[ADMIN] Screencast Team approval application

[Matthew Rossi]

On 10/10/07, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 21:17 +1000, Matthew Rossi wrote:
> > Well, we do have Shuttleworth's support which is good, but i question
> > how long we will wait for him to tell us specifically how he plans to
> > support us.
>
> He mailed the marketing team during the meeting. I got the mail before
> the meeting was over. He works pretty quickly.


Even I'm impressed, but I have another question for you: What are we
SPECIFICALLY going to be given by Shuttleworth?

>   But no doubt about it, Shuttleworth's backing is more valuable than
> > a podcaster's backing :)
> >
>
> Well, the support of Canonicals marketing dept can only be a good think
> in my book.


I agree with that

> Really, in my opinion I don't see this project becoming immensely huge
> > at any time soon.
>
> :(
>
> You're entitled to your opinion of course, but I think you're wrong :)
>
> It also depends what you mean by "huge", how you measure success.


Alan, "immensely huge".  Does the word immensely give you a clue on what
sort of success that I am talking about?

We get lots of downloads. Each video page is viewed many thousands of times,
> and each video is downloaded many hundreds of times. Some more than
> others of course.


Yeah, I wish I could brag like that about my podcast.  Yet again there is
another reason to make me envious...

>   It is a very complicated process to create a screencast which
> > sometimes even I have trouble with.
>
> Indeed it is a cumbersome process. Once which I'd like to see made
> easier.


Wouldn't we all? In fact, I wish there is a better way to create the
introduction scenes, because every time that i try to record it, the title
doesn't show up properly.  I have to do each slide seperately.  I wish that
there were other ways to make titles for the screencasts than using
OpenOffice and capture the slide show.

>  And translation, regardless of whether it's an audio dub or
> > subtitling has had many issues (as Frédéric (MrEgg964) has noted
> > recently).
>
> There are some issues yes, but have you seen how many translations there
> have been? People are working on them and we have results.


That's good.

>   Also the turnover of the English screencasts is much faster than the
> > turnover of non-english screencasts, but this is a problem that the
> > people at Full Circle Magazine have been experiencing.
> >
>
> Not really. People can translate any time. The screencasts aren't going
> anywhere. If someone translates a screencast I made a year ago, today,
> I'd be delighted. Equally if someone translates the ones I made
> yesterday, I'd be equally delighted.


Alan, I am reading through the Screencasts that have been published since I
posted mine about Skype.  Now there has only been TWO that have been
translated into other languages.  Those were the Printing in Ubuntu one and
the one about burning the ubuntu iso in Infra Recorder for windows.  You
have to be kidding me.  Why ONLY two out of eight out of the LAST MONTH have
subtitles.  Now there is a problem that NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED if we have ANY
hope of putting these screencasts in ubuntu because it wouldn't be fair for
those that don't speak decent english like you and I to miss out on learning
through Screencasts.

> For the translation stuff to work, we need to work out what are the
> > most important languages that we want the screencasts in, and how
> > often do we release non-english stuff.  I find the current process a
> > joke, rather a nightmare.
> >
>
> That's quite harsh.


That is absolute toilet.  The main goal should be to allow EVERYBODY to
access these screencasts.  When there is a large demand for screencasts in
say, Esperanto, what will you do about it?

> I think that the screencasts need to be tied into Ubuntu somehow for
> > this project to grow (Possibly an app that you can stream the videos
> > in, I hope that Alan writes a good proposal for such at the UDS in
> > Boston).
>
> I have already started writing such a spec and will do my best to move
> that on at UDS later this month.


Do you have a draft on a wiki page? Or will we have to wait after UDS?
Because we as a WHOLE team need to look at this and critique it so it comes
from us, not just you.  WE ARE A TEAM, remember?

> For a consolation to Alan, I must admit the popularity of the MoS feed
> > in Miro did help us quite a bit which is why I am part of this team in
> > the first place.  (Alan, it was a very mad plan indeed ;) )
> >
>
> Yeah, I admit it was possibly somewhat over ambitious, but hey, we've
> got a bunch of screencasts and some translation out of it, can't be all
> bad can it :)
>
> (I am a glass-half-full kinda guy).


Well, I can agree with the over ambitious nature of the project.  Although I
still have doubts over the current status of translation at this moment as
you read above.

> I am indeed hopeful that the Screencasts project grows from what it is
> > today.  We provide a great service to the community, and don't ever
> > forget that when you are giving up your time to contribute to the
> > project, regardless whether you are recording, or translating :)
>
> Indeed, I'm happy for any/all contributions people can make to the team.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.


Yes, the more the merrier.

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