Sprinting! Re: more of an observation about the wiki and less of a rant

[john levin]

Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Hey guys, how about a doc-team sprint in London, in March (late-ish)?
> I'll cover costs for the 5 most productive contributors to the doc team
> (that's shooting from the hip, if there's a less divisive approach let
> me know doc-team) and I'll participate myself. I want us to create a doc
> strategy that can handle Dapper AND lay the foundations for the next
> cycle of development.

This would be fantastic.

> 
> Should cover (and this is just a first cut, it will grow):
> 
>  - the web site
>  - the materials we create for reviewers and testers
>  - the true onboard built-in documentation
>  - ubuntu and kubuntu (and other -buntu's)

Xubuntu! Just to raise our profile a little.

>  - wiki
>  - help.ubuntu.com
>  - books that are done and those in the pipeline
> 

Third-party documentation. There's a great deal of material out there, 
and I'd like to see it at least referenced somewhere in the ubuntu 
literature. It's more about 'what can I do?' (make DVDs, do special 
effects in the Gimp, etc) than 'what is ubuntu/ how does ubuntu work?'

Also, I'd like to see The Fridge developed more.

> In short, the literary scene at ubuntu.com.
> 
> I think we have great enthusiasm but we need to get the players round a
> table to get real face time, high bandwidth, visual planning.
> 
> Mark

John