Yaron - just wondering, but is there a reason why this would need to be done professionally? I would think you could get most of the benefit by creating a demo using something like:
Adobe Captivate Camtasia Autodemo (uses an agency actually..not software, but I believe cheaper) Of course that does mean more work on the creators end rather than getting a studio to handle. Just throwing it out there. Bobby On Jan 9, 10:15 am, Javester <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Yaron, > I'll try to round up some interest at my company to see if we can give > back. > > But personally, I would like to chip in... perhaps, there's a paypal > fund jar ala Mediawiki Fund Drive (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/ > Donate/Now/en)? > > Best, > Joel > > On Jan 7, 4:23 pm, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > It's come up repeatedly from talking to people, and from my own experience, > > that one of the biggest weaknesses of the Semantic MediaWiki system, if not > > the biggest at the moment, is the lack of a good document to explain things > > to beginning users. This is not a knock on the documentation on > > semantic-mediawiki.org and elsewhere, which is all very helpful; but there's > > no substitute for a linear narrative that explains every detail and how it > > fits into the bigger picture. Specifically, I think the most needed > > documentation would be an online tutorial video that explains Semantic > > MediaWiki and some of its extensions. I propose to create such a video. > > Because of the very large amount of information involved, the plan is to > > actually divide it into ten parts, each of which could be viewed on its own. > > You can see my proposed outline for this video here: > > >http://yaronkoren.com/smw-tutorial-video/ > > > Given the size of the project, I don't think I can do it without funding. If > > you, your company or your organization could benefit from the existence of > > such a video - whether it's to learn more about the system yourself, to help > > educate your employees or wiki co-editors, to make potential clients more > > comfortable and knowledgeable about it, or just because you believe in the > > SMW project and want it to grow - please consider funding the project. I'm > > not asking for money yet; I just want to get a sense for whether funding of > > this video is possible. > > > Sponsoring this project could also allow you to have more input on the > > actual contents of the video before it gets completed, and also to have your > > organization's name listed as an official sponsor. If you're interested in > > sponsoring or otherwise funding this project, please let me know how much > > financial support you would be willing to provide. > > > And of course, donations for my other work on SMW extensions are always > > welcome; if you want to send funding simply as a way to sponsor the work > > I've done so far, that would be very much appreciated too. > > > Thanks, > > Yaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Semantic Forms" 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/semantic-forms?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
