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

[George]

ok, i've put some times in too!

Addison Berry wrote:
> 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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