Hi John, nice intro to thermodynamics. I like the question approach hey! Has got me interested in it :)
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:15 AM, john stampe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all. > > A couple of comments and suggestions on the newsletter. > > First, the newsletter should be sent out as e-mail in text-only. Many > people, including myself, do not like html e-mail (an often thread on many > forums). Personally, I do not have an internet connection at home and > usually read such newsletters offline. I also use a text e-mail client (mutt > rules :) ). > > Second, I recommend that contributers send there material for the > newsletter in plain text format. That way the formatting (for the online > version) can be added by the editor(s) in a consistent way. > > Regards, > > John > > P.S. I recently started a new project (still early stages) on > thermodynamics at http://www.wikieducator.org/Thermodynamics > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Wayne <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:37:15 AM > *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: WE e-Newsletter; Technical Discussion > > Anil -- (and congrats to Leigh & the team @ Otago Poly) > > You may want to take a look at how Creative Commons distribute their > e-Newsletter. They send the text version in the body of the email with a > link to a professional Typeset version on their wiki - which incidentally is > also powered by Mediawiki with a cutomised skin see: > > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CCNewsletter > > Kudos also to Leigh and the team at Otago Poly for mention of the CC-BY IP > policy at the Polytechnic in the current issue: > > http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/newsletter/ccnewsletter10.pdf > > Cheers > Wayne > > On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 09:17 -0800, Anil wrote: > > Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, > > That is right. I have just created a page for collaborative > development of the eNewsletter > athttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:NewsLetter/2009-1 > > Warm regards > Anil > http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasadhttp://wikieducator.org/Indiahttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Frameworkhttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Educatio... > > Skype: apletters > > On Dec 10, 3:36 am, Wayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Anil -- > > > > Wow Anil --- You're dedication and the time you donate to WikiEducator > > is an inspiration for all of us! > > > > Following the wiki approach -- I think that it would be appropriate for > > us to collaborate on the authorship of the newsletter in the wiki. We > > can then decide on alternatives for distribution. > > > > Given the large number of WikiEducator members from the developing > > world, I would be mindful of including this as an html newsletter or > > attachment. Perhaps the best will be to provide links to an online > > version on the wiki and optional link to download in print format. When > > working on dialup -- forced downloads of large messages can be > > irritating :-) > > > > The WikiEd technical team will be able to advise us on alternatives for > > the distribution list --- but this can wait until we get the first > > edition completed. Given that most of the Southern hemisphere will be > > slowing down for the holiday season, I think you're right in waiting > > till the new year. > > > > CHeers > > Wayne > > > > On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 21:33 +0530, aprasad wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > > > (Please recall earlier discussions on Newsletter) > > > > > I am not that much sound in the technicalities of e-Newsletter, how > > > let me start this discussion with the following note. > > > > > I understand that we have following options with regards to an > > > eNewsletter. > > > > > * Text only newsletter: Newsletter will be in the text format > > > and pasted in the mail. > > > * Text and attached HTML version: Text version will be the part > > > of the email and HTML version will be an attachment. > > > * Online eNewsletter: In this method HTML newsletter will be > > > added to the website and the link will be posted to those in > > > the mailing list. > > > * HTML only eNewsletter : It is seen reported that though most > > > email programs allow to send HTML only newsletters, it may > > > create reading problems for some. > > > > > In the event of creating HTML newsletterhttp://www.phplist.com/is an > > > open source HTML editor option. > > > > > Your comments please….. > > > > > Shall we plan to start it in the New Year? > > > > > -- > > > Warm regards > > > > > Anil > > >http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad > > >http://wikieducator.org/India > > >http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework > > >http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Educatio... > > > > > Skype: apletters > > > > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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