I'd be willing to shed the "Sunburned Surveyor" nickname for my real name on my OpenJUMP blog for OSGeo Planet if asked.
Landon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fee, James Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:45 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Planet OSGeo I've tried to push folks blogging to step out behind their handles and put their names out there. I think an OSGeo Planet that were to mimic the Planet Gnome would be a super idea. I've not pushed the issue as I've tried to be as open as possible with Planet Geospatial, but if I were to create a more specific planet, I would "require" real name and possibly even photos. I think that adds so much credibility to the community than all the handles that folks seem to use. Setting up a planet is very easy (Use Venus, not Planet) but feel free to consider me a resource as to what I've learned and struggled on over the years with Planet Geospatial. I spend almost no time managing it beyond cleaning out old feeds (probably not an issue with Planet OSGeo) and adding new feeds (hopefully there a lot of folks wanting to blog about OSGeo). James Fee TEC Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mateusz Loskot Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:03 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Planet OSGeo Fawcett, David wrote: > I personally like reading the OS bloggers mixed in with the proprietary > bloggers along with the bloggers who write about using tools from both > camps, all at planetgs.com. Yup, planetgs.com does a great job and James Fee is a pioneer in gathering geospatial people from both worlds in common place. However, my personal feeling is that there is a lot or too much of anonymity on the Planet Geospatial, but communities are not formed by anonymous individuals. When I look at the list of aggregated blogs, I hardly can identify who is hiding behind all those names. If you check the list of members of http://planet.debian.org/ http://planet.ubuntu.com/ http://planet.gnome.org/ you see *only* and *real* names of people. IMHO, this is a very important difference for how community is visible to the world. Cheers -- Mateusz Loskot http://mateusz.loskot.net _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss