I think the most important thing is some kind of succession planning. it's pointless to curate a fantastic resource of nixie documents if something happens to the curator, and the whole lot gets lost.
I'm not sure what the solution to such digital obsolence issues are however.....! On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 21:09, Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2019, at 11:25 AM, neonixie-l <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It'd be great if we could have a volunteer (or two) to consolidate all > these interesting PDFs that are around - we have a library section which > has loads of space - I just don't have the time at the moment to manage it > (see the building project in the workshop thread). > > > Based on prior experience (and I think we discussed this earlier in the > NixieBase thread) we should use our own site for this. Group hosts simply > can't be trusted. > > All files should be free and clear if for no other reason than that > password-protected, "secure" pdf files are NOT secure. There are apps that > can decrypt them. I'm thinking in particular of Dieter Waechter's documents > at http://www.tube-tester.com. > > > We'd really appreciate if someone could take this on - not too onerous, > and think of all the kudos you'd get! > > > I'll certainly take all I can get but when I think about such a project my > eyes start to glaze over. What I need is *encouragement*. > > I have been thinking a lot about the NixieBase project but that's a topic > for a new thread. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" 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]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3AE833F8-F0D0-4BBA-9862-4A7FE80F712E%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3AE833F8-F0D0-4BBA-9862-4A7FE80F712E%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOQ6x0HigiPob-5W-5rN4RRv0XQ2zMH4ehsr8u8NSpD8tc-jrA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
