Re: Has GNOME-Journal Died?

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

So.. how about we have a meeting on this?  Maybe we can do a skype
meeting or using Ekiga and hash this out?  I think we can get more
motivation going if we did something real time.  What do you guys think?

sri

On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 16:05 -0400, Jayson Rowe wrote:
> Ken VanDine wrote:
> > We aren't dead... but definately stale.  What we really need is more
> > people to work on it that has some time.  All of us old timers are now
> > overwhelmed with other things.  
> > 
> > Right now the major need is articles.  We accept articles from anyone.
> > Once those are submitted, we kind of need someone to stay on us to
> > review those and get the ones we want to publish edited.  
> > 
> > Personally I want to see us become more structured.  For example have
> > regular columns that focus on different things.  Like i really want a
> > column that focuses on using GNOME, something that can help new users
> > learn how to best use GNOME and GNOME tools.  Also columns discussing
> > GNOME dev tools, process, and probably about what's new and coming.  For
> > example, I have been thinking about writing something about new modules
> > accepted for 2.24.
> > 
> > --Ken
> > 
> > On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 12:06 -0400, Jayson Rowe wrote:
> >> So, what's going on? It's been 9 months or so since a new article was 
> >> posted. I am willing to help - I'd hate to see this die away, and I 
> >> would love to see it far more active (as it once was). I used to love to 
> >> read the "Behind the Scenes" series, and I would love to see this 
> >> revived, and be far more extensive and popular than KDE's "Behind KDE" 
> >> page.
> >>
> >> What can I do to help? I'm willing to do anything. I'm 100% about 
> >> promoting GNOME, as well as giving insights into the GNOME developers 
> >> and contributers, delivering GNOME News to the community as well as 
> >> showing off coming GNOME Projects and applications.
> >>
> >> I would love to see GNOME Journal be a "go-to" place for folks to come 
> >> and read about GNOME, but too me, it seems it's just dying away, slowly 
> >> but surely. I know everything is done by volunteers, and that we all 
> >> have real-life, but I'm willing to give up some of my free time to make 
> >> this happen.
> >>
> >> I've volunteered to help several times in the past but I haven't ever 
> >> gotten any real direction on where to go, or what to do.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Jayson
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> > 
> (I accidentally didn't reply to the list - sorry for the double-mail Ken 
> :-) )
> 
> Thanks for the reply Ken,
> I'm wondering now, how many people are actively involved (or willing to 
> be actively involved) in the GNOME Journal?
> 
> I've checked out some of the wiki pages such as these:
> 
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeJournal/ArticleWishlist
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeJournal/ArticleSubmissionQueue
> 
> Most of the info in the ArticleSubmissionQueue is very out-dated (or is 
> it?), and on the ArticleWishlist page, it's hard to tell how old the 
> information is.
> 
> Also, I just found: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeJournal/BehindTheScenes
> 
> This is the area that interests me a lot, and is actually an area I feel 
> I can contribute. I'm sure I could get one of these done per issue (if 
> we can start doing regular issue releases again). I do not feel I'm 
> skilled enough of a writer to tackle a big, involved article involving 
> lots of research (nor do I have enough time to properly devote to 
> articles such as that), but I enjoy people, and learning more about 
> them, so the Behind The Scenes series always intrigued me. I could also 
> possibly tackle some articles in the vein of Ken's suggesting regarding 
> "Using GNOME" or "GNOME from the End-User Perspective" (since I am a 
> non-coder). I think articles such as these will not only be an 
> interesting read for anyone, but could work in reverse of the "Behind 
> the Scenes" series by giving the coders an insight into what the 
> end-user sees, wants and thinks.
> 
> As for other types of articles, I'm still willing to contribute where 
> and how I can, and I could help getting things organized and keeping 
> things on track for a deadline. When I first mentioned getting involved 
> Sri suggested a pretty massive project involving the Online Desktop, and 
> that was way too much for me to handle.
> 
> I would like to see if we could get some fresh info on the pages linked 
> above to see where we are, and where we need to go
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Sriram Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>