Hi all;
This is my first post in this mailing list. I am very interested in helping
out getting the modperl tutorials out. I have experience with Photoshop,
Illustrator and M$Office. I can help with the slices and web design.
Please let me know where I can help out.
-Max
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Torkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "mod_perl list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: Mod_perl tutorials
> Gunther Birznieks writes:
> > However, I am willing to concede that as a first cut, fancy slides are
> > probably not worth it because the slides will change too often. Once v1
is
> > released, then someone can transcribe the slides to PPT (or maybe a tool
> > will exist by then) as a "stable release" if they want to (probably
someone
> > like me.)
>
> Getting anything done with a mailing list full of programmers is
> nearly impossible. Everyone wants to write tools, but nobody has said
> "give me the slides for a week and I'll make them better". Instead
> we're arguing about the best source format :-)
>
> I developed the slides in a POD-like slide format that Tom
> Christiansen uses. One of his trainers developed a slide2rtf
> converter, and the rtf can then be imported into PowerPoint. That
> doesn't work with StarOffice, as importing RTF immediately drops you
> into the WordProcessor.
>
> I think that my slides are pretty close to a v1. I don't know that
> the subsequent tweaks will be worth the hassle of PPT conversion.
>
> I'd rather not revert back to the POD-like format. Importing into PPT
> is a pain in the arse. I'd rather find someone who wants to work on
> the class and say "ok, it's yours for a week--fix it".
>
> So consider this a call to arms: anyone with StarOffice/Powerpoint
> want to bang on the class?
>
> Nat
>
