> One danger I've seen is that such pages can grow stale/feel dated if not regularly updated/added to, so we should have a plan there.
Definitely. Case in point: one of our existing testimonials is from data artisans, which isn't even that company's name anymore. On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 7:35 PM Robert Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is a great idea, as long as we can get critical mass. One > danger I've seen is that such pages can grow stale/feel dated if not > regularly updated/added to, so we should have a plan there. > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 4:21 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 on adding testimonials/snippets from users either or both on GitHub >> and website. >> >> As part of the Beam website redesign proposal [1], we are suggesting to >> add a few pages like, "Powered by" or "Use Cases" which users can refer to >> and find information on who is using Beam and why. The proposal hasn't been >> finalized yet, we are expecting to continue to work on it after we finish >> migrating the website to Hugo. >> >> It would be awesome if we started collecting those testimonials, so that >> we can share them on the Beam site once there's a Powered By / Use cases >> section. Austin, is that something that you're interested in helping with? >> >> [1] >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1btXMkQGqYaU9pUjYh0iCNrbXf4pAHe3tBFsLQ_cLYHg/edit >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 3:06 PM Kyle Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I agree it'd be beneficial to the community to highlight users better. >>> Rather than just a list, though, perhaps we can get some additional user >>> testimonials (either by requesting them or linking to existing blog posts, >>> etc). Testimonials are more effort to write, but I think it's more enticing >>> and informative to potential new users to show, in addition to _who_ is >>> using Beam, _how_ they are using it. I see there are three already on >>> Beam's homepage, maybe we could add more there, or add it to a different >>> page, such as the overview page ( >>> https://beam.apache.org/get-started/beam-overview/). For example, I >>> visited GRPC's website by chance earlier today, and I noticed they had >>> testimonials from 8 different organizations, that go into detail about why >>> they use the software: https://grpc.io/about/#whos-using-grpc-and-why >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 5:43 PM Austin Bennett < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Have we considered getting onto our website or our our GitHub repo the >>>> ability for individuals to share that their company is using Beam? Seeing >>>> - what I believe to be a reasonable list of - companies productively using >>>> Beam would be helpful to point others to. For instance, a common question >>>> I get is whether anyone or who is using? I'm not sure that's the best >>>> metric or datapoint in many cases for adoption, but a heuristic that some >>>> rely upon. >>>> >>>> Naturally, we could ask for a roll-call, esp. via user list, but >>>> imagining a persistent web-list would be of interest. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Austin >>>> >>>> >>>> P.S. If putting such a list into our repo, that would also get some >>>> people to submit PRs (so more contributors!) :-) >>>> >>>> >>>>
