Could you register debianmed.blogspot.com? I would be happy to guest-post on Ensembl.
Will On 18 Apr 2011, at 14:32, Steffen Möller wrote: > > > On 04/18/2011 02:51 PM, William Spooner wrote: >> So Vanessa is coordinating @DebianMed twitter? I'll try to remember to >> include @DebianMed if I post any relevant tweets. I think twitter works best >> for conversational items rather than announcements (RSS feeds are much >> better for the latter). >> >> Is there a DebainMed blog? > :) I have http://tangiblecomputationalbiology.blogspot.com/ > ... as a kind of an experiment with the medium and all in German > ... can change that to English if there is some demand. > > Steffen >> Will >> >> >> On 14 Apr 2011, at 14:40, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just setup twitter and identica accounts for Debian Med, later on the day >>> I'll add a nice avatar, and later on the week I'll look how to post >>> automatically and stuff. >>> >>> For those interested in following Debian Med twitter and identi.ca >>> >>> http://twitter.com/#!/DebianMed >>> http://identi.ca/debianmed >>> >>> :) >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm fully quoting this mail from Sebastian Hilbert in case you might not >>> have noticed this mail. If you currently feel not obliged to do some >>> packaging or other technical work but want to help the Debian Med >>> project somehow, please try to follow the example given by the GNUmed >>> authors. >>> >>> My short summary of the mail below is: >>> >>> 1. Yes, it is worth the effort to use social media to advertise >>> Debian Med >>> 2. I personally do not really like to spend my time for this job >>> because I think my time is better spent with coding and giving >>> talks on conferences. >>> >>> But it is important anyway and perhaps you (the reader of this >>> mailinglist) feel like this is a good chance to become involved. >>> >>> BTW, I added this item to our Wiki page >>> >>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMedTodo >>> >>> which also mentiones some other items what users or developers can >>> do for Debian. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> Andreas. >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:47:21AM +0200, Sebastian Hilbert wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I can give some feedback regarding social networks from the GNUmed >>>> perspective. >>>> >>>> I started out with blogging. >>>> gnumed.blogspot.com >>>> >>>> From google stats it seems about 25 people read it per day. Those might >>>> include search engines. Sometimes someone comments on the blog posts so it >>>> must be at least some humans that read it. >>>> >>>> Blog posts are good for reports on new major releases, conferences etc. It >>>> was >>>> like this for some years. >>>> >>>> There are two people who moved forward from commenting on the blog to >>>> raising >>>> their voice on the mailing list. >>>> >>>> This might indicate that without a blog those people might not have been >>>> made >>>> aware of GNUmed. >>>> >>>> The blog is syndicated at some low level sites so I guess most people came >>>> via >>>> search engine. >>>> >>>> About a year ago someone mentioned that it would be essential to have all >>>> the >>>> accounts (twitter, facebook etc.) >>>> >>>> So I went out and created an twitter and identi.ca account. I have no clue >>>> how >>>> many people read this. >>>> >>>> On twitter GNUmed has I think 5 followers who seem to have subscribed to >>>> what >>>> we have to say. >>>> >>>> It took another year or so until someone answered on the tweets which >>>> indicates someone reads it. >>>> >>>> I assume that this person would not have found GNUmed without twitter or >>>> identi.ca. >>>> >>>> I use twitter and identi.ca for release announcements ,calls for help, bug >>>> announcements etc. In short for short messages. Nothing automated here. >>>> >>>> Then facebook was all the hype. I created a page and basically replicated >>>> the >>>> content from blog and twitter >>>> >>>> So far 6 or 7 people subscribed to that page. I don't know how many people >>>> read this. >>>> >>>> The point is. Speaking for the GNUmed project a small number of people were >>>> made aware of GNUmed because of Twitter ,Identi.ca, blog, and facebook >>>> page. >>>> >>>> The key is to realize that it can be helpful but it takes ressouces to >>>> update >>>> the content. >>>> >>>> Another key factor seems to be networking. One need to use the various >>>> options >>>> to have people subscribe to feeds ot tweets and one need to subscribe to >>>> other >>>> feeds as well to appear as follower there. >>>> >>>> Third point to realize is that these measures reach the technophile crowd. >>>> The >>>> computer guys and girls. >>>> >>>> If you want to reach doctors who don't use facebook in their daily life >>>> there >>>> is little chance to catch them there. Same for scientists. >>>> >>>> If you want to reach scientists who are not computer afficionados you might >>>> have little chance on facebook. Ask yourself. "Do I read facebook, twitter >>>> , >>>> blog etc. ?" >>>> >>>> Social networks are (IMHO) not a must but are hip, cool and fairly easy to >>>> work with. So why not. >>>> >>>> To reach your target crowd speaking on conferences is (IMHO) more >>>> effective. >>>> Combining the two the "best of breed tactic" >>>> >>>> Now head over to >>>> >>>> gnumed.blogspot.com >>>> http://twitter.com/releasedude >>>> http://identi.ca/releasedude >>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/GNUmed-EMR/316812324929 >>>> >>>> and show some love. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Sebastian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >>>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >>>> [email protected] >>>> Archive: >>>> http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> http://fam-tille.de >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >>> [email protected] >>> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ing. Vanessa Gutiérrez >>> >> -- >> William Spooner >> [email protected] >> http://www.eaglegenomics.com >> >> >> >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- William Spooner [email protected] http://www.eaglegenomics.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
