It looks like some auto capitalization thing was run to camel-cap everything. Finding stuff like "doesn'T" and "it'S" On Aug 8, 2014 9:16 AM, "Branko Čibej" <br...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 08.08.2014 14:59, Rich Bowen wrote: > > As you all know, the schedule for ApacheCon is now published, and > > registrations are starting to come in. I should have numbers on that > > real soon. Meanwhile, now that I'm finally caught up on most work > > things, after being out of the office for two weeks, I'm starting back > > on some of the ApacheCon related tasks. > > > > Here's how you can help. > > > > * Look at the schedule at http://apacheconeu2014.sched.org/grid/ > > looking for places where someone is speaking twice at once, or where > > there's an obvious conflict between two talks (ie, the same topic at > > the same time). > > > > * See if a speaker is giving two (or more) talks back to back. > > > > * See if the talk ordering in a particular track doesn't make any > > sense, or, at least, could be improved. > > > > * Read titles and abstracts. Can they be improved? Is a title unclear, > > not compelling, not descriptive, just plain boring? Are there typos, > > grammatical errors, or awkward sentences in the abstract? Are there > > placeholders that need to be filled? That kind of thing. > > > > * If you are a speaker, blog about your presentations, telling people > > why they should be there. Tweet about it. G+, Facebook, LinkedIn, > > MySpace, whatever you have to do. Get the word out. YOU are the most > > effective way to get people to the conference. Tell your projects' dev > > and user lists, forums, NNTP groups and local meetup lists. Help us > > wish we had a bigger venue. > > > > If you encounter any of this stuff, email me, or respond to this > > thread, so that we can get it fixed. > > > Can I make a typographical complaint, too? There are dashes (-) before > the speaker names, which should be either m-dashes (— —) or > n-dashes (– –). > > Some project names are not written correctly, at a glance I found OFBiz: > It's sometimes written "Ofbiz", and sometimes "Apache-OFBiz", both of > which are wrong; the correct spelling is "Apache OFBiz" or just "OFBiz". > > "From Squid To Happines In 42 Easy Step" is missing a plural form in the > last word. > > Capitalization of the session titles is still not consistent. > > That's all for a 10-second glance :) > > > -- Brane >
