Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Brett Legree
Agreed - that article was complete and utter sensationalistic garbage. GNOME 3 doesn't seem to be failing on my desktop. -Brett On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: We really need to push back on negative articles like this one:

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread alex diavatis
Hello Sri, Brett, Calling trash an article (doesn't matter if it is or isn't) will lead to negative critics back to you. Instead I propose to make each month (or every 2 or 3) a positive press release about the future of gnome, what happened in the past month, what decisions are made etc etc and

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread alex diavatis
Instead I propose to make each month - Instead I propose YOU to make each month :) On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:20 PM, alex diavatis alexis.diava...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Sri, Brett, Calling trash an article (doesn't matter if it is or isn't) will lead to negative critics back to you. Instead

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 07:54:44PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: seriously. What the hell. It is just a troll. Probably to generate clicks or make the site name known by hoping people link to it. Not sure what to do. I suggest someone should get media training. -- Regards, Olav --

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 07:54:44PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: seriously. What the hell. It is just a troll. Probably to generate clicks or make the site name known by hoping people link to it. Not sure what to do.

great job, world of gnome folks!

2012-08-19 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
I've been seeing a lot of great articles coming from you guys on /r/gnome. Great work guys! I really really appreciate all the content you guys are generating on our behalf. Thanks for exposing our community and informing them of the things we are doing in GNOME. Keep it up! You guys are an

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:01:20PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 07:54:44PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: seriously. What the hell. It is just a troll. Probably to generate clicks or make

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:01:20PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 07:54:44PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: seriously.

Re: great job, world of gnome folks!

2012-08-19 Thread Juanjo Marín
- Mensaje original - De: Juanjo Marín juanjomari...@yahoo.es Para: Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me; GNOME Marketing List marketing-list@gnome.org CC: Enviado: Domingo 19 de agosto de 2012 23:57 Asunto: Re: great job, world of gnome folks!

Re: great job, world of gnome folks!

2012-08-19 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Juanjo Marín juanjomari...@yahoo.eswrote: In the Spanish Track in GUADEC (GUADEC-ES), Germán Póo-Caamaño gave a good talk about how to deal with misinformation. He recommended the Debunking Myths Handbook: http://sks.to/debunk I think you meant to post this

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Larry Cafiero
Observations from a former participant who is now an outside observer: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: There are a lot of sites out there whose only intention is to cause controversy. This article seems exactly about that. How to deal with this: no clue,

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Juanjo Marín
De: Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me Para: marketing-list@gnome.org Enviado: Domingo 19 de agosto de 2012 23:59 Asunto: Re: push back on negative articles On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Larry Cafiero larry.cafi...@gmail.comwrote: Observations from a former participant who is now an outside observer: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: There are a lot of sites out there whose only intention is to cause

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 03:02:17PM -0700, Larry Cafiero wrote: Observations from a former participant who is now an outside observer: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: There are a lot of sites out there whose only intention is to cause controversy. This

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 02:59:16PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: Is there some place to learn about media training? I don't know. I go with my gut on some of this stuff and I haven't had any negative consequences, but then I'm not dealing with the press, I'm dealing with people in forums

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: I find this comparison over the top offence. I urge you to read https://live.gnome.org/CodeOfConduct He was quoting Bruce Byfield, so I don't think this applies since it's not his opinion. sri -- marketing-list mailing

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 03:49:54PM -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: I find this comparison over the top offence. I urge you to read https://live.gnome.org/CodeOfConduct He was quoting Bruce Byfield, so I don't

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Karen Sandler
I love that we're re-evaluating the ways that we handle press and that we're looking for opportunities to improve. I think we should focus on ways to get positive press, as others have said, and I think one of the best ways to do that right now is probably to talk about the 3.6 release. Maybe we

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: I love that we're re-evaluating the ways that we handle press and that we're looking for opportunities to improve. I can accept that. But I won't allow gross mis-characterizations to go unchallenged. I can use my own plus

Re: push back on negative articles

2012-08-19 Thread Larry Cafiero
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: I didn't imply he was a troll. I've already stated he is a troll. And by most people's definition of the word, you'd be wrong in calling him that. Where's that Code of Conduct when you need it? Again, I disagree. I would be

Re: Ubuntu GNOME Flavor naming

2012-08-19 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 13 August 2012 11:56, Jeremy Bicha jbi...@ubuntu.com wrote: At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in May, several of us that work with GNOME in Ubuntu discussed the need for a Ubuntu community derivative similar to Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and others but which will try to ship a relatively pure GNOME