Wow, that is pretty bad. I am by no means a literary master, but I might take a crack at it if I get some free time. Something simple would be good.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Chris Chabot <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone pointed out this typo to me: > > From: http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/overview.html > <http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/overview.html>*Apache Shindig, a word > meaning party, was originally started by Google in 2007 as a reference > container for hosting OpenSocial compatible widgets in any website. > Originally a port of Google's iGoogle gadget container, with Brain > McCallister's PHP code, Apache Shindig through off it's egg shell, and > showed that Google was serious about making OpenSocial accessible to a > larger number of sites. Since December 2007, Apache Shindig is now an > Apache > project. > * > The "through of it's egg shell" should probably be "threw of its egg shell" > > While this comment is completely correct, looking at our overview page I > really think we can do a better job altogether. The references to Google > are > not very Apache, and brian's PHP code hasn't been a part of the project for > a a very very long time either. All in all this intro doesn't tell the > reader very much about what Apache Shindig (-incubating) is about. > > Is anyone feeling creative and willing to try to write a better intro for > us? > > -- Chris >
