all of these are excellent ideas...

I know for a fact that using beanstalk
in one of our projects was almost shutdown
because there was a lack of testimonials
from other companies and the webpage for
it sucked

I love beanstalk though cause it's so EASY!

-ian

On 14:38 Tue 07 Apr     , Keith Rarick wrote:
> 
> In my more idealistic moments, I like to think that good software
> sells itself. That you don't have to do anything beyond excellent
> documentation* to become popular. Unfortunately, this isn't always
> true.
> 
> Now that beanstalkd is starting to mature and we're on the verge of
> the much-requested persistence feature, I think our marketing could
> stand to be improved.
> 
> Here are some ideas to start with:
>  - prettier web site
>  - more concise/engaging "getting started" documentation
>  - links to the tutorials people have written
>  - more thorough "end-to-end" client and server tutorial-style documentation
>  - testimonials from happy beanstalkd users
>  - links to a few high-volume/high-profile users
>  - register beanstalkd.net or something similar
> 
> Anybody else have thoughts on this? Any graphic designers out there
> who want a crack at this web site?
> 
> kr
> 
> * I'm not claiming that beanstalkd has excellent documentation. That's
> one of the things I want to improve! :)
> 
> > 

-- 
ian eyberg
[email protected]
573.219.0658

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