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

George g at 8vue.com
Mon Feb 9 22:55:43 UTC 2009


just to clarify, that's 6pm central european time? which is GMT + 1. the 
+1 after the CET is confusing me!

thanks

Kristof Van Tomme wrote:
> Interested in Drupal materials infrastructure?
>
> Meet us at the Dojo's Dimdim tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6pm CET+1 - check
> your timezone!
>
> If you want to join but you didn't sign up on the doodle poll yet:
> http://doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=fg3pem2nnt8m7acu
>
> I haven't used the Dojo Dimdim yet, so Addi or Gus can you take the lead?
>
>
> cheers,
> Kristof
>
>
>
> 2009/2/6 Kristof Van Tomme <kvantomme at gmail.com>:
>   
>> Hi Gus, and all others interested in Drupal resource aggregation,
>>
>> We can of course hold that meeting at the Dojo's Dimdim, either Monday
>> or Tuesday 6pm seems to be an option right now.
>>
>> If you haven't signed up yet but you would like to be part of the
>> brainstorming vote at:
>> http://doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=fg3pem2nnt8m7acu
>>
>> cheers,
>> Kristof
>>
>>
>> 2009/2/5 Gus Austin <gus at pepperalley.com>:
>>     
>>> I was planning on scheduling another planning session (looks like Monday or
>>> Tuesday might work best) using Dojo's Dimdim
>>> (http://groups.drupal.org/node/17806) to get everyone on the same page for
>>> the Dojo project. As previously mentioned, the aggregation element is a top
>>> priority.
>>>
>>> Would be great to have Addi involved in the convo, but either way, she has a
>>> good deal of knowledge about the Dojo and will make sure that any innovation
>>> makes it back into the official documentation.
>>>
>>> If that sounds good, I'll schedule a session for early next week and we'll
>>> keep the conversations going in the Drupal Groups (this is a good thread to
>>> jump in - http://groups.drupal.org/node/15832) and #drupal-dojo IRC.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:57 AM, George <g at 8vue.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> 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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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                   
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