On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 07:25, Carlos Rabassa <car...@mac.com> wrote: > Edward, > > Thanks for your suggestion. > > If I have to do it, I'm sorry but I have to decline.
We aren't ready for this yet, because we are still configuring the server, but the idea would be to get a team of perhaps 8 or 10 people together, including those who know the subject matter, plus editors, graphic artists, a sysadmin, and perhaps others, to put the material into a publishable state. When we have a clear idea of where we are starting from and what the goal is, it takes less than a week to write a book using the FLOSS Manuals Book Sprint methodology. > I have no idea about what has to be done or how someone would be able to > benefit from the effort. That depends on those who would benefit speaking up and asking us to do it. > If you or anyone else feels there is any value in anything I do, please > feel free to use whatever you find. > Most of what I have done so far, mostly exercises for me to learn and be > able to answer some of the questions received, may be found at: > > The Squeakland showcase everyone This is what I call Defensive Documentation. I have often had to do it myself, when the developers of some software have not wanted to write or test the documentation themselves. > This link points to one of my most recent projects: > http://squeakland.org/showcase/project.jsp?id=10420 > Aprendo I Learn - A collection of pages I wrote mostly to answer questions > received > https://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_545g34j47gm > Índice - A collection of items, I prepared for my own use, some written by > me most by others > https://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_502fdc82rg6 > > > If you think all this is a mess, I would certainly agree. > After the insistence of a some fellow volunteers at RAP Ceibal, mainly > Leticia Romero and Paolo Benini, whom I thank for their patience in dealing > with me, I am thinking of bringing some order to my files. > They have suggested a blog a few times. > From time to time they say blog and I say website, sometimes I say website > with link to a blog. > I believe that for storing information, it should be a website. > This is the result of the first five minutes invested in creating a free > website for this purpose: > There is no content yet in this site. > https://sites.google.com/site/carlosnennyrabassa/ > > > Interesting, they mention how easy it is to find out things in a blog. > Today, search engines search almost everything we put in internet no matter > where it is. > An interesting curious example: > Our son had successfully made empanadas, a typical uruguayan dish, for > some of his friends. > Now he wanted to go one step further and use home made dough rather than > buying it ready. > He asked Mom for her recipe and, this is how we found it and sent it to him > right away: > Search using Google for "Nenny Rabassa empanada". > Select Google´s top recommendation. > Nenny, my wife and business associate, put it in internet some 12 years > ago. > Nenny used to cook for our fellow real estate brokers to thank them for > visiting our broker open houses. > That´s how some of her recipes ended up in internet. > > Carlos Rabassa > Volunteer > Plan Ceibal Support Network > Montevideo, Uruguay > > > On Apr 9, 2011, at 1:44 AM, Edward Cherlin wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 17:36, Carlos Rabassa <car...@mac.com> wrote: > > S050 - Informática para Tontos > > https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1FVJC2Ij4Vsub_3RJBu9HIhf6qRqdQVbq1WZrvebm7-c > > E050 - Computer Science for Dummies > > https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=131-kPidBmlTFE14DvSkYFGzNWlWD1KjY0lsAW673vag > > Would you like to turn this into a Replacing Textbooks project hosted > at Sugar Labs? > > Carlos Rabassa > > Voluntario > > Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal > > Montevideo, Uruguay > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > -- > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > http://www.earthtreasury.org/ > > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep