Blog more please!

[Javier Monteagudo]

I think this is a great idea, I love to read the main planets that feed
ubuntu development (planet gnome, debian & ubuntu).

A first step would be to include in planet ubuntu some ubuntu devs which
appear in other planets (such as planet.debian) but aren't subscribed to the
planet.ubuntu feeds. (For example, matthew garrett ;) ).

On 1/2/06, jorge o. castro <jorge at whiprush.org> wrote:
>
> Hey fellas,
>
> I just got done talking with dholbach and I came to the conclusion that
> planet.ubuntu.com is getting way too boring. :)
>
> Now, I don't know about you guys, but if it's going to end up being me,
> Corey, and Jerome blogging, then it's going to get boring pretty quick.
> But don't worry, I've put some thought into this and I'm here to get you
> all on the right track. I'm here to convince you on why blogging about
> what you're working on is a good thing, and why you should do it more!
>
> a) Free marketing - The guys over on Planet GNOME do this well. It's not
> even intentional. We all know how important performance is during this
> next GNOME cycle. We all know this because we weren't smart enough to go
> look at the development release notes, we know so because it's been
> plastered all over their planet for months.
>
> b) An outreach tool - Guys like me can say "The guys at MOTU need some
> help" all we want. But, it's a totally different ballgame when a real
> MOTU says "Hey guys, I know you want Foo packaged, I've put it up on
> REVU, please help me test it, click here for the info."
>
> c) A recruitment tool - "Wow, so you like doing what I said in step b?
> Consider joining us, click here dude. I am Daniel Holbach, and I approve
> this message."
>
> d) Powar to teh people - Users like me just feel better when we hear
> stuff straight from the developers. "Hey I heard on irc that X will be
> busted for two weeks" vs. "Hey guys, X is going to be broken for two
> weeks. Blame me, worship your Lord Daniel, mwahahahah."
>
> e) Project updates -  If you take a chance to scan the forums, you'll
> see that people are pumped up about features. Things like gdebi, the
> graphical installer, fastboot, network-manager. There are people out
> there waiting to try the stuff out, a status update on what you're
> working on will go a LONG WAY to getting more testers. Users love new
> features, they're waiting to eat 'em up ... feed us!  WE WANT OUR CRACK.
>
> f) Leadership roles - Second to last, I think that people in leadership
> positions should blog about people. Sure, we recognize people that do
> great things in the official status reports, but what rules about blogs
> is that they're personal. I for one wouldn't mind seeing team leaders
> blog about the people out there making ubuntu rule that we don't know
> about. There are a good number of DD's out there cooperating with Ubuntu
> and making our jobs easier, as an example. We never hear about these
> guys, how come? Someone misses a .diff and we're jerks on planet debian
> for a week, surely someone out there can blog about the good things
> being done in this area?
>
> I, for one, would like to know who they are. I also want to know who the
> trench-sludging irc helpers are. That job really sucks. Recognizing
> these people is important, and I think it'd be cool to have people
> recognized on planet for things like this. Most of them are volunteers,
> it's not difficult to point out how much they rule.
>
> g) An outreach tool part 2 - Lastly, I think sabdfl should blog. Not
> only that, I think Mark should blog about things that SUCK. Boy do I
> want to know what makes him want to throw his laptop across the room.
> That should keep everything interesting. We're all committed to his
> crazy vision, might as well do it all together! Woo!
>
> So, overall, I think you guys should liven things up. Throw up those
> prototypes and whacky ideas, and progress reports. I for one wouldn't
> mind telling keybuk that his ideas are crack. So what say ye?
>
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