Re: books and things

hey

I'm located all over the place. currently in Amsterdam, but soon Texas,
Jamaica, NZ and Delhi. Where is PA? Its a US state? If it near NYC I
will be passing thru in a few weeks...

I was thinking we could get a conf based around screencasts...Large
format screencasts of a presentation from the desktop accompanied by
audio and then schedule a specific time for voip discussion with the
presenter...

these would be easier for most people than making a video or doing a
video conf call etc

how does this sound? we could aim for maybe one session a month in a
build up to wm 09

adam




On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 10:16 -0400, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
> This is all very interesting, and mirrors an idea that I've been
> kicking around in my own head. The people at Wikiversity, I know,
> conduct occasional meetings on IRC, in addition to the typical online
> banter. I would like to do the same thing for Wikibooks, but I would
> like to try to gather more participants then the handful of usuals
> that #wikibooks sees.
> 
> Whereabouts are you located Adam, if you don't mind me asking? I'm in
> PA myself and would be willing to meet up with like-minded people if
> the commute wasn't too terrible. If IRL is impossible, online meetings
> would be the next best thing. I definitely think we should put
> something on the calendar, prepare some discussion topics and maybe
> get a few speakers, etc.
> 
> --andrew whitworth
> 
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:16 AM, adam hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey ,
> >
> > good to hear from you about this :)
> >
> > I was thinking about a structured event...online or offline...to pick
> > some topics and invite people to speak and follow it with discussion
> > (also, I should point out i am not strictly speaking a wikimedian, i am
> > part of floss manuals which is a wiki dedicated to making free manuals
> > on free software).
> >
> > there are several topics in this area that might not quite coincide with
> > other wikimedia foundation projects but are more book-specific which
> > would be interesting to discuss such as :
> > * collaborative authoring and the place of the author
> > * remixing books
> > * current technologies
> > * structuring book content within a wiki
> > * output formats
> > * print on demand technologies and models
> > * wikis and publishing
> > * legal issues (when does a wiki become a publisher etc)
> > * invariant sections vs derivative works
> > * what is the ideal book license?
> >
> >
> > etc etc etc
> >
> > i should have proposed this for wikimania in alex or tried to get it
> > together there on the spot but it was a bit hectic. but perhaps a series
> > of discussions that culminates with a irl meet for those that attend wm
> > 09?
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 07:51 -0300, mike.lifeguard wrote:
> >> I'd love to get some Wikibookians together and just chat! I (can be) on
> >> Skype if you're interested in that - I had some very good conversations a
> >> few weeks back with some Wikipedians & if we get a few Wikibookians
> >> together, I imagine it'd be a good time.
> >>
> >> But we always have #wikibooks on irc.freenode.net for exactly this sort of
> >> thing. It's an open channel; you're welcome to /join :D
> >>
> >> As for meeting IRL - we are very spread out, and I don't know whether any of
> >> us go to Wikimedia meetups (would be interested to know). Except folks in
> >> Pennsylvania, who I think see each other IRL reasonably often, as there are
> >> 3 (maybe) of them fairly close.
> >>
> >> -Mike.lifeguard
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: textbook-l-bounces-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
> >> [mailto:textbook-l-bounces-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of adam hyde
> >> Sent: July 30, 2008 5:53 AM
> >> To: Wikimedia textbook discussion
> >> Subject: [Textbook-l] books and things
> >>
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> I was wondering if it might be interesting to have an informal gathering
> >> about wikis and books...I'd love to talk to more wikibooks ppl (and
> >> others) about general and specific issues surrounding licenses, tech,
> >> process etc
> >>
> >> either a realspace meeting or a organised series of discussions via VOIP
> >> or similar...
> >>
> >> anyone keen for something like this?
> >>
> >> adam
> >>
> >>
> > --
> > Adam Hyde
> > FLOSS Manuals
> >
> > http://www.flossmanuals.net
> > + 31 6 2808 7108
> >
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