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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beanstalk-talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/beanstalk-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
