Re: Op/Ed Articles on KDE

Albert Astals Cid <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.events
Message-ID <201010221951.14686.aacid__4409.14085270396$1287773516$gmane$org@kde.org>
A Dijous, 21 d'octubre de 2010, Oriol Mirosa va escriure:
> 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.

I don't understand why we can not use the dot for those articles.

Albert

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