Posts from the Planet to the Magazine

[Zoltan Hoppar]

Hi,

Sorry the link has been left out from my post. Check it out.

http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/

Zoltan


2013/10/30 Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> We have been done similar in ancient times, it was callled dailypackages
> what name has been taken over by myself, because the original Chris Tyler's
> blog series content is dead since 2008. But still can be found some
> remaining fragments at source. [1]
> If you check it, you see that every post is goes around an specific theme
> (Artsy Tuesday, Productive Monday, etc) , so with that if we copy the
> method - we can cover every group activity, and everyone can select one
> "candy" within his interest. Also if possible, I would like to add not only
> news about new codes (Fedora Hosted projects), else QA testing news,
> how-to's and perhaps requests too as a developers/engineers "corner" page.
> Under requests I would like to see callings for tasks - Like we are looking
> for xy workgroup testing, or set or write documentation, or whaterver. Also
> if you add some contests, and rare stuff (1 fedora keyboard, mice,
> keychain, etc) as a contest if the task is done, we can have our own Fedora
> Summer of Code slowly, and more better code.
>
> With these touches, we can achieve more active community, more feedback,
> and the marketing team can be the backup for ambassadors, feedback of the
> teams, and the contact with the PR.
>
> HTH with my ideas.
>
> Zoltan
>
>
> 2013/10/30 Pete Travis <lists at petetravis.com>
>
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2013 8:45 PM, "Mike Ruckman" <roshi at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:45:01 -0500
>> > Joe Brockmeier <jzb at redhat.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:01:57PM +0200, Zacharias Mitzelos wrote:
>> > > > Hello everyone,
>> > > >
>> > > > On the Monday's meeting[1] we discussed about creating a new
>> > > > category and adding it in the main menu of the Fedora Magazine. In
>> > > > this new category we can choose every week an article from Fedora
>> > > > Planet, and publish it in the magazine as well. Roshi stepped
>> > > > forward on this, and said he can choose articles from the planet
>> > > >
>> > > > Thoughts/flames?
>> > >
>> > > Don't forget comments. ;-)
>> > >
>> > > Quick thought: Do we have permission to republish material that
>> > > appears on the Planet to the magazine? Skimming the Planet Howto I
>> > > don't see that we grant permission for forklifting materials from our
>> > > blog to another publication. It may seem like a triviality/formality,
>> > > but it's possible that we'd annoy a contributor if we post something
>> > > on the magazine without asking first.
>> > >
>> > > So, we plan to ask first, right?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Best,
>> > >
>> > > jzb
>> >
>> > My thoughts initially (not sure if I actually *said* anything about it
>> > though) were to find some posts we liked, vote which we wanted to
>> > publish for the week then contact the person who wrote it and see if
>> > they minded. This might help out with people wanting to be part of
>> > marketing and the magazine. Was also thinking we could get a badge made
>> > for it :)
>> >
>>
>> I like it. At first I thought "$EXPLETIVE, I hope this isn't suggesting
>> we pipe the planet feed into the Magazine just to have more content!".
>> Weekly features is ideal.  It wouldn't be a good idea to lean too heavily
>> on a small group of bloggers though, even if their posts are consistently
>> more suited to the venue.
>>
>> > In response to Zoltan, I think the package selection is a great idea. I
>> > was actually pondering something similar. I've learned a great deal
>> > from the Python Module of the Week [1] and thought it might be fun
>> > (though time consuming) to do something with Fedora packages or tools -
>> > like deltaisos. Those are awesome.
>> >
>>
>> Something like "*New* Package of the Week" would be interesting too. It
>> would have the side benefit of being more likely to include and involve
>> newly sponsored packagers.
>>
>> --Pete
>>
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