Re: [gnome-love] writer/interviewer wanted- article suggestion for next gnome-journal

[Akbar Pasha <akbarpasha gmail com>]

Ok, I am up for it. If someone else volunteers, I think its a good
idea to split the projects up. Otherwise, may be with a little
inspiration I can take it up. As you also indicated that not all
projects might be done/ready.

In any case, let me know whats the next step.

Thanks,

::akbar



On 8/25/05, Luis Villa <luis villa gail com> wrote:
> On 8/25/05, Akbar Pasha <akbarpasha gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Luis,
> >
> > This sounds like a very good plan. But I have couple of questions though.
> >
> > 1. I see about 12 bounties from GNOME as a part of SoC. Does that
> > mean, each volunteer (the person who would be crafting the article)
> > would get to cover one bounty each?
>
> My thinking was that one person do them all, so that they are
> consistent in tone, content, etc. Note that when I said 'interview' I
> meant 'send an email with 3-4 questions'- given that there are so
> many, the writeups must be brief so as not to be boring or repetitive.
> But I imagine that if they were split 2-3 ways a little bit of editing
> could still bring consistency.
>
> Also, probably worth noting that I believe some of the projects are
> not going to be finished- so if Seth or JRB can identify which those
> are, perhaps the number will be less than 12.
>
> > I would like to make an attempt at it, but considering that all these
> > projects may require different types of questions (or I guess there
> > would be some standard questions) I think its kinda big for one person
> > to handle. Also there are some projects/bounties which I am not
> > interested in and would do no justice to interview the person. Please
> > shed some more light on this.
>
> Perhaps if someone else volunteers you could each pick six or four?
>
> > 2. I understand that I need to get to right people on both Gnome
> > Journal & SoC side, but are there any restrictions on SoC side that
> > the interns are not allowed to divulge? Is GNOME authorized to know
> > the status of the project sponsored by Google? I haven't read the FAQ
> > on SoC though, but that is the first question that arises in mind.
>
> The projects are entirely public- some projects have even set up
> planets specially for summer of code:
> http://gaim.sourceforge.net/summerofcode/planet/
>
> > I would like to volunteer for this
>
> Great!
>
> > as I think I do have the
> > requirements of bugging the hell out of people through emails (just
> > kidding!!).
>
> A very valuable skill- what do you think bugmastering is? :)
>
> Anyone else interested in splitting these?
>
> [One other note, just to be clear- the deadline for this to be written
> and submitted is Sept. 1st, so it is probably desirable that the
> emails to the SoC folks be sent by some time tomorrow or Saturday.]
> Luis
>
> > On 8/25/05, Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com> wrote:
> > > Hey, so... I'm aiming this email mostly at lurkers on the cc'd lists,
> > > who might want to find a starting point to jump in and help out.
> > > Requirements are confidence to email total strangers, ability to
> > > convincingly/politely ask those strangers to help, and good enough
> > > english to write up the results. Oh, and enough free time to do all
> > > this in the next 7 days. Should be lots of people like that on the
> > > list, I hope :)
> > >
> > > As most of you probably know, Google has funded the 'summer of
> > > code'(SoC), where gnome (among other projects) had 10 people sponsored
> > > to work on GNOME-related projects for the summer.
> > >
> > > Their work is nearly ready to wrap up, they and their work have not
> > > really been sufficiently publicized, and the next gnome-journal is
> > > nearly ready to publish. A match made in heaven. :)
> > >
> > > The basic idea here would be to do an overview of the successful SoC
> > > projects- describe the projects briefly, interview the authors
> > > briefly, ask what they found most fun, most challenging, how
> > > successful they feel they were in meeting their initial project goals,
> > > etc. Should be pretty easy- same basic questions and format for each
> > > hacker and piece, just need to track them down and ask the questions
> > > :)
> > >
> > > There is a list of the people and projects here:
> > > http://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode
> > >
> > > Please email the marketing list if you plan on tackling this, so
> > > someone can help give you pointers to the right people on both sides
> > > (gnome-journal and SoC) and so we don't get a half-dozen people all
> > > emailing the SoC kids.
> > >
> > > Really hope someone can take this idea up and get us a kick-ass
> > > article for the next gnome-journal- would be great for the journal, a
> > > nice note for the hackers to end their summers on, and good for gnome
> > > to write up and publicize these things.
> > >
> > > Luis
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