RE: Low level community
Ross Gardler <rgardler-yabmN0NJNhHwJSu5WlVMogC/[email protected]> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:14:38 -0700
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--_627C2661-7515-4A9D-A79B-4181FB6AE97A_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Keep working and make sure people know about your project. You can only att= ract devs by a) having something of value to then and b) ensuring they know= about it. It takes effort and patience. Identify the most common use case for your code (today that is whatever kee= ps you involved), write a tutorial, blog, tweet, present, demo. Improve sup= port for the use case, update tutorial, blog, tweet, demo etc. Rinse and re= peat. One last thing, talk to yourself. That is tell the community (that is any l= urkers) what you are doing, why and how. Ask for input, testing, contributi= ons. It might feel like a waste of time if there is never a response, but o= ne day there might be. Sent from my phone - please forgive brevity and typos=20 -----Original Message----- From: "jan i" <[email protected]> Sent: =E2=80=8E6/=E2=80=8E28/=E2=80=8E2014 2:28 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Low level community On 28 June 2014 11:09, Lewis John Mcgibbney <[email protected]> wro= te: Hi Folks, community@ is the orrect place for this question. What do we* do when we have low level activity, low level community, genera= lly speaking low level anything on a project? marketing :-) Make other committers interested in your project, e.g. by hav= ing a nice homepage, where it is easy to see how the reader can help your p= roject and if there are projects related to your project, mail a polite que= stion on their ML. rgds jan I.=20 I am NOT talking about the attic. I am committed to ensuring the project is NOT going to the attic. Lewis * in the collective sense. Your, I, Us, Etc. --=20 Lewis = --_627C2661-7515-4A9D-A79B-4181FB6AE97A_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset= =3Dutf-8"></head><body><div><div style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; = font-size: 11pt;">Keep working and make sure people know about your project= . You can only attract devs by a) having something of value to then and b) = ensuring they know about it. It takes effort and patience.<br><br>Identify = the most common use case for your code (today that is whatever keeps you in= volved), write a tutorial, blog, tweet, present, demo. Improve support for = the use case, update tutorial, blog, tweet, demo etc. Rinse and repeat.<br>= <br>One last thing, talk to yourself. That is tell the community (that is a= ny lurkers) what you are doing, why and how. Ask for input, testing, contri= butions. It might feel like a waste of time if there is never a response, b= ut one day there might be.<br><br>Sent from my phone - please forgive brevi= ty and typos </div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><hr><span style=3D"font-family: C= alibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span = style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href=3D"mail= to:[email protected]">jan i</a></span><br><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri= ,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style= =3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">=E2=80=8E6/=E2=80=8E= 28/=E2=80=8E2014 2:28</span><br><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-se= rif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style=3D"font-fa= mily: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href=3D"mailto:community@apa= che.org">[email protected]</a></span><br><span style=3D"font-family: Cal= ibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span= style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: Low level = community</span><br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extr= a"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 28 June 2014 11:09, Lewis John Mcg= ibbney <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t= arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br>=0A= <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; paddi= ng-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px= ; border-left-style: solid;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Folks= ,<br></div>community@ is the orrect place for this question.<br></div>What = do we* do when we have low level activity, low level community, generally s= peaking low level anything on a project?<br>=0A= </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>marketing :-) Make other commi= tters interested in your project, e.g. by having a nice homepage, where it = is easy to see how the reader can help your project and if there are projec= ts related to your project, mail a polite question on their ML.<br>=0A= <br></div><div>rgds<br>jan I. <br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s= tyle=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rg= b(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div d= ir=3D"ltr"><div>=0A= </div><div>I am NOT talking about the attic.<br></div><div>I am committed t= o ensuring the project is NOT going to the attic.<br></div><div>Lewis<br></= div><div><br></div>* in the collective sense. Your, I, Us, Etc.<span class= =3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br clear=3D"all">=0A= =0A= <div><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><font size=3D"4" style=3D"color: r= gb(51, 102, 255); font-family: courier new,monospace; background-color: rgb= (255, 255, 255);"><i>Lewis</i></font><span style=3D"color: rgb(51, 102, 255= ); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span> <br>=0A= =0A= =0A= </div></div></div></div></div></div></font></span></div>=0A= </blockquote></div><br></div></div>=0A= </body></html>= --_627C2661-7515-4A9D-A79B-4181FB6AE97A_--