Wow the three videos thing is a great idea, I also think that one could be very useful.
But if no one is willing to make those, at least the website could include an in-website video to some of the already existing ones such as: Leo: A Paradigm shifting IDE <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgJ89ekGj-s> (Which btw has a very catchy name) or Leo: Intro to outline manipulation<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu6J-J0qFi0> Found by googling it <http://bit.ly/1ay82Cd> On Sunday, October 20, 2013 8:51:14 PM UTC+2, stevelitt wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 04:54:27 -0700 (PDT) > "Edward K. Ream" <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I am pleased with Leo's new documentation, but as I have just > > indicated in the "Just one more chapter?" thread, I do not believe > > for a moment that better documentation for Leo has any chance of > > making Leo substantially more popular. > > > > So, what *would* make Leo more popular? To make Leo **notable**, as > > Wikipedia defines the term: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability In essence, it > > means: > > > > **There are full reviews of Leo that I didn't write** > > > > Only positive, external, unbiased, widely-read reviews have the > > potential to draw lots of people to Leo's home page. > > > > So that's the "grand marketing challenge": to bring such reviews into > > being. By definition, I can not write them. Anyone want to try? > > Hi Edward, > > I think the first step in getting this kind of review is to get more > fans who can write and who are listened to. To do that, you'd need to > give them enough of a burning desire to spend a few days learning the > ins and outs of Leo. I'll give you an idea how to do this later in this > email. > > But first, I think Leo has an image problem. Mention Leo, and most > people say "it's an outliner." If that's all Leo was, VimOutliner would > have eaten Leo's lunch years ago --- VimOutliner's faster and has the > 90% of outlining features that people use 90% of the time. Not only > that, face the facts, 95% of the population will never believe they > need an outliner or that an outliner would do them any good, or that > outlining is a skill they need to bother to acquire. > > My understanding, and please correct me if I'm wrong, is that Leo is a > mechanism by which you can specify a computer program as an outline > like thing in an outliner like setting, flip a switch, and bang, there's > your program. THAT'S what's going to hook people. > > So here's what to do. Make a 3 minute video showing how to compose an > application outline and turn it into a program. The program can be > trivially simple, but make the program as 2014 relevant as possible: A > web app would be nice. At the end of the video explain that although > this video's program was simple, Leo can be used to make arbitrarily > complex apps, and make them well. > > Maybe have a second video showing how to make a GUI app. Maybe a 3rd > showing how to write a book in Leo, flip a switch, and have it be a > book, flip it back, and see your book as an outline again, ready for > changes, either minor, or structurally major. > > Publicize these videos, and you're going to get some journalists > excited, and those are your reviews. > > One more thing: Start publicizing different ways people use Leo. > Encourage them to write in with their unique uses, and publicize them. > I bet people are doing things with Leo you never dreamed of, and some > of those things might be the itch some journalist wants to scratch. > > HTH, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
