Hi, Okay, I guess I wasn't that clear: I am planning to do this by myself, and not by hiring others, if I do it at all. (I was planning to use Camtasia, for what it's worth.) The funding I want is just compensation for the amount of time I expect it to take - the finished product could be an hour or more worth of video, after all.
-Yaron On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:14 AM, robertuva <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
