Yes Richard you’re doing something that helps to expand the Smalltalk ecosystem, that’s great!
Just have in mind that you need to manage all as campaign, including internal communication Keep telling us what communication opportunities you think we have and I’m sure more than one will be interested in them. BTW podcasts are a great thing I’ve been listening to Dave and Craig’s podcasts and they are making a great job at that Also Phil who recently interviewed Herby the current Amber lead maintainer I love radio, here is my favourite radio program <http://www.radiolab.org/>, like Seth Godin <http://sethgodin.typepad.com/>said, is like a theatre for the mind, and radio is hard to do. But saving distances, those podcasts are kind of creating the radio experience around Smalltalk. It feels they can print some humane touch that we won’t have in forums or mail lists or IRC. I think we are having a great 2015 start > On Jan 3, 2015, at 12:18 PM, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've learned that mounting a PR campaign is *a full-time job*. I'm dealing > with Twitter and Facebook and Google+ and LinkedIn and Tumblr. I'm writing > letters to a CEO and the Smalltalk Foundation and others. I'm struggling to > complete and publish my Amber tutorial article. I'm *constantly* thinking of > ways to improve the campaign, our websites, and my message. I burn more > calories in the cranium that I do at the gym! I put in 6-8 hours a day, > *every day*, on the computer working on this. And I don't get paid a single > penny. > > Moreover, I have to do all this while *working around my commitments* to my > wife! > > Now, I understand why such a PR campaign has never before been attempted. > /Who among you has the time???/ Only a retiree, perhaps. Who has the drive > and motivation to go through all this sh*t? Only someone who truly > understands the value of PR, marketing, and branding. > > This is why I don't think the Smalltalk Foundation will succeed in > popularizing Smalltalk. No one there is capable of mounting a PR campaign. > No one there /thinks/ like a marketing person. No one there has the time and > energy. Their organization is not agile enough, not adaptable enough. > > The kind of person you need is exactly the kind you see in Mad Men > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men> . > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Renaissance-Program-tp4797112p4797675.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
