Thanks Andy, Yep I will definitely need help with this. At the moment the questions are in my head so I will first make an initial list and then start a new thread.
Akshat Jiwan Sharma, Independent Software Contractor, (+91) 9654119771 | http://www.staticshin.com <http://staticshin.com> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome Akshat, > > nice that you're here :) > > On 18 June 2014 19:22, Akshat Jiwan Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey fellows, > > > > I am new here so let me know if what I am about to suggest has already > been > > discussed. Also what I am about to write does not necessarily belong in a > > weekly news but is just a general marketing discussion. > > > > So I was thinking that we could besides the weekly news, every once in a > > while, do a dev interview. Like a few weeks back I noticed that a > > significant merge( rcouch ) was about to happen. For me it was the most > > exciting couchdb news since the announcement of big couch merge. But > sadly > > there were few details outside the list of changes. I would have liked to > > see an interview with Beniot with questions relevant to rcouch. > > > > > > Would this be a good idea? Interviewing the couch-db devs on how they > feel > > about couchdb, it's ecosystem and the direction the project is taking in > > general? > > > > If you give me a go ahead I can prepare a list of questions, email them, > > compile the answers and submit it to Lena for final approval. > > > This is a brilliant idea. I would love to see a list of questions. Another > topic would be the BigCouch merge. Robert Newson (rnewson) and Russel > Branca (chewbranca) are very much involved here and maybe a double > interview would be cool. > > I have some further ideas for possible interview partners and would love to > share the ideas with you. I think the best way is to start a new thread on > marketing@. > > In my opinion, doing and releasing interviews would be of very great value > for the project because interested people can "touch" the people behind > Apache CouchDB and it's community. > > What do you think? > > Thanks a lot! > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > > > Akshat Jiwan Sharma, > > Independent Software Contractor, > > (+91) 9654119771 | http://www.staticshin.com <http://staticshin.com> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > +1 for news merge. > > > > > > P.S. have also remind that we miss (completely?) our chance to reuse > > > Dave's couchdbweekly.com domain: it could serve us as backup and for > > > nicer UI, friendly to humans. > > > -- > > > ,,,^..^,,, > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Lena Reinhard <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > as it's already wednesday again and last week's News couldn't be > > > published yet, I'd suggest the following: > > > > > > > > I'd prepare the news for tomorrow anyway, merge it with important > > > content from last week and then hope the infra is up again in the next > > > days. If you think this doesn't make sense or have a different idea, > let > > me > > > know. > > > > > > > > I don't really know if there are any alternatives, but I'd love to > hear > > > your ideas on how to deal with infrastructure issues in the future (I > > know > > > that infrastructure stuff is hard, my intention id not to blame anyone > > but > > > to see how this can be dealt with from marketing side). > > > > > > > > My main reason for this is that, in my experience, one of the most > > > important things with posts like weekly news and for gaining more > > traction > > > over time is publishing them frequently and reliably so users know that > > > this is happening weekly and start looking forward to it. And the > second, > > > very personal reason, is, that I put pretty much work into their > > curation :) > > > > > > > > Would it probably be a solution to send them out via email (dev@ / > …?) > > > and then tweet a link to the email archive? Or …? > > > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing your ideas! > > > > > > > >> On 17.06.2014, at 13:06, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> asking infra for a schedule ... > > > >> > > > >> Cheers > > > >> > > > >> Andy > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> On 17 June 2014 12:49, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> Same here > > > >>> > > > >>> Cheers > > > >>> Jan > > > >>> -- > > > >>> > > > >>>> On 16.06.2014, at 21:33, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> just checked - the login is back but my password does not work > > > anymore :( > > > >>>> can someone else please try? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanx > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> On 16 June 2014 21:18, Lena Reinhard <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Nothing new from the infra, I guess, right? :) > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> On 13.06.2014, at 08:18, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> the blog admin is still down ... > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> On 12 June 2014 12:49, Lena Reinhard <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Thanks Andy and Jan for the information and for already taking > a > > > look! > > > >>>>>>> And, Andy, should posting your recap succeed, let me know and > > I'll > > > >>>>> include > > > >>>>>>> the link, hope it was a nice meetup again! > > > >>>>>>> Let me know if there's anything I can help with, otherwise I'll > > > just > > > >>>>> wait > > > >>>>>>> with you :) > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> On 12.06.2014, at 10:58, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> Looks good to me too! Will also keep an eye on the blog admin > > > >>>>> returning. > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> On 12 Jun 2014, at 11:19 , Lena Reinhard < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Dear CouchDB Folks, > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> this week's CouchDB Weekly News are ready for your feedback. > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> You'll find the draft here > > > http://ffffux.github.io/weekly-news.html > > > >>>>>>>>> HTML is here > > > >>> > > > > https://github.com/ffffux/ffffux.github.io/blob/master/weekly-news.html > > > >>>>>>>>> Please let me know if you have any annotations or find typos > > and > > > >>> I'll > > > >>>>>>> update them accordingly. > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Release note: > > > >>>>>>>>> - I didn't send an email asking for submissions this week > > (forgot > > > >>> due > > > >>>>>>> to travels + lack of wifi, will do again next time). So if you > > > want to > > > >>>>>>> submit something now, please let me know and I'll include it. > > I'll > > > >>> send > > > >>>>>>> them out again next week. > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> It would be great if the news could be published by one of > you. > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Best! > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Lena > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> Jan Lehnardt > > > >>>>>>>> The Neighbourhoodie Software GmbH > > > >>>>>>>> Adalbertstr. 7-8, 10999 Berlin > > > >>>>>>>> neighbourhood.ie > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> Handelsregister HRB 157851 B Amtsgericht Charlottenburg > > > >>>>>>>> Geschäftsführung: Jan Lehnardt, Lena Reinhard > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> -- > > > >>>>>> Andy Wenk > > > >>>>>> Hamburg - Germany > > > >>>>>> RockIt! > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de > > > >>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 > 9588 > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> Andy Wenk > > > >>>> Hamburg - Germany > > > >>>> RockIt! > > > >>>> > > > >>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de > > > >>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > > > >>>> > > > >>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > > > >>>> > > > >>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Andy Wenk > > > >> Hamburg - Germany > > > >> RockIt! > > > >> > > > >> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > > > >> > > > >> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > > > > > > > > > -- > Andy Wenk > Hamburg - Germany > RockIt! > > http://www.couchdb-buch.de > http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > > GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >
