Thanks for the useful comments, guys. I agree that the main site blog needs something at least once a week. Even though there is lots of traffic in this group, it is not reflected in the hobocentral.net site.
@Ronbo, I like your idea "Perhaps Perhaps an elevator pitch/tag-line that captures the philosophy of speed with flexibility would help drive home that Hobo does not mean giving up control." . BTW, DrNic used to be a big proponent, but haven't heard from him in a while. Rich Kilmer, CEO of InfoEther (Chad Fowler is the CTO) has gone through the books and actually looked at the hobo code and had very nice things to say in April.... The original Peter Cooper blog is now about three years old. : -) Would be nice if he could revisit it. Thanks, Owen On Jun 23, 6:30 pm, Ronbo <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that the main site leaves visitors wondering if anything is > going on for months at a time. > > I also agree that more screencasts would be very helpful. The one on > frontpage of the main Hobo site now is very polished and sets a great > standard. > > One of the promises of Hobo is to provide a declarative environment > that non programmers as well as programmers can do great things with. > Some programmer and non-programmer success stories might be useful. If > I can get something finished, I volunteer to be a non-programmer > testimonial. > > I have noticed some comments from Rails developers along the lines of > 'too much magic for me'. Perhaps an elevator pitch/tag-line that > captures the philosophy of speed with flexibility would help drive > home that Hobo does not mean giving up control. This could be attached > to the site, to 'built with' icons, etc. > > Is there a possible champion in the Rails community that could act as > an influencer? Someone with a following who's blessing would make a > difference? > > On Jun 23, 6:13 pm, storitel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > well i got interested based on the screencasts. maybe creating and > > propagating some new ones would be worthwhile? also i notice the > > blog's not exactly fast-moving - i don't mean to criticise, obviously > > everyone's busy with day jobs etc, but if the main hobo site stays > > static, it's not gonna generate maximum buzz? > > > On 18 June, 14:46, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Pinging to bring this back to the top... > > > > On Jun 17, 10:23 pm, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://screencast.com/t/MDhhNmQwMjct > > > > > 106 new members in 5 months. That is great, but my goal for us is at > > > > least one newbie per day. Suggestions? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Owen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. 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/hobousers?hl=en.
