On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Joel Limardo <joel.lima...@forwardphase.com> wrote: > So, how is Perl advocacy done? Is there an actual advocacy organization > with yearly goals, some people who officially head up the organization, > etc.? What are the 2010 goals? 2011? Is there a central Perl portal for > 'all things advocacy' which contains the current meeting minutes of this > organization?
>>>> "https://www.socialtext.net/perl5/index.cgi?companies_using_perl ... but >>>> I don't think there is a real added value in such list." > Thank you for this post. There is an excellent book I recommend that > everyone who is even remotely interested in Perl advocacy read -- The > Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell > (http://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Point-Little-Things-Difference/dp/0316346624). > In the book there is this story about another guy who rode around > immediately prior the British invasion on April 18, 1775 but rousted very > few colonists to action. Paul Revere took a different route to bring people > to arms against the British and history tells us he was incredibly > successful. Gladwell analyzes the differences between their routes and > methods and finds no significant difference. However, when you study WHO > these men were we start to understand why Revere's ride was a success and > the other fellow's fell flat. The difference was in the men themselves. > Revere was well known and popular. His character beamed and people trusted > him. The other fellow did not possess these qualities, so people were less > inclined to leave their homes and risk death. > The URL you posted is a bit like the other fellow's ride -- it is on an > obscure site, not centrally supported (as far as I can tell), and the > message is therefore not as effective as it could be. > That is the official TPF Wiki page. Go, ask the people in Marketing Committee of The Perl Foundation. BTW have you been reading the various Perl feeds recently? E.g. http://ironman.enlightenedperl.org/ There are a few people writing about promotion and marketing and the similar subjects. Gabor http://szabgab.com/
