Sounds great. And: Welcome, Akshat!
> On 18.06.2014, at 19:20, Akshat Jiwan Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>
