Agreed 100%. For example, I find it odd, perplexing and slightly irritating that Habari doesn't even make this list of 10 blogging platforms.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/29/10-weblog-engines-reviewed/ I can only assume that people think it is still is development and isn't ready for use on a real blog. Andy On Aug 29, 2:28 pm, Owen Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some separate thoughts that lead to a potentially interesting idea: > > It's been a puzzle for me why Habari isn't getting as much press as it > could. I think part of the problem is that it's not getting enough > "word of mouth" promotion in the right places for people to take notice. > > We seem to hit high points of traffic when we do releases (which > thankfully get larger as the version number increase), but then lag > between releases when we're not announcing anything or seemingly doing > anything. > > Other blog/CMS tools like to post case studies about sites that use > their software, or about off-site articles that recommend their tool > over others. > > From my reading of what people like about blog tools, it seems to me > that people's reluctance to use or try Habari stems largely from not > ever having seen it in use, or not having read a glowing review of it > from their favorite news source. > > What I was thinking is that between the 0.5 release and the 0.6 release > we could have a kind of contest: Produce a 30-second screencast of your > favorite Habari feature and publish it on your blog. > > You need not run Habari on your blog to qualify. We'd link to the > screencasts from habariproject.org if they link back. We might select > one or two to receive some kind of as-yet-undetermined prize. > > It's been a mystery to me why sites like Download Squad don't cover > Habari, but I guess it's perhaps because we haven't asked them to? And > now maybe if we get a little ramped up with a following of users trying > Habari, we can have something to announce. > > Plus, producing the screencasts can only bring more people into using > Habari, and providing the feedback that we need to keep the software great. > > It would be very nice if we could do a similar promotion (including > theme and plugin contests, but also including regular users) to keep > energy up about Habari between releases. > > Would anyone like to spearhead such an event? > > Owen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
