Hi Erlend, Hi Weston, I've heard great things about Discourse as well and we had an author lined up to talk about it but he got busy and wasn't able to complete the article.
If you would like to pick up the ball there, that'd be great. Here is the article that has been started so far, and you are welcome to use it in whatever way you'd like. Also, opensource.com absolutely covers topics directly about open source projects and software. These articles typically fall within our Business section, sometimes Life depending on the angle of the article. If you'd like to write articles reviewing open source projects and talking about what need they are filling and "why open source?" that would fit in well with our site. We also have this resource list: http://opensource.com/resources/projects-and-applications - Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Weston Davis" <wda...@redhat.com> To: "Erlend Sogge Heggen" <e.so...@gmail.com> Cc: osdc-list@redhat.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:10:49 AM Subject: Re: [Osdc-list] Planning an article about Discourse forum platform I've played around with Discourse as well, and agree with you that it's an amazing piece of software. I look forward to your post. Somewhat similar to Discourse is Telescope ( Github ) an open source post/discussion board built on top of Meteor (a great open source framework). It's still a bit rough around the edges. A little more of a niche solution for Q&A/KnowledgeBase I've also tinkered with is Cordino (think StackOverflow) I'd like to see more posts on up and coming open source projects/solutions themselves, but I don't know that they necessarily have a category to go under on the website? (ie busines, education, government, health, law, life) alternativeTo and CodeVisually have become my trusted sources for searching, reading, and comparing the latest and greatest web dev tools and resources, but I still think there is a spot to be had for a similar resource dedicated solely to open source projects. I admit I have thought about creating such a resource before. I recognize however this may not fall inline with the mission of the site which seems to have a focus more on applying open source principles to other facets of society. If indeed this does fall out of the realm of opensource.com, I'm still open to ideas about making such a resource a reality. Weston Davis On 8/14/2013 1:11 PM, Erlend Sogge Heggen wrote: Hi, I'd like to write an article about an amazing new piece of forum software called Discourse . I'm just not sure about the format. I haven't used it as an admin yet, only as an active participant on their own forum and few others. It would probably be an opinion piece in the Life section. Sort of like this but going a bit more in depth about it's most unique features. Does that format sound acceptable? _______________________________________________ Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter Osdc-list mailing list Osdc-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list _______________________________________________ Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter Osdc-list mailing list Osdc-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list _______________________________________________ Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter Osdc-list mailing list Osdc-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list
