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

Mon Feb 9 23:01:25 UTC 2009

Once I figure out what time that would be PST, I'll round up the people that
are currently committing some time to make this happen. Cheers!

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Kristof Van Tomme <kvantomme at gmail.com>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?
> >>> >>>>>> --
> >>> >>>>>> Pending work: http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/
> >>> >>>>>> List archives: http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/
> >>> >>>>>>
> >>> >>>>>>
> >>> >>>>>>
> >>> >>>>> --
> >>> >>>>> Pending work: http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/
> >>> >>>>> List archives: http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/
> >>> >>>>>
> >>> >>>>>
> >>> >>>> --
> >>> >>>> Pending work: http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/
> >>> >>>> List archives: http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>> --
> >>> >>> Pending work: http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/
> >>> >>> List archives: http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >> --
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> >>> >>
> >>> >
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> >>> >
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >
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