Re: Learning from the best

[Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>]

Dave,

I'll be following up with you for GJ after this next edition is out!

:)

On a more serious note, I think both arguments are valid - I think
longer form articles and short form (twitter, etc) both have their
uses - I would love to see a volunteer step up and help manage and run
one of them.  I think all outreach is good, especially with a good
plan and goal behind it.

Paul

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Dave Neary <dneary gnome org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Joey Ferwerda wrote:
>> The attention span of general people are very low.
>> Thats the reason why Twitter is 160 characters max, the facebook
>> messages are short, most of the Blogs contain a "read more" button with
>> 90% of the post, youtube does not allow large video's for regular users
>> etc etc.
>
> At this stage, I have to ask: is this "stop energy" (i.e. "I don't think
> you should waste your time doing this") or a proposal to spend more time
> with a micro-communication strategy (Twitter, Facebook & daily links
> type stuff)?
>
> I really like the longer articles, and it's the kind of thing I'd like
> to see more in the GNOME Journal - and I'd even volunteer to write one
> or two, and encourage others to do the same - but I don't want to spend
> time arguing about whether it's useful or not.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
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