Re: Op/Ed Articles on KDE

Hey,

On Thursday 21 October 2010 00:27:23 Oriol Mirosa wrote:
> 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.

Well, as you said, we've discussed this a bit already and I agree with what 
you suggest above :-) Longer term, the Dot can also some linkage in a similar 
way to how it does for the commit digest

> 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.

Something I hadn't thought about before - Justin recorded a great interview 
with Aaron about the KDE rebranding at Akademy. I've been trying to work out 
since then how we can actually use that as it's perhaps a little bit too op/ed 
for the Dot. This site could be great for that, either with the video itself 
if you're happy or a transcript - and getting Aaron on there early on will 
give you the site a bit of a boost, I think. If Justin is happy with that too 
then we can let you take a look at the video and see what you think.

> 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.

Great to see this taking shape.

Cheers,
Stu
 
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