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== Background == | == Background == | ||
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The key to its success is to produce something which is useful, integrated and deterministic; but without being a massive resource hog. | The key to its success is to produce something which is useful, integrated and deterministic; but without being a massive resource hog. | ||
- | Produced weekly, every week, with a series of sections - probably similar to those on [http://talk.maemo.org/ tmo]: | + | Produced weekly, every week, with a series of sections - probably similar to those on [http://talk.maemo.org/ tmo]. Something like: |
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- | * | + | * Maemo in the Wild |
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To gather the news, a series of sub-editors/contributors would have access to a Twitter account ([http://twitter.com/mwkn @mwkn]). The posts to this feed would consist of the section, a few keywords and a link to the content (thread, post, email message, blog) which triggered it. For example, recently this may include: | To gather the news, a series of sub-editors/contributors would have access to a Twitter account ([http://twitter.com/mwkn @mwkn]). The posts to this feed would consist of the section, a few keywords and a link to the content (thread, post, email message, blog) which triggered it. For example, recently this may include: | ||
- | + | Applications - wazd helping qwerty12 on Transmission: http://s56.radikal.ru/i152/0911/34/a388e13890a0.png | |
- | Devices Release firmware available to download: http://flors.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/maemo-5-final-release-updated-sdk-and-firmware/ | + | Devices - Release firmware available to download: http://flors.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/maemo-5-final-release-updated-sdk-and-firmware/ |
- | Community Move official community discussion to tmo: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=40526 | + | Community - Move official community discussion to tmo: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=40526 |
- | Devices DDP recipients' limited warranty http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=387051&postcount=441 | + | Devices - DDP recipients' limited warranty http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=387051&postcount=441 |
Anyone would be able to suggest content by directing a message @mwkn from their own Twitter accounts. The sub-editors would then be able to pick and choose from these if it's something they'd missed. | Anyone would be able to suggest content by directing a message @mwkn from their own Twitter accounts. The sub-editors would then be able to pick and choose from these if it's something they'd missed. | ||
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Hopefully this shouldn't be too much work; and sub-editors/contributors would be able to post to the feed during their daily review of their slice of the community. | Hopefully this shouldn't be too much work; and sub-editors/contributors would be able to post to the feed during their daily review of their slice of the community. | ||
- | + | To collect the sub-editors, I'd suggest a recruitment & screening process of the form "what 3 would you have done for last week?" See more details below. | |
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== People == | == People == | ||
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* [[User:andy80|Andrea Grandi]] | * [[User:andy80|Andrea Grandi]] | ||
* [[User:jukey|Uwe Kaminski]] | * [[User:jukey|Uwe Kaminski]] | ||
- | * [ | + | * [[User:qwerty12|Faheem Pervez]] |
* [[User:lma|Lucas Maneos]] | * [[User:lma|Lucas Maneos]] | ||
- | * [ | + | * [[User:jeremiah|Jeremiah Foster]] |
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+ | === Sub-editors === | ||
+ | Contributors who are also willing to flesh out the links each week by selecting a representative quote. We will have the tools in place to make this as easy as possible, see below. | ||
=== Editors === | === Editors === | ||
- | The people with | + | The people with ultimately responsibility. The sub-editors who make sure the whole thing is consistent. |
- | * [[User:Jaffa|Andrew Flegg | + | * [[User:Jaffa|Andrew Flegg]] |
- | + | * [http://maemo.org/profile/view/reggie/ Reggie Suplido] | |
- | * [http://maemo.org/profile/view/ | + | |
== Technical implementation == | == Technical implementation == | ||
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Next tasks as of 2010-01-17: | Next tasks as of 2010-01-17: | ||
# <strike>Register mwkn.net and twitter.com/mwkn</strike> | # <strike>Register mwkn.net and twitter.com/mwkn</strike> | ||
- | # | + | # Design logo & Twitter avatar (above is, a, err, draft ;-)) |
# Decisions: | # Decisions: | ||
#* Should contributors need access to @mwkn, or is it fine for them to be followed by mwkn and they just post with an "@mwkn" prefix? | #* Should contributors need access to @mwkn, or is it fine for them to be followed by mwkn and they just post with an "@mwkn" prefix? | ||
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# Get sub-editors responsible for pulling together category pages. | # Get sub-editors responsible for pulling together category pages. | ||
# Build site for pulling together issue. | # Build site for pulling together issue. | ||
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# CSS/HTML for resulting issues. | # CSS/HTML for resulting issues. | ||
#* Front page has some entries pulled up from other sections. | #* Front page has some entries pulled up from other sections. | ||
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# Rinse, repeat. | # Rinse, repeat. | ||
# Profit. | # Profit. | ||
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