+1 to not reinventing the wheel On Apr 8, 2014 6:53 PM, <dlmar...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Not sure exactly who pays for this type of service. The Apache blog is free > and just requires interested parties to write articles as they see fit and > likely a vote to publish. I don't see any reason why we could not include > vendor blog posts[1] or a page of links to other items[2,3,4,5]. It would > be > nice from a user perspective to go to one place instead of searching to the > end of the internet. > > [1] https://blogs.apache.org/hbase/entry/hbase_cell_security - crosspost > link at bottom > [2] http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HadoopPresentations > [3] http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Books > [4] http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HadoopArticles > [5] http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Papers > > - Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donald Miner [mailto:dmi...@clearedgeit.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:34 PM > To: dev@accumulo.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Accumulo blog > > Here's a crazy idea that I've thought about a couple of times... > > It may make sense to make a "for profit" journalistic-type blog about > Accumulo, ran by a person or company that had the time and money. This news > service would have content about accumulo that you mention, but could also > have sponsored blog posts from vendors wanting to talk about their accumulo > integration and could also host accumulo or hadoop related ads. For > example, > i'd have clearedge (my employer) pay for ads about our Accumulo training > classes. > > The reason I mention this approach is that blogs take a lot of maintenance > and work to keep interesting. Having it be for profit may increase quality > and quantity since the editors of the website are motivated to move it > along. In the end I think it still helps with the community. In some ways, > this is similar to Accumulo Summit-- it's not just going to happen out of > thin air. We had to get sponsors and such to pay for the event and the time > and effort to execute it... but in the end it'll be positive overall to > Accumulo. This might just be smaller scale but may also be overkill. > > I think we have a strong enough mini-community around Accumulo that this > may > work (opposed to working for Pig, for example). > > Anyways, I said it was a crazy idea, I just couldn't help share in case > someone got some inspiration for it or could motivate me to do something > about it. > > -d > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Al Krinker <al.krin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Done! :0) > > > > > > http://al-krinker.blogspot.com/2014/03/how-to-install-accumulo-on-cent > > os-6-64.html > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Looks like the consensus last November[1] was that people were in > > > favor > > of > > > such a site, but the implementation details were undecided. I > > > imagine if you or someone else wants to spearhead it, there wouldn't > > > be any > > objection. > > > > > > [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/accumulo-dev/ > > > 201311.mbox/%3CCAD-fFU%2B7ZqoVGYMzN%3D09dv9fMSv%2BF32XbsMubsw9HTZ6n1 > > > 55rg% > > > 40mail.gmail.com%3E > > > > > > > > > On 4/7/14, 7:09 PM, dlmarion wrote: > > > > > >> Devs, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I'm wondering if there is interest in creating/maintaining a > > >> blog for the community. Apache has infrastructure for this[1] and > > >> some instructions > > for > > >> setting one up[2]. I have seen other projects use a different > > >> service, > > so > > >> we > > >> could go that route too. I'm not a big fan of the Apache blog > > >> layout, > > but > > >> it > > >> may be the easiest thing to do. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Other than an email announcement, there is no other place that I > > >> know of for publishing community information. If you search for > > >> "Accumulo 1.6 > > new > > >> features" or "Accumulo 1.6 planning" you won't find much. I'm > > >> thinking > > of > > >> things like: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> - A place to highlight Accumulo features > > >> > > >> - Major features planned in next release > > >> > > >> - A release happened > > >> > > >> - Explanation of new features, how to configure, etc. > > >> > > >> - Notes from community meetings > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> There does appear to be some process mentioned in [2] regarding > > >> previews and approval before publishing. Another thing to consider, > > >> which is not mentioned, is cross-posting to a company blog site as > > >> well. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> [1] http://blogs.apache.org/ > > >> > > >> [2] http://www.apache.org/dev/project-blogs > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -Dave > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > Donald Miner > Chief Technology Officer > ClearEdge IT Solutions, LLC > Cell: 443 799 7807 > www.clearedgeit.com > >
