[documentation] Collecting Drupal presentations / videos / resources together in one sane place

[Addison Berry]

I have plugged in some times that I'm available, but I do not consider  
myself essential in any way, so if a better time works for everyone  
else, please go with it.

- Addi

On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:52 AM, Kristof Van Tomme wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can we maybe have a Skype meetup on the topic?
>
> I made a doodle, so if you are interested, just sign up
> http://doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=fg3pem2nnt8m7acu
>
> cheers,
> Kristof
>
>
>
> 2009/2/5 Gus Austin <gus at pepperalley.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I chatted to George in the IRC about some projects/initiatives  
>> complimentary
>> to what's being discussed here. The following thread should give  
>> you some
>> background and an idea how things are moving forward with one of  
>> them -
>> http://groups.drupal.org/node/15832
>>
>> The aggregation element has been broken out into it's own subproject
>> (http://groups.drupal.org/node/16873) and the goal is to create  
>> something
>> modular that could easily be set up on the Dojo site, on official  
>> channels
>> (g.d.o./d.o.), or anywhere else it would make sense.
>>
>> There's already a good foundation, skilled team coming together,  
>> and it
>> would great to combine forces build something that would be very  
>> valuable to
>> the community.
>>
>> Come join the fun!
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:48 PM, George <g at 8vue.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Kristof, heck yeah, i'd love any help i can get :) i just haven't
>>> thought that far ahead and really shouldn't be writing emails late  
>>> at
>>> night! please send me your email, so i can contact you directly.
>>>
>>> Kristof Van Tomme wrote:
>>>> Hi George,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if you got my email, the only reference I see is about
>>>> the bookmarks.
>>>>
>>>> What about
>>>> -multi-lingual resources?
>>>> -my offer to help?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -There is a big chance I'll be involved in the video team at the  
>>>> next
>>>> European Drupalcon (e.g. for sure if Maastricht wins, possibly if
>>>> Paris wins).
>>>> -I have access to the Szeged video material (we put it online).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But if you want to go it alone good luck =D
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Kristof
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/2/4 George <g at 8vue.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, Addi's hit on the important point of time consumption.  
>>>>> That's why
>>>>> I was thinking it's important to 'use' the community as much as
>>>>> possible, allowing it to add new videos (trusted members though)  
>>>>> to
>>>>> allow the site to grow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Addi's also hit upon something I didn't think about, and that  
>>>>> was the
>>>>> forking of the comments for each video. Good point - thanks!  
>>>>> maybe it
>>>>> would be better to leave it off for the resources. or, someway  
>>>>> to track
>>>>> the comments on the original site...
>>>>>
>>>>> Defining a clear set of rules for QC would be difficult, I would  
>>>>> assume
>>>>> as we have different learning styles, some prefer visual, audio,  
>>>>> or
>>>>> kineasthetic means of learning, we may favour different  
>>>>> explanations of
>>>>> a question depending on these styles. So, it may be good to have
>>>>> different persons 'reviewing'. That way, if users find they  
>>>>> favour one
>>>>> particular style, they can look at that particular reviewer for  
>>>>> videos.
>>>>>
>>>>> After spending 5 hours producing a video which explains (badly)  
>>>>> how to
>>>>> create a recipe cck node type, a video producer could be pissed  
>>>>> off
>>>>> with
>>>>> it being rejected, so maybe to allieviate this, implement a
>>>>> gold/silver/bronze rating to 'shut them up' and to not put them  
>>>>> off for
>>>>> the future? they could in 3 months time be producing better  
>>>>> vids, which
>>>>> they'd be feeding directly to the site.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think a bookmark site is useless for research / help. With 200
>>>>> gabazillion bookmarks, and seeing 4,999 'resources' tagged under  
>>>>> cck
>>>>> wouldn't turn me on.
>>>>>
>>>>> in summary, a one-size-fits-all site is prolly not going to be
>>>>> effective, a traditional user-voted content site will be at risk  
>>>>> of
>>>>> being manipulated, so it's finding a happy medium between these  
>>>>> two.
>>>>> Also, i need to prevent putting people off from submitting  
>>>>> resources to
>>>>> the site - so constructive criticism should be given where  
>>>>> necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> On paper it could be a lot of things, so i'm going to try and  
>>>>> start
>>>>> with
>>>>> the core goal, and hopefully work outwards!
>>>>>
>>>>> Any other ideas/suggestions?
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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