Re: Op/Ed Articles on KDE

Oriol Mirosa <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.events
Message-ID <201010221326.29393.omirosa__8032.84955113686$1287772049$gmane$org@ssc.wisc.edu>
A Dijous 21 Octubre 2010 12:00:29, Justin Kirby va escriure:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Stuart Jarvis 
<[email protected]>wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > On Thursday 21 October 2010 00:27:23 Oriol Mirosa wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Hi Oriol, I do still have this interview on my phone if you'd like to make
> use of it.  Just let me know.  I can upload it to my own youtube site for
> now if you'd like to see it.

Great, thanks! I'd love to see it, so just go ahead with whatever is the 
easiest way for you to share it with me.

> 
> > > 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.
> 
> Agreed.  I really like the look of the site in terms of the theme.  Looking
> forward to seeing it evolve :)
> 
> One idea that might or might not be useful to you.  I've found that as you
> get more involved in KDE activities it becomes increasingly difficult to
> find time to write about what you're actually doing.  Others out there,
> especially those writing code or doing sysadmin type duties, may feel the
> same and might already have a hard time just getting around to blogging,
> let alone finding time to write even more stuff for sites like the Dot or
> the one you're setting up.  So it may be worth considering syndication as
> an option where if you know there are certain people who write stuff that
> fits the type of articles you want, you could consider using a plugin to
> allow them to syndicate particular articles to your site when they fit
> your criteria.  That way it can still go to Planet KDE for all the people
> already reading that, but then also to your site for those people who
> don't want to keep up with all the planet traffic, but may be interested
> in more selective pieces like the ones you're aggregating.

This is a great idea. I will need to figure out how to do this, but I will look 
into it. I have a few names in mind, but if anyone has suggestions of people 
who write these kinds of articles and could syndicate them to the site please 
let me know.

Best,
Oriol

> 
> -Justin
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Stu
> > 
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