 Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hey Alex,
>
> This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
> action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF press)
> if anyone has contacts.
>
> Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need contacts
> at?
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
> On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:
>
> > Great idea, Alexander
> > this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
> > since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
> > on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is
> > authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
> > I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is
> sent
> > to me offlist
> > johs
> >
> > > On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear marketing team,
> > >
> > > One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
> > > that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
> > > companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
> > >
> > > There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
> > > the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
> > > knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
> > > for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
> > > what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
> > > to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
> > > migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
> > > share with us.
> > >
> > > This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
> > > hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
> > >
> > > What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
> > >
> > > P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
> > > contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
> > > CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
> > > who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
> > >
> > > [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
> > > [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> > >
> > > --
> > > ,,,^..^,,,
> >
> >
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org>]

Hey Alex,

This is a brilliant idea. And cool that you, Johs are willing to take
action. I can write an email to the ASF members and also Sally (ASF press)
if anyone has contacts.

Can you prepare a list of companies we want to interview and need contacts
at?

Cheers

Andy
On Mar 23, 2015 1:16 PM, "Johs Ensby" <jo...@b2w.com> wrote:

> Great idea, Alexander
> this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort
> since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an
> on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is
> authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
> I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is sent
> to me offlist
> johs
>
> > On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear marketing team,
> >
> > One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
> > that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
> > companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
> >
> > There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
> > the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
> > knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
> > for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
> > what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
> > to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
> > migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
> > share with us.
> >
> > This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
> > hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
> >
> > What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
> >
> > P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
> > contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
> > CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
> > who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
> >
> > [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
> > [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> >
> > --
> > ,,,^..^,,,
>
>

Re: CouchDB users interview

[Johs Ensby <jo...@b2w.com>]

Great idea, Alexander
this would be big-brand rub off that motivates serious effort 
since I am located in Europe I can do a proper case study based on an on-site video interview if anyone has the connection to a person that is authorized to speak on behalf of BBC or CERN on this.
I could make the contact to verify the possibility if contact info is sent to me offlist
johs
 
> On 23 Mar 2015, at 12:43, Alexander Shorin <kx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear marketing team,
> 
> One thought just had crossed my mind at #pouchdb channel. We all know
> that CouchDB is been used in the wild [1], especially by so major
> companies, like BBC or CERN[2] and I believe many others.
> 
> There had been passed several years since those notes were added to
> the wiki and blog posts had written. I think it's good to refresh our
> knowledge on this a bit. How about to contact with those organizations
> for a short interview about their experience with CouchDB nowdays,
> what they likes, what they miss, what kind of problems CouchDB helped
> to solve, what do they expect from CouchDB in future, or why they had
> migrated from it to something else. Pretty sure they have something to
> share with us.
> 
> This could be a good stuff for the news and our blog. On the other
> hand, having such feedback is also may be useful.
> 
> What do you think about such idea? Could it have a success?
> 
> P.S. I'm actually not sure how it could be implemented without direct
> contact with a person who's actually have any relationships with
> CouchDB, but may be someone in this list knows a guy, who knows a guy,
> who knows something?..Anyway, just an idea.
> 
> [1]: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
> [2]: http://readwrite.com/2010/08/26/lhc-couchdb
> 
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,