<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/7/16 Máirín Duffy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:duffy@fedoraproject.org">duffy@fedoraproject.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Ian!<br>
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On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 08:21 -0700, Ian MacGregor wrote:<br>
> I'm happy, no excited to be a part of the new fp.o website and have<br>
> come up with some ideas for tutorials:<br>
><br>
> * Agave tutorial - creating color schemes with agave<br>
> * Crontab tutorial - creating a cronjob<br>
> * Desktop launcher tutorial - creating a desktop launcher<br>
> * GIMP tutorial - creating custom desktop wallpapers<br>
> * Gnote tutorial - using the gnote app<br>
><br>
> I can write most of these as I use all of these apps, and I have<br>
> taught a class on crontab recently. I'm submitting these for feedback.<br>
> What does everyone think?<br>
<br>
</div></div>This is a great start! I think we should be looking to produce tutorials<br>
on how-to do things posed in terms of the user's life rather than the<br>
technology, which is really the only critique I have of your list. For<br>
example, here's a stab at how these might be posed better to reflect a<br>
site visitor's POV:<br>
<br>
- How to build beautiful color palettes for your home and wardrobe<br>
(Agave)<br>
<br>
- Automatically upload your files to a backup drive every week<br>
(crontab)<br>
<br>
- Access your favorite app with one click<br>
(desktop launcher)<br>
<br>
- Decorate your desktop with family photos<br>
(Gimp tutorial)<br>
<br>
- Get organized and build a personal database<br>
(Gnote)<br>
<br>
<br>
Out of these, though, I think crontab and desktop launcher stand out to<br>
me as maybe not being the best for beginning users. Crontab is not<br>
really for the faint of heart (I have an RHCT and I still prefer GUI<br>
apps to interacting with crontab on the desktop - I only crontab on the<br>
servers I admin). The desktop launcher I think, is kind of difficult to<br>
pose in terms of something the user can accomplish - I think it's too<br>
implementation/desktop specific.<br>
<br>
One tutorial you forgot from the list is turning your friends into the<br>
Hulk with cheese. I think that could replace the crontab one quite well.<br>
I would suggest maybe coming up with a different idea to replace the<br>
desktop launcher one as well, unless you can think of a strong user<br>
story behind it.<br>
<br>
~m<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>Excellent advice all around! I'll replace the crontab tutorial with the cheese idea and drop the desktop launcher idea.<br><br>The folks I've already met on the project have lots of energy, I can already see that this is going to be fun!<br>