Op/Ed Articles on KDE

Hi everybody,

For a while I have been toying with the idea of having a KDE site similar to 
the Dot but where instead of news we publish op/ed-type articles. The main 
goal would be to try to step back from the day-to-day craziness and reflect on 
KDE as a project, on long-term issues, etc. Several people write blog posts on 
these matters occasionally and generate good debates, but I thought it would 
be nice to have a central site where we could find these types of pieces. 
Moreover, such an arrangement, with some people being responsible for it as 
editors, would also ensure its continuity and coherence. It would not have the 
almost daily posts of the Dot but instead publish an article every one or two 
weeks. I am thinking that the editors would gather ideas for interesting 
articles, seek people who are willing to write them (these would be one-off 
contributions, so people should not be burdened with another long-term 
commitment), and they could also do some work to summarize the debates, which 
could be useful material for an aKademy presentation or to send ideas to 
different teams.

In any case, as at this point I am not sure how much time commitment it would 
require from the editor(s), whether anyone would be interested in writing 
articles, or if in fact any of this is viable at all, after consulting with 
Stu I decided to start this project in a low-key manner as a personal blog. If 
things go well, or if they don't but I manage to find a format that is 
sustainable, we could think of maybe turning this into an official KDE site.

Before I aggregate the blog to the Planet, however, I would like to have some 
feedback from other promo folks, both in general about this project and about 
specific ideas for articles/topics to cover. If you would be willing to 
contribute, either writing a piece or helping me edit/manage the site please 
let me know. If there is enough interest and I manage to get a few 
contributions lined up I will then aggregate the blog to the Planet and start 
publishing them.

Here is the blog's URL: http://kdeworld.wordpress.com/  You can leave comments 
on the Hello World post as well if you prefer posting your feedback and 
suggestions there.

Oriol
 
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