Re: booklet

On Wednesday 18 August 2010 17:55:46 Damien Tardy-Panis wrote:
> Thanks a lot again for taking time to answer me.
> I was wondering if my mail was properly delivered to the mailing list...

Sorry for the lack of response. If it makes you feel any better, the reason I 
haven't been paying that much attention is because really you seem to have 
this all under control ;-)

> I tried to ask specific things as you advised me to do but maybe I asked
> too many things at once...

No, I'm just rubbish at replying sometimes. The only change I would suggest is 
to put the link to the doc in the email each time. I know you've done it 
several times before, but I forget - if the link is there it makes it easier

> 2010/8/17 Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]>
> 
> > Amazing, tnx for keeping this moving!
> 
> Don't worry, I'll be there at least until the booklet is printed :)

I really hope you'll stick around after that too :-) You and Felix - and 
probably other people I'm unfairly missing out - have made amazing progress on 
this 

Ok, back to your earlier email (and Jos's replies) that I've copied in here:


> > Here is the result and the current situation :
> > 
> > - I added some "references" at the end of each part. I didn't include
> > websites that seems no longer active (Kopete's for example). Check here
> > if I forgot some important things or if I put some that could be removed
> > in your opinion.

I've edited a few, otherwise looks good
> > 
> > - I wrote the last part ("KDE software in use"). Feel free to change
> > everything you want in that part. I really don't mind if everything goes
> > in the trash! This chapter was pretty cool to write, I learned many
> > things looking for information on the Internet. I also moved the
> > paragraph referring to Webkit in this part as it seems more accurate
> > there to me.

Several of edits made. One marketing point: the KDE Platform refers more to 
the magic (well, libraries and stuff) that makes our applications work - so the 
students in Brazil use KDE software rather than the KDE Platform (of course, 
they use the platform too, but it's a technicality).
> > 
> > - I integrate into the text the many relevant comments made by David,
> > Irina and *imag1narynumber*. However, I didn't integrate all of them :
> > some are quite subtle and require a higher level of English than mine to
> > be treated correctly.

I've changed these where I can see a 'correct' answer.

Btw, your English is good. The only fault I'm seeing often is "softwares" - 
it's always "software". I don't know why ;-)

> > - I added few screenshots (and removed some of them). I think there
> > should between 2 and 4 screenshots/images/photos per chapter. So there
> > is still work to do for the last chapters. Maybe, as these parts speak
> > about the community and people, it would be cool to add photos there
> > (Akademy, developers sprint, ...). If we only put screenshots of
> > applications in the booklet, readers will not see us as a community of
> > people. If some of you have great photos that could be put in the
> > booklet, please add them.

Hmm, this is tricky. All my photos seem to involve alcohol :-) You're welcome 
to peruse http://stu.asinen.org/photos/akademy2010/ (u: ryan p: demola) for 
some Akdemy pics and see if anything takes your liking
> 
> @everyone: please try and find some time to do what Damien asks! A bit
> support and it can be done soon :D

+1

> > Here is a list of main things that we don't speak about in the booklet
> > and that maybe need a discussion : Dolphin, Konqueror, KDE Finance apps,
> > "join the game".
> > In my view, Dolphin and Konqueror are the kind of applications that every
> > future user would expect to have, so I'm not sure it's worth talking
> > about. I know these are not common apps and that they have really
> > innovative and cool stuff but does it worth writing a part for it ?
> > Maybe just report them ?
> 
> They might be worth a few sentences, yes, as long as it focusses on what's
> great and special. Only if there is enough room...

Dolphin is a given I think. When we first started this I think we shied away 
from Konqueror because of the slightly messy KHTML/WebKit situation, though of 
course we mention that later with a positive spin :-)

If you can find somewhere to give them a mention, that's great, but I wouldn't 
add a section or anything. Finance apps similar: they're cool but not 
incredibly sexy (sorry Skrooge and KMyMoney)

> > I think I will add a small paragraph in the "Create part" to highlight
> > the presence of the KDE Finance softwares.
> 
> Yes!

Oh yeah, good idea (I should have read this before writing above)

> > About the "join the game" effort, I though of it recently but I'm not
> > sure the booklet will be handed to its target people.
> > What do you think about this?
> 
> Hmmm, yes, I don't think it'd be bad to add a page on that. You can easily
> reuse text from the join the game folder. Maybe even use the same look &
> feel?

How about adding it under Get Involved? No time to get involved - give us your 
money!


Did I say "great work" already?

Cheers,
Stu
 
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