also - invariably i will forget to rip my phone # out of my email sig when responding to a publicly archived mailing list! gah!
-- *matt * On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:29 AM, matt j. sorenson <[email protected]>wrote: > 1) community growth will happen organically (as it ought), or it won't > happen. > > 2) I believe email is the least best "single" canonical destination. > > Not least of all because the mailing list and the apache web interface to > the mailing list is a lousy news, information, and knowledge archive. That > in itself is enough of a limiting factor. > > I think Benoit's on the right track - on the website, s/Mailing > List/Community and build the couchdb "planet", which aggregates the pockets > of couchdb cliques (as you refer to them) around the web as they emerge > and/or are discovered. Then encourage more cliques and more sharing. The > web decentralizes naturally and if someone thinks they can buck that and > control it, it will probably do more harm than good. > > p.s. who *is* (are) the community organizer(s) for couchdb? > > > > -- > *matt j. sorenson* > mobile: 320-424-0309 > > phone calls always welcome :) > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would never say to someone "do not talk about CouchDB on Twitter or >> Google+ or your own blog." No way! But I'd like to think that the really >> important conversations are finding their way to the mailing lists. You >> know. If you do a blog post, or you there's a really interest discussion >> happening on StackOverflow... Share it with us here. >> >> How can we encourage this sort of activity? For things to filter back >> upstream to the project, where the majority of the community can see it? >> It >> is beneficial for both parties. The wider community finds out about more >> things going on. And the blog post, or the conversation gets more >> exposure, >> and perhaps more contributions. >> >> >> On 5 March 2013 15:54, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > imo the more media we spread on, the better it is. >> > >> > Ayway I can understand your concern (i'm more worried to have support >> > done on stackoverflow instead of proper mls and jira but ...) . >> > >> > One of the good thing today in the web is that we can mashup most of >> > the services around in a website . I would find interesting to have >> > the current website reworked to display informations coming from >> > different sources: twitter, g+, of course ml (maybe more) and allows >> > people to search into that. I think it would solve your concern and >> > let others post on their preferred media. >> > >> > - benoît >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Community cohesion is a big concern for me. Historically, we've >> struggled >> > > with this. And I think we could get a lot better at it. There should >> be a >> > > single obvious place you can go to to be a part of the community, and >> > that >> > > should be the project mailing lists, blog, etc. That doesn't mean >> there >> > > cannot or should not be pockets of activity in other places. But I am >> > > concerned if those pockets of activity mean that cliques are forming. >> > > Because that would be a detriment to the work we're doing here. >> > > >> > > >> > > On 5 March 2013 15:36, matt j. sorenson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > >> > >> sure, just encourage more sharing... the more the better, and stop >> being >> > >> fearful about it. you said it right yourself, if you'd just left it >> at >> > >> this... >> > >> >> > >> ------------------------- >> > >> Hey, >> > >> >> > >> Saw this post this morning: >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/101311778896778283942/posts/iZgMeo5oGst?cfem=1 >> > >> >> > >> I think it's great that stuff is happening around CouchDB on Google+ >> > >> ------------------------- >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> *matt j. sorenson* >> > >> mobile: 320-424-0309 >> > >> >> > >> phone calls always welcome :) >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> > Hey, >> > >> > >> > >> > Saw this post this morning: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/101311778896778283942/posts/iZgMeo5oGst?cfem=1 >> > >> > >> > >> > I think it's great that stuff is happening around CouchDB on >> Google+, >> > but >> > >> > it concerns me that news like this is posted away from the project >> > lists, >> > >> > and way from the project. >> > >> > >> > >> > Obviously, we can't dictate to people where they should talk about >> > >> CouchDB. >> > >> > But I am very concerned about us diluting our community. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thoughts on this? >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > NS >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > NS >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> NS >> > >
