[proposal] Profile Series – Who is Fedora?

[Paul W. Frields]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 10:47:19PM -0500, Justin W. Flory wrote:
> On 11/22/2015 10:34 PM, charles profitt wrote:
> >On Sun, 2015-11-22 at 22:16 -0500, Justin W. Flory wrote:
> >>=====================================================================
> >>Quick Summary
> >>=====================================================================
> >>1) Profile / Interviews: Yeah, let's reboot this!
> >>2) Better for Magazine, not CommBlog
> >>3) Questions: Good, add Fedora usage questions too (user experience)
> >>4) Plan: Add new questions, begin polling contributors for new
> >>articles?
> >>=====================================================================
> >
> >Justin:
> >
> >I can see it being a reboot of the How do you Fedora or more of a 'get
> >to know people' angle. If it is more former then we need to ask some
> >questions about what they use Fedora to accomplish and then how they do
> >it. I would be willing to assist in any way I can to produce some
> >articles.
> >
> >Thanks for your thoughts and guidance as I get involved in the Fedora
> >Community.
> 
> I see what you're saying. Hmmm. I think that this can still go both ways.
> The Fedora Magazine comes with a larger audience of users of Fedora and
> others in the Linux world, and I think adding some more personal details
> like how they got involved with the Fedora community is an excellent idea to
> the series. At the same time, I think people would be interested to know how
> they use Fedora as a distro. Doesn't have to be the primary focus, but I
> think both sides of the story can be integrated.
> 
> No problem, I'm always glad to help, Charles.

I think the "How Do You Fedora" resurgence is probably more tightly in
keeping with the intended audience of the Magazine overall.  So my
vote is for that.

I really love the idea of getting some more of those articles into
play, because they really do help put a human face on a distro and
project.


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