Thanks for the reply and thanks for the quick and dirty overview of the 'lay of the land' at FWN!
The Fedora Insight project sound like an interesting project to contribute to - but the project sounds like it is fairly nascent at the moment. Is that accurate - or do you think there is work to be done there in the near term?
The Fedora Insight project sound like an interesting project to contribute to - but the project sounds like it is fairly nascent at the moment. Is that accurate - or do you think there is work to be done there in the near term?
Otherwise, are there other topics where a beat hasn't been covered or an article written that you and other members consider particularly important but haven't had the time to flesh out?
Cheers,
Alex
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Pascal Calarco <pcalarco@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Alex --
Welcome, and thanks for providing an introduction! I am the current FWN
editor, and am always glad to see new team members! What areas are you
interested in contributing to FWN? There is certainly room for new
weekly columns or beats, if you have the time to write a weekly or less
frequent piece on a particular area of the Fedora Project. You can see
the current active and inactive beats at:
The beats marked NOT HAPPENING are currently dormant and are open for
new writers to pick them up. Additionally, you can propose a new beat
to cover a different topic too!
The workflow for putting an issue of FWN together is described here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/WorkFlow
Basically, most beats are written each week, completed by Monday
morning, and then the next FWN issue is edited by myself and sent out to
the announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list and available on the Fedora
wiki as well.
We are also slowly engaging in a project to move FWN to a broader
Content Management System, called Fedora Insight
(https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Insight). We're currently
working through design and customization of the platform, which uses a
CMS called Zikula (http://zikula.org/), and once we go live with the
system, hopefully next month if the design bits can get worked on, there
will be new opportunities as Fedora Insight is meant to also leverage
multimedia contributions, not just written beats.
Okay, I'll stop there and let you explore and think about this a bit.
Let me know if you have any questions!
- pascal
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Pascal Calarco
FWN Editor
Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA
On 02/20/2010 11:06 PM, Alex Gorski wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> My name is Alex - and I want to express my very keen interest in
> spending time collaborating with and contributing to the Fedora Weekly
> News. I am 26 and live in New York City where I work in Finance, but
> grew up on the 'left coast' in California. I went to college in the
> midwest where I majored in Economics and Political Science and minored
> in Art History. I fancy myself somewhat worldly for my age, as I have
> traveled extensively through Asia, Europe and South America. Most
> recently, I spent just under two years working at an investment bank
> contributing to the build-out of the firm's newly opened Emerging
> Markets hub office in Mumbai, India.
>
> In terms of my interest in technology and computing, it has been a hobby
> and a passion of mine since I was in my teens. So while I'm not a
> professional in the I.T. arena, I am at worst a very experienced hobbyist.
>
> I feel I could add a lot to what seems like an already very thoughtful
> and articulate team of individuals. I really find the concept of a
> meaningful and serious endeavor such as the Weekly News very unique and
> would be something I would absolutely embrace being a part of.
>
> Anyhow, thanks for your time and hope to speak to someone soon! In the
> meantime, I look forward to being on the mailing list going forward...
>
> All the best,
> Alex
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