Yeah, we're planning to move forward with AdvocateHub too. We can trade tips as we do.
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > Unfortunately, it needs to be a regular effort. Very hard to rely on > volunteer effort, especially with a cadence as tight as one week. > > Benjamin, are you interested in helping out with the blog? Max has > indicated that he is interested in reposting some of the content he > writes for Cloudant on the project blog. Would you be willing to do > the same? > > I'm also pleased to say that it looks like we're able to move forward > with our AdvocateHub, which is my big focus for 2014. So I'd love your > help on that too, if you can spare the cycles. > > cf. > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201310.mbox/%3CCAPaJBx4xz5=ht9_yu7ooeyh2lq2mjwppr_o9qb0jwycxdeh...@mail.gmail.com%3E > > On 18 February 2014 16:25, Benjamin Young <byo...@bigbluehat.com> wrote: > > On 2/18/14, 10:00 AM, Noah Slater wrote: > >> > >> Think we need to pay someone to do this. It's too much for a volunteer > >> to do. I know, because I tried it and I failed. Exploring some > >> options. Will get back to the list with details later. > > > > > > It is a gargantuan task which is why I'd hoped it could be a community > > effort. :) It should still be regardless of someone being hired to click > the > > links, etc. > > > > Cloudant, fwiw, already has developer advocates, etc on payroll who's > job it > > is to do "this sort of thing" (I'm one of them, fwiw). Some of my cycles > > already go to finding (or writing) interesting bits about Cloudant and > > Apache CouchDB bringing peoples attention to them. > > > > I'll start relaying interesting finds to this list, and anyone who wants > > (payed or otherwise) can hopefully help with (re)promotion. > > > > If nothing else, we'll keep this list stocked with interesting content > about > > CouchDB. :) > > > > > >> > >> On 18 February 2014 15:51, Benjamin Young <byo...@bigbluehat.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> On 2/18/14, 9:39 AM, Noah Slater wrote: > >>>> > >>>> "This is only the 2nd time in quite a while I'm reading an article > >>>> mentioning CouchDB -- after the February > >>>> "no-releases-but-we're-still-merging-BigCouch" report for ASF. And > >>>> according to the story, CouchDB is on the way out." > >>>> > >>>> Aye. We really need to get this next release out. > >>>> > >>>> But to get back to the topic: what we really need is someone who can > >>>> collect weekly news and do a regular blog post with a link round-up > >>>> that points people to all the stuff going on in the world of CouchDB. > >>>> Sort of like how the Hoodie project do it. > >>> > >>> > >>> I'd love to see this happen--and had plans to do it for years/months > past > >>> both on my own and at Cloudant. Time's come, I guess. :) > >>> > >>> To that end, what if we simply begin sharing CouchDB ecosystem related > >>> links > >>> on this marketing@ list and each do what we can to promote them > (retweet, > >>> reblog, sum up in a weekly post on our personal/company blogs, etc). > >>> > >>> I'd love to see the PMC aggregate these into a weekly/bi-weekly or even > >>> monthly "CouchDB Land Links" (or whatever). > >>> > >>> The more of us linking (and posting, etc) these things, the greater > >>> chance > >>> it has to raise the volume for CouchDB. > >>> > >>> Sound like a plan? > >>> > >>> > >>>> http://blog.hood.ie/ > >>>> > >>>> On 18 February 2014 15:19, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> I just came across this article: > >>>>> > >>>>> > http://nosql.mypopescu.com/post/77055582692/storage-technologies-at-hipchat-couchdb > >>>>> > >>>>> Footnote number two hurts a little "This is only the 2nd time in > quite > >>>>> a > >>>>> while I'm reading an article mentioning CouchDB..." > >>>>> > >>>>> We should figure out a way to make the things that are happening > around > >>>>> CouchDB a bit more public :) > >>>>> > >>>>> Best > >>>>> Jan > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > Noah Slater > https://twitter.com/nslater >
