On Sat, 2011-05-07 at 22:45 -0400, planas wrote: > On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 08:56 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > On Sat, 2011-05-07 at 18:10 -0400, planas wrote: > > > Jean > > > > > > On Sat, 2011-05-07 at 20:44 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > > > > > A few days ago, Nino Novak asked "is there a documentation blog?" and I > > > > answered, "Not that I know of, but perhaps we should start one if there > > > > isn't one already. I can easily set one up on blogspot or similar and > > > > have it added to the LO planet. What do the rest of you think?" > > > > > > > > The silence may answer that question, but just in case you missed it in > > > > a thread on another topic, I'm asking it again. > > > > > > > > Some things we could do with a blog: > > > > 1) Announce publication of chapters, books, other documents. > > > > 2) Announce what we're working on, and ask for more people to join in. > > > > 3) Remind people of things we'd like to do, and ask for people to > > > > contribute. > > > > 4) Describe ideas for new docs or improvements to old ones, asking for > > > > comments. > > > > 5) No doubt others: add your ideas. > > > > > > > > I do not see a blog as a substitute for what we do on this list, or as a > > > > place to discuss everyday working details. I see it as more of a place > > > > for announcements, but with a way for others to comment. With the social > > > > networking buttons available, it would provide an easy way for people to > > > > pass on info to their networks: in other words, publicity for us and the > > > > docs we produce. > > > > > > > > Comments? > > > > > > > > --Jean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could we have a column like MS Crazy Office Lady covering a variety of > > > topics. > > > -- > > > Jay Lozier > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > I had to look that up. What I found was "Crabby Office Lady": > > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/CH010149515.aspx?CTT=97 > > > > That's a really good suggestion and fits in with Sophie's comment about > > including usage tips. A column would work best if someone (or several > > people) were available to write articles regularly, but there's no > > reason why people can't do an occasional article, short tip, etc. We can > > also link to articles on other people's blogs, or ask for permission to > > republish them. Many people are more likely to read the blog if it has > > more than just announcements on it. > > > > --Jean > > > > > > I would recommend that one person be responsible for say a biweekly > blog, whether that person actually writes or has someone else is open. I > think if there is live person for contact it may be more effective. > > Any suggestions for the first few topics? I could write something in the > next few days, just do not have a topic off the top of my head. > > Like Crabby I think it should focus on tips and tricks to do more with > LO than answer very specific user questions. > -- > Jay Lozier > [email protected] >
We (as a group) haven't even decided whether to have a blog, and already we've got a volunteer to write articles! This is great! :-D Let me think a bit and I should be able to come up with a list of possible topics. Others are very welcome to suggest some, too. We should probably start a wiki page for them. BTW, I usually get my ideas from user questions and then try to expand on them into a more general discussion or tip on a subject. The other way around is to look at some of the topics in the user guides and write a specific example to illustrate the topic. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
