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 > Oriol > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. > > Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set > digest on or temporarily stop your subscription. _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.