[kwlug-disc] consider an alternative to monthly presentations ...

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Posting content online is always a good thing.  Lets us read at our 
leisure and makes it available to a far wider audience.

Along those lines, a while ago I set up linux expert dot ca, there's 
precious little content (what with the fact that I'm no linux expert).  
I'll happily publish any linux related articles, with credit, for those 
inclined.
g.


On 06/05/10 12:45 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   while there's been much discussion about how to restructure the 
> monthly meetings to be as productive as possible, it strikes me that 
> people are *way* too quick to address every problem with, "hey, that 
> sounds like a presentation."  not everything needs to be a 
> presentation.  in fact, it strikes me that, for many things, a public 
> presentation is massive overkill.
>
>   IMHO, the monthly meetings should be reserved for things for which 
> there is *clear* value for everyone to be in the same place and, yes, 
> there are certainly things that qualify.  but in lots of cases, it 
> would be far more time-effective to simply supply the answer online 
> somewhere.
>
>   for instance, i offered to give a 20-minute spiel on how to compile 
> a kernel next month.  but i'm well aware that most KWLUGers already 
> know how to do this.  so why not just have me write a short piece on 
> how to do it and post it in an online "library" at kwlug.org?
>
>   there's little point in writing up a presentation, waiting up to a 
> month to deliver it, then posting it at kwlug.org in the end, anyway.  
> why not just start a new subsection at kwlug.org called "goodies?"  
> some linux companies do this already, solely for the purpose of 
> drawing eyeballs.  check out gurulabs.com:
>
>   http://www.gurulabs.com/
>
> note the "goodies" link, and what's at "guru guides":
>
>   http://www.gurulabs.com/goodies/guru-guides/
>
> granted, the quantity of goodies is not overwhelming, but you get the 
> idea.  we could collectively discuss what most people want to know, 
> then various people could take ownership of writing a tutorial or two, 
> submitting it for the goodies page, then maintaining that page, 
> expanding it as necessary and addressing reader questions.
>
>   another possible extension is how the PHP manual is supported 
> online.  here's a sample page:
>
>   http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php
>
> note how every page supports adding user notes, if a reader thinks 
> there's something worth adding to the page.  and, on a regular basis, 
> the maintainer could read the user notes, incorporate them into the 
> page if it looks worthwhile, and remove the note.
>
>   anyway, you get the idea.  thoughts?
>
> rday
>
>
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