Re: Ideas for Cassandra 2020 - Remote Meetups / Mastermind
Rahul, Don't cut yourself short. I love what you've done with Awesome Cassandra and organizing meetups. Those are really valuable contributions. For everyone else on this ML, if you don't know about Awesome Cassandra. Rahul picked it up and has been keeping it up to date. https://cassandra.link/awesome/ Patrick On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 8:52 AM Rahul Singh wrote: > Thanks, Michael. I sent that before I read up on the notes. > > @nate , @jon , @dinesh I can help with the Documentation. > > If you have any specific doc issues you want reviewed, edited, etc, > please let me know. > > If there's a specific JQL on the JIRA board I can start with there. > > rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com > > http://cassandra.link > > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 8:36 AM Michael Shuler > wrote: > > > This is great, thanks, the project appreciates the effort. 2019 is over, > > don't worry about the past. Moving forward in little or large steps is > > the goal. :) > > > > If you didn't get a chance to attend the first Contributor Meeting, > > there will be more. Patrick sent out a survey last week for feedback, so > > I imagine these will continue at a regular interval with continued > > interest and attendance. Perhaps you could schedule some in-person > > meetup thing to coincide, as an idea, or just get the word out to others > > that might be interested in listening in? > > > > (Next one has not been scheduled yet, but will show up here on dev@ > list.) > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting > > > > Michael > > > > On 2/8/20 10:06 PM, Rahul Singh wrote: > > > Folks, (Initially meant for User , but realized after I wrote it , it’s > > more sausage making talk which en users probably don’t care about) > > > > > > I took on a bunch of work and finally starting to get my head out of > the > > sand and realized I failed to deliver on some promises last year I made > to > > myself and others to contribute to this community. I wanted to resurface > a > > few thoughts on which I would like to contribute. > > > > > > We had a conversation on here a while ago to try doing a virtual > > conference.. which I think is a bit too ambitious. I also spoke to Dinesh > > last year briefly about doing periodic development meetings which focused > > on the development planning and execution. > > > > > > I’d like to help this project but I don’t know where to start. I tried > > getting some Jr. members internally at Anant who had time to make fixes > on > > content and docs but it didn’t get looked at or reviewed so they lost > > interest. There’s only so much they would want to do based on my > requests. > > The failure to deliver on better documentation organization was mainly > mine > > because I didn’t commit enough time into it. > > > > > > I don’t think our community does a good enough job communicating the > > Cassandra value proposition to the enterprise community whether they are > > developers, architects, or directors. I’ve been meeting with many folks > > that haven’t touched their clusters since installing 2.1 (because it’s > > pretty damn good for most people!). When I ask them why, it’s a > combination > > of team member churn but also because the knowledge is not as accessible. > > > > > > This year as January closes I am recommitting myself to some ideas and > > would LOVE your feedback. If somethings like this are in progress, I will > > help. > > > > > > > > > 1. Cassandra Lunch - I’ve been seeing a colleague getting together with > > his fellow practitioners for a weekly “Sitecore Lunch” and I found it a > > very easy way to get people talking that normally wouldn’t be interacting > > with each other in realtime. > > > 2. Coordinated Remote Meetup - I think this would be way easier to > > organize and get cross promoted as a quarterly event with the help of > local > > organizers. I’m currently organizing DC / Chicago and have been cross > > promoting virtual talks to both and have gotten a good show with people > > curious about Cassandra. > > > 3. Documentation - I know I said I’d help last year. I underestimated > my > > free time and over estimated my capacity to focus. That being said , this > > is one of my passions and I help a lot of orgs get their [blank] together > > on how to manage their people, process, info and systems and the first > > thing is always knowledge management. If there’s someone I can shadow and > > apprentice under to help with Cassandra.Apache.org I really want to help > > revitalize our site. > > > > > > > > > These may still be overestimating my capacity but I’m willing to fail > > and try again. :) > > > > > > > > > rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com > > > > > > http://cassandra.link > > > The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base. > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail:
Re: Ideas for Cassandra 2020 - Remote Meetups / Mastermind
Thanks, Michael. I sent that before I read up on the notes. @nate , @jon , @dinesh I can help with the Documentation. If you have any specific doc issues you want reviewed, edited, etc, please let me know. If there's a specific JQL on the JIRA board I can start with there. rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com http://cassandra.link On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 8:36 AM Michael Shuler wrote: > This is great, thanks, the project appreciates the effort. 2019 is over, > don't worry about the past. Moving forward in little or large steps is > the goal. :) > > If you didn't get a chance to attend the first Contributor Meeting, > there will be more. Patrick sent out a survey last week for feedback, so > I imagine these will continue at a regular interval with continued > interest and attendance. Perhaps you could schedule some in-person > meetup thing to coincide, as an idea, or just get the word out to others > that might be interested in listening in? > > (Next one has not been scheduled yet, but will show up here on dev@ list.) > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting > > Michael > > On 2/8/20 10:06 PM, Rahul Singh wrote: > > Folks, (Initially meant for User , but realized after I wrote it , it’s > more sausage making talk which en users probably don’t care about) > > > > I took on a bunch of work and finally starting to get my head out of the > sand and realized I failed to deliver on some promises last year I made to > myself and others to contribute to this community. I wanted to resurface a > few thoughts on which I would like to contribute. > > > > We had a conversation on here a while ago to try doing a virtual > conference.. which I think is a bit too ambitious. I also spoke to Dinesh > last year briefly about doing periodic development meetings which focused > on the development planning and execution. > > > > I’d like to help this project but I don’t know where to start. I tried > getting some Jr. members internally at Anant who had time to make fixes on > content and docs but it didn’t get looked at or reviewed so they lost > interest. There’s only so much they would want to do based on my requests. > The failure to deliver on better documentation organization was mainly mine > because I didn’t commit enough time into it. > > > > I don’t think our community does a good enough job communicating the > Cassandra value proposition to the enterprise community whether they are > developers, architects, or directors. I’ve been meeting with many folks > that haven’t touched their clusters since installing 2.1 (because it’s > pretty damn good for most people!). When I ask them why, it’s a combination > of team member churn but also because the knowledge is not as accessible. > > > > This year as January closes I am recommitting myself to some ideas and > would LOVE your feedback. If somethings like this are in progress, I will > help. > > > > > > 1. Cassandra Lunch - I’ve been seeing a colleague getting together with > his fellow practitioners for a weekly “Sitecore Lunch” and I found it a > very easy way to get people talking that normally wouldn’t be interacting > with each other in realtime. > > 2. Coordinated Remote Meetup - I think this would be way easier to > organize and get cross promoted as a quarterly event with the help of local > organizers. I’m currently organizing DC / Chicago and have been cross > promoting virtual talks to both and have gotten a good show with people > curious about Cassandra. > > 3. Documentation - I know I said I’d help last year. I underestimated my > free time and over estimated my capacity to focus. That being said , this > is one of my passions and I help a lot of orgs get their [blank] together > on how to manage their people, process, info and systems and the first > thing is always knowledge management. If there’s someone I can shadow and > apprentice under to help with Cassandra.Apache.org I really want to help > revitalize our site. > > > > > > These may still be overestimating my capacity but I’m willing to fail > and try again. :) > > > > > > rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com > > > > http://cassandra.link > > The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base. > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >
Re: Ideas for Cassandra 2020 - Remote Meetups / Mastermind
This is great, thanks, the project appreciates the effort. 2019 is over, don't worry about the past. Moving forward in little or large steps is the goal. :) If you didn't get a chance to attend the first Contributor Meeting, there will be more. Patrick sent out a survey last week for feedback, so I imagine these will continue at a regular interval with continued interest and attendance. Perhaps you could schedule some in-person meetup thing to coincide, as an idea, or just get the word out to others that might be interested in listening in? (Next one has not been scheduled yet, but will show up here on dev@ list.) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Apache+Cassandra+Contributor+Meeting Michael On 2/8/20 10:06 PM, Rahul Singh wrote: Folks, (Initially meant for User , but realized after I wrote it , it’s more sausage making talk which en users probably don’t care about) I took on a bunch of work and finally starting to get my head out of the sand and realized I failed to deliver on some promises last year I made to myself and others to contribute to this community. I wanted to resurface a few thoughts on which I would like to contribute. We had a conversation on here a while ago to try doing a virtual conference.. which I think is a bit too ambitious. I also spoke to Dinesh last year briefly about doing periodic development meetings which focused on the development planning and execution. I’d like to help this project but I don’t know where to start. I tried getting some Jr. members internally at Anant who had time to make fixes on content and docs but it didn’t get looked at or reviewed so they lost interest. There’s only so much they would want to do based on my requests. The failure to deliver on better documentation organization was mainly mine because I didn’t commit enough time into it. I don’t think our community does a good enough job communicating the Cassandra value proposition to the enterprise community whether they are developers, architects, or directors. I’ve been meeting with many folks that haven’t touched their clusters since installing 2.1 (because it’s pretty damn good for most people!). When I ask them why, it’s a combination of team member churn but also because the knowledge is not as accessible. This year as January closes I am recommitting myself to some ideas and would LOVE your feedback. If somethings like this are in progress, I will help. 1. Cassandra Lunch - I’ve been seeing a colleague getting together with his fellow practitioners for a weekly “Sitecore Lunch” and I found it a very easy way to get people talking that normally wouldn’t be interacting with each other in realtime. 2. Coordinated Remote Meetup - I think this would be way easier to organize and get cross promoted as a quarterly event with the help of local organizers. I’m currently organizing DC / Chicago and have been cross promoting virtual talks to both and have gotten a good show with people curious about Cassandra. 3. Documentation - I know I said I’d help last year. I underestimated my free time and over estimated my capacity to focus. That being said , this is one of my passions and I help a lot of orgs get their [blank] together on how to manage their people, process, info and systems and the first thing is always knowledge management. If there’s someone I can shadow and apprentice under to help with Cassandra.Apache.org I really want to help revitalize our site. These may still be overestimating my capacity but I’m willing to fail and try again. :) rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com http://cassandra.link The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
Ideas for Cassandra 2020 - Remote Meetups / Mastermind
Folks, (Initially meant for User , but realized after I wrote it , it’s more sausage making talk which en users probably don’t care about) I took on a bunch of work and finally starting to get my head out of the sand and realized I failed to deliver on some promises last year I made to myself and others to contribute to this community. I wanted to resurface a few thoughts on which I would like to contribute. We had a conversation on here a while ago to try doing a virtual conference.. which I think is a bit too ambitious. I also spoke to Dinesh last year briefly about doing periodic development meetings which focused on the development planning and execution. I’d like to help this project but I don’t know where to start. I tried getting some Jr. members internally at Anant who had time to make fixes on content and docs but it didn’t get looked at or reviewed so they lost interest. There’s only so much they would want to do based on my requests. The failure to deliver on better documentation organization was mainly mine because I didn’t commit enough time into it. I don’t think our community does a good enough job communicating the Cassandra value proposition to the enterprise community whether they are developers, architects, or directors. I’ve been meeting with many folks that haven’t touched their clusters since installing 2.1 (because it’s pretty damn good for most people!). When I ask them why, it’s a combination of team member churn but also because the knowledge is not as accessible. This year as January closes I am recommitting myself to some ideas and would LOVE your feedback. If somethings like this are in progress, I will help. 1. Cassandra Lunch - I’ve been seeing a colleague getting together with his fellow practitioners for a weekly “Sitecore Lunch” and I found it a very easy way to get people talking that normally wouldn’t be interacting with each other in realtime. 2. Coordinated Remote Meetup - I think this would be way easier to organize and get cross promoted as a quarterly event with the help of local organizers. I’m currently organizing DC / Chicago and have been cross promoting virtual talks to both and have gotten a good show with people curious about Cassandra. 3. Documentation - I know I said I’d help last year. I underestimated my free time and over estimated my capacity to focus. That being said , this is one of my passions and I help a lot of orgs get their [blank] together on how to manage their people, process, info and systems and the first thing is always knowledge management. If there’s someone I can shadow and apprentice under to help with Cassandra.Apache.org I really want to help revitalize our site. These may still be overestimating my capacity but I’m willing to fail and try again. :) rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com http://cassandra.link The Apache Cassandra Knowledge Base.
