Hi all, After finally getting OpenID 2 support worked out, I've now put up the Haskellers.com website[1]. Not all features are implemented yet, but the basics are in. One of the most important features is going to be the user profiles, and I wanted some community input on the kind of stuff they'd like to see.
For now, I collect email address (spam-protected, don't worry), website, number of years of Haskell experience, and a free-form description. I've also added a skills section, but have purposely not added many. I wanted community input on the kinds of skills. Some ideas: * Web programming * Compiler writing * Write a monad tutorial :/ I see two main questions when it comes to selecting this list of skills: * How granular should we get? For web programming, for instance, should we ask about Yesod, Happstack, Snap, etc? * Should we include non-Haskell skills. I can imagine that employers would like to know that people also have experience with Java/C#/etc, but on the other hand we might want to make this Haskell-specific. One recommendation (from my wife actually) is to have two separate lists: a static list of Haskell-specific skills that users simply checkmark off, and then "additional skills" that everyone makes up themselves. Other things to consider for the profile: Twitter/Facebook/GChat/AIM accounts, Hackage username, list of packages authored. I'm also planning on adding a "real Haskeller" feature, which would mean a site admin (they don't exist yet) has verified that you really are a contributing member of the community. I would imagine the threshold for this status would be very low, eg you've written a package or sent email to one of the mailing lists. One last point: for those of you wondering why your profiles aren't showing up on the homepage: you need to verify your email address first. I just added this feature this morning which is why your profiles are not visible. This is simply an anti-spam measure. If it turns out to be insufficient, I might need to add a recaptcha, and if that is still not enough we can make things moderated. But I doubt spam will end up being a real problem. Cheers, Michael [1] http://www.haskellers.com/ _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
