On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 08:07 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > If we want to set a higher bar than that, where we aim for some > technical meat then I'm not sure we figured out how to cultivate that > material. For example. a cleaned up version of Leenart's "Guide to > Sound APIs" now appearing on his blog would be something I could see > being lifted up into a magazine article. But since its already on his > blog, is it no longer worth trying to recirculate in a dedicated > magazine since the intended audience has already seen it on the > planet? > > My feeling is, if we we going to do this, we need to figure out a way > to make use of gatherings of community members as significant > generators of magazine content which can be released over a period of > time. Just for example if we had a Fedora "press" person at Plumbers, > how much content could have been generated from personal conversations > via audio notes or video footage? Can we expect a volunteer press > person to pay their own way for a technical conference like Plumbers? > Can we turn one of the attendees to a conference like that into a > Fedora press person? Put a FUDCon in Fairbanks and I'll help you > figure all that out in a controlled environment :->. You are hitting core parts of the discussion. I've been thinking about this stuff for about two years, with a few failed starts that mainly relied upon me, myself, and I. I can see a *ton* of methods and value to force multiply. Having a larger group of people in a joint community venture would make a big difference. Leenart's blog post is a great example. We have people writing good content for their blog that could be in one of the Magazines. Sometimes they approach us about re-circulating, which is great. Original publication first would be best. Bigger audience for all of us, etc. Like the value the planet brings, but more so. - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, Community Gardener Dev Fu : http://developer.redhatmagazine.com Fedora : http://quaid.fedorapeople.org gpg key : AD0E0C41
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