Wait, I do have one idea. It may be lame, but it's mine and I love it. Maybe we could do a free HPR T-shirt as a thank you?
I'd contribute toward the cost. -- David L. Willson Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu_CP SUSE_CLA Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267) http://sofree.us This is a good time for a r3VOLution. ----- Original Message ----- > Mike and similar, > > Please don't let a hunch that you are not most qualified to speak on > a subject prevent you from doing a show. > > I'll present my rationale. > > 1. You're probably more qualified than you suppose.* > 2. For every listener more qualified than you are, there are three to > ten who can learn from you.* > 3. An intermediate user of thing is a better teacher for a beginning > user of thing than an advanced user thereof.* > > * unsubstantiated hunches. > > And now some more unsubstantiated blather: > > I like not-purely-technical shows. Some of my favorites so far, are: > smoking a pipe, highway noises, and making a baby. That said, there > was also a good show on vmstat, which is pretty technical, and a > bunch of good ones on bash. > > On over-working the few and the proud, I have to hope they don't > mind, because their voices are like old friends to me. I love > knowing that Dave Morriss, Ken Fallon, Jon Kulp, and other regulars > will appear every week or so. > > I have no idea how to get more different contributors. Since I don't, > I'll just regard this as a reminder to do a show, since I'm overdue. > > I do still love the idea of repeats of old shows. Maybe I'll pull one > of my favorites out and put bumpers on it saying how much I love > that show, and submit that as a show. Not really. It's a fine idea, > but it's not consistent with my idiom. > > Hm. Maybe the last bumper could have Ken saying, "You probably owe me > a show." > > -- > David L. Willson > Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist > RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu_CP SUSE_CLA > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267) > http://sofree.us > > This is a good time for a r3VOLution. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > On 15/09/2015 13:59, Ken Fallon wrote: > > > On 2015-09-15 14:44, Kevin Wisher wrote: > > >> Promotion & PR for new hosts?? > > > > > > Promoting HPR, and getting new hosts from out side the community > > > is > > > an > > > on going effort. However the problem I want to address in this > > > thread > > > is how to get our existing subscriber base to contribute shows. > > > > > > > > > > I wouldn't want to hear the intro get any longer, with additional > > bits > > of 'encouragement'. Each contributor should probably make the > > point > > that it is a community resource that badly needs contributors. > > > > I have a problem which is a barrier to me producing more shows, > > which > > I > > suspect is also a barrier for those who have not yet contributed... > > > > I have previously done shows about things like database design > > related > > things, cross-compilation, Raspberry Pi related stuff. And > > although > > I > > have some other technical subjects lined up I always return to the > > same > > thoughts, which are; with 16,000 subscribers there are always going > > to > > be people listening who know far more than I do about the thing I'm > > talking about. I am sure this is also what makes it so difficult > > to > > find speakers for the couple of LUGs I go to. > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > -- > > Michael A. Ray > > Analyst/Programmer > > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > > > Eyes-free Linux: > > http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ > > > > Raspberry VI: > > http://www.raspberryvi.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hpr mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
