Louis, are you familiar with Featherfast? http://feathercast.apache.org/
Rich Bowen is always looking for people to create appropriate pocasts. Ross On 22 December 2011 15:59, Louis R Suárez-Potts <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the things we did (and so do many others) at Ye Olde OOo was to post > interviews of contributors and then, as the wiki became more developed, > developer pages. We encouraged project leads to give credit where it was due > and to use the wikis, lists, whatever, for the purpose of recognition. > > "Recognition" is not as powerful as say, someone using using your idea or > code and crediting you that way. But not all good ideas can gain that sort of > currency (use value) but nevertheless prove their worth if only by > demonstrating to others that Yes, It Can Be Done, and By You, too. > > So, I'd like to see if those here would like to rekindle that, and if > possible, synchronize it with the new AOO. > > The idea: To have pages in the wiki with pictorial representations you want > to claim as yours, to have bios whose lies or truths are yours (or not: your > risk), and to have an account--this is actually important--of what you are > doing and how your doings can be others', too, and how -- a lagniappe-- doing > what you do the Apache way differs, is interesting, is productive, is > community building--whatever. > > I would be happy to conduct a series of interviews--via email, or even via > Skype, for podcasting. Questions, as I used to pose, would be short and *not* > require much time to respond to. > > E.g.: > > * Tell us about who you are and what you are doing on AOO > > * How did you get into open source, AOO? (Further: are you independent? Or do > you work within a company/organisation that pays for your participation or > otherwise supports it?) > > * What do you hope to get out of your participation? > > * What are the areas you think need the most attention in the AOO process? > (If you were helping someone new to the project, what sort of things would > you want to convey?) > > * And, if you have time, inclination: How do you think this open-source > method of collaborating works out? (I'm also curious if you have difficulty > explaining what you do to those not initiated into the process….) > > I suppose this is necessary: All material posted would be under the relevant > Apache license--? (Me: I'd like a CC kind of arrangement. I am rather fond of > the idea of publishing a running account broadly titled, Voices of > Development, that presents minimally edited accounts of those actually > working on big projects.) > > thanks > Louis -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
