Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: Bug week like thing for GIMP?
On 25 Nov 2001, at 14:37, Carol Spears wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-11-25 at 1551.38 +0100): > > > However, GIMP is not Mozilla and I was not trying to copy Bug Week > > from Mozilla, but rather was trying to see if more community > > involvement would be good for the GIMP (I think it may be) and how > > such community involvement could be given shape. > > What about a Wilberean Fest? Why do I smell beer all of a sudden? > > Are there any other such ideas that have been floating around? > > There is enough talent in the dusty halls of GIMP development for a > brass band ... If was thinking more along the lines of something that will bring the members of the community _closer_ to us. >;-) -- branko collin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: Bug week like thing for GIMP?
On 25 Nov 2001, at 17:53, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-11-25 at 1551.38 +0100): > > Are there any other such ideas that have been floating around? > > Intro (or task oriented) tutorials maybe, instead of the typical web > page you create an publish, waiting feedback. IOW do a live class so > people can ask questions, and then the final web page covers problems > users had when trying the planed steps. I can see how that could be useful. You could have a Basic GIMP Stuff tutorial, for those who never looked further because they felt GIMP has a complicated UI, and then some advanced layer&channel juggling in another session. You could have a one hour session every 8 hours of one day, so that all users get a chance to join in. I remember from learning to use Adobe Illustrator that actually seeing somebody using the program (in this case on a video tape) helped a lot. There are all kinds of small things in complex programs like Illustrator or GIMP that get one small mention in the manual, but make life a lot easier. Of course, showing how to do stuff won't really be easy over the net. Have you got any experience with giving tutorials like this? -- branko collin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] Re: Bug week like thing for GIMP?
Branko, you trouble-maker ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-11-25 at 1551.38 +0100): /me edits out the innocent ... > > Let me repeat that I was not talking about bugs (and their > destruction), but about community involvment. Mozilla translates > community involvement to for instance Bug Week, but it could of > course be anything. People had high expectations of The New Netscape > years and years ago, and if all that is between these people and a > release 1.0 are bugs, then a bug week makes sense. It may help people > feel they're involved with Mozilla again. > > However, GIMP is not Mozilla and I was not trying to copy Bug Week > from Mozilla, but rather was trying to see if more community > involvement would be good for the GIMP (I think it may be) and how > such community involvement could be given shape. > What about a Wilberean Fest? > >From what I understand, talk along these or other lines has taken > place on the IRC channel #gimp and Rebecca and Carol have come up > with the idea of letting users create a GIMP tarot card set. Perhaps > they could talk some more about that idea. > If we were to have a Wilberean Fest, I would like to spend about one solid hour of this time pummeling Branko about the head and shoulders. That being said, I will put together the very little we have done with this and send it through on and email entitled The Wilberean Deck so those who are not interested will know to avoid it. Personally, I don't have much time to consult the tarot, (I don't check the stock market either) but i cannot help but love the imagery. There is only one gpl'ed tarot deck that I know of, it would be nice to have a second one and Wilber just might be dynamic enough to fill a 72 card deck with images and symbols. > Are there any other such ideas that have been floating around? > There is enough talent in the dusty halls of GIMP development for a brass band ... > -- > branko collin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] carol ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] Re: Bug week like thing for GIMP?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-11-25 at 1551.38 +0100): > Are there any other such ideas that have been floating around? Intro (or task oriented) tutorials maybe, instead of the typical web page you create an publish, waiting feedback. IOW do a live class so people can ask questions, and then the final web page covers problems users had when trying the planed steps. GSR ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
