I put up a nearly featureless community site two days ago called RubyDeveloper.Info after seeing this thread. Now I know that the initial request was for a Merb centric site, but I agree with Michael in that a more generic Ruby one is more appropriate, especially given Merb's desire to be part of the Ruby ecosystem and not some segmented subset of it.
http://RubyDeveloper.Info Anyway, the site uses Merb and though virtually featureless right now, I'd prefer to open source it and let the community build whatever features it wants for itself. http://github.com/foysavas/rubydeveloperinfo (will be up soon, must clean specs first) Finally, please when I do put up the source, be courtesy of what's out there and don't 1) reinvent the wheel with features in other communities, or 2) step on the toes of other sites. To be honest, I was hesitant about the whole community site when it first came up, if for no other reason, because there are so many others out there. Ultimately though, I recognized that there is a need for programmers to accurately display public profiles that can legitimize them as knowledgeable Ruby app developers, so I went through with it. Emphasis on accurate profiles in mind, the site is invite only and displays who has invited who. But yeah, don't feel left out: if you'd like an invite, feel free to email me (or anyone else on the site you may know), and I'll set you up with an invitation code. Best, Foy On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Yehuda Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to take care of coming up with the policy for use of the Merb logo > this week. > Thanks! > -- Yehuda > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Samo Korosec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I can redraw the merb logo if you guys want, but I am not sure as to >> where the original copyright lies and what implications its usage >> would have. Meanwhile, some time ago I did >> >> http://smoofles.at/powered-by-merb-small.png >> >> and >> >> http://smoofles.at/powered-by-merb-big.png >> >> which you are free to use, if you want. >> >> So, yeah, anyone in the know about the copyright stuff wants to chime >> in? I can provide a few designs if people want. >> >> Samo >> >> On 30 Nov., 03:25, "Arthur Zapparoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > Suggestion 3 >> > >> > > It would be nice if the core team provides ( makes available ) the >> > > vector design of Merb, so that Merbists can use it on their letter >> > > heads and visiting cards as well. It would be nice to have a vector >> > > design so that it can be scaled as per requirement. >> > >> > I, personally, vote for this one to be achieved ASAP. It's not that >> > hard for designers. I'm interested in this for my Brazilian Merb >> > Community. We don't have a cool logo (based on the merb's font) >> > because of that. :( >> > >> > For the other sugestions, I think the Merb community should be focused >> > on documentation for now. Merbunity is a great idea, we just need more >> > content on that. >> > >> > []'s >> > Arthur Zapparolihttp://merb-br.orghttp://arthurgeek.net >> > >> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 4:04 AM, MyMerb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi, >> > >> > > I am very happy to see the progress of Merb and proud enough to be a >> > > part of Merb Community. >> > >> > > I have few quick suggestions for making Merb more popular and easily >> > > available for Rubyists to know whats happening around. >> > >> > > Suggestion : 1 >> > >> > > We all know that we have a very popular site known as >> > > workingwithrails.com. All Rails developers enroll themselves over >> > > there to gain more popularity. >> > >> > > i propose to have a unique site as workingwithmerb. This will give us >> > > a unique identity as well. >> > >> > > Suggestion 2 >> > > Another site,www.opensourcerails.comis listing all the popular >> > > projects available for Rails. Currently it becomes difficult to keep a >> > > tab on upcoming projects available on GitHub. >> > >> > > Since the source code of Opensourcerails is open, its easy to fork the >> > > site as opensourcemerb. >> > >> > > Suggestion 3 >> > >> > > It would be nice if the core team provides ( makes available ) the >> > > vector design of Merb, so that Merbists can use it on their letter >> > > heads and visiting cards as well. It would be nice to have a vector >> > > design so that it can be scaled as per requirement. >> > >> > > Suggestion 4 >> > >> > >http://www.ruby-forum.comis very famous and carries a section for >> > > everyone like (1) Ruby (2) Rails (3) IronRuby (4) JRuby etc... >> > > Its time, we also propose to have a special section on Merb there, so >> > > that the Rubyists visiting there frequently can also have a quick look >> > > in Merb section to know whats the latest in Merb >> > >> > > Since i am a merb fan, i thought perhaps i can put this suggestions >> > > here. >> > >> > > Thanks >> > > > > -- > Yehuda Katz > Developer | Engine Yard > (ph) 718.877.1325 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" 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/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
