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Sept. 20, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Highlighting remaining events

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 09/19/2011 10:42 PM, Marcos Marado wrote: > We can always do a task force, contact *every* team that has any contact > available, asking about the event (did it happen?), and listing in such a page > those events that still didn't happen but will in a future day... Well we have emails for all the team leaders that have a marker on the map. What I was saying is that response time/occurrence is unpredictable. I am going to travel and be somewhat 'afk' until the upcoming Monday so that kind of takes me a bit out of the loop. Fred

Sept. 19, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Highlighting remaining events

by Marcos Marado

On Monday 19 September 2011 15:35:43 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > On 09/19/2011 10:25 PM, Marcos Marado wrote: > > On Monday 19 September 2011 15:12:48 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> There will be SFD event until almost end of October. Has anyone some > >> ideas how to easily show this on the front page (while we've past the > >> "date") and make it easy for people to find those events? > > > > If we can manage a list of those in an wiki page, we can have a news item > > on the frontpage, basicly stating something like "don't miss the last > > few SFD 2011 events!", explaining that some are still going on or > > happening at a later day, maybe point two or three examples (the next > > ones?), and a link to the wiki page with the full list. > > > > What do you think? > > Yes I was thinking along the lines of something like a time line (as > they don't all happen at the same time). The hard part is to figure out > which ones they are really. > > I am also hoping they all subscribe to sfd-discuss (which they don't) > and will reply here with wiki page and event time. > > I've pinged 2 teams on Friday evening because the event page had nothing > and people in their area were asking for info. The potential visitors > told me later that those events would be held next week. I personally > never received any response, acknowledgment or see any wiki edit since > (tough life really ;-) ). We can always do a task force, contact *every* team that has any contact available, asking about the event (did it happen?), and listing in such a page those events that still didn't happen but will in a future day... -- Marcos Marado

Sept. 19, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Highlighting remaining events

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 09/19/2011 10:25 PM, Marcos Marado wrote: > On Monday 19 September 2011 15:12:48 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: >> Hi! >> >> There will be SFD event until almost end of October. Has anyone some >> ideas how to easily show this on the front page (while we've past the >> "date") and make it easy for people to find those events? > > If we can manage a list of those in an wiki page, we can have a news item on > the frontpage, basicly stating something like "don't miss the last few SFD > 2011 events!", explaining that some are still going on or happening at a later > day, maybe point two or three examples (the next ones?), and a link to the > wiki page with the full list. > > What do you think? Yes I was thinking along the lines of something like a time line (as they don't all happen at the same time). The hard part is to figure out which ones they are really. I am also hoping they all subscribe to sfd-discuss (which they don't) and will reply here with wiki page and event time. I've pinged 2 teams on Friday evening because the event page had nothing and people in their area were asking for info. The potential visitors told me later that those events would be held next week. I personally never received any response, acknowledgment or see any wiki edit since (tough life really ;-) ). Fred

Sept. 19, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Highlighting remaining events

by Marcos Marado

On Monday 19 September 2011 15:12:48 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > Hi! > > There will be SFD event until almost end of October. Has anyone some > ideas how to easily show this on the front page (while we've past the > "date") and make it easy for people to find those events? If we can manage a list of those in an wiki page, we can have a news item on the frontpage, basicly stating something like "don't miss the last few SFD 2011 events!", explaining that some are still going on or happening at a later day, maybe point two or three examples (the next ones?), and a link to the wiki page with the full list. What do you think? -- Marcos Marado ANSOL

Sept. 19, 2011

Highlighting remaining events

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Hi! There will be SFD event until almost end of October. Has anyone some ideas how to easily show this on the front page (while we've past the "date") and make it easy for people to find those events? Fred

Sept. 19, 2011

Trisquel 5.0 released on SFD "as a tradition"!

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Hi! Just found out about the title of this thread. Announcement is here: http://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-50-release-announcement Well it's nice to know people do things just for SFD. So thank you Trisquel. Fred

Sept. 19, 2011

SFD'2011 Event Kolkata

by A. Mani

A report can be found here: http://www.ilug-cal.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Item… I will update the team page and put in the other slides later. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc

Sept. 18, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] JoinDiaspora and other SaaS alternatives

by Michael Dorrington

On 11/09/11 14:47, Fabián Rodríguez wrote: <snip> > Regarding Michael's remarks: > > On 09/11/2011 05:09 AM, Michael Dorrington wrote: > [...] >> (At least :) Two things concern me about Diaspora: > >> 1. The ability of the project to write secure code. Writing secure >> code is essential for a project of this kind. >> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/09/22/security-lessons-learned-from-the-diasp… > > Given > > the context and the nature of the project, and its current status > (not even beta), I don't see a problem there. The problem is that security should be fundamental, integral part of the project, not something tacked on. > In fact it's interesting > anyone else would actually care about it enough to check the code, blog > about it, and explain what failed and can be improved there. > > I see a path and a goal, and people learning. I am deeply annoyed the > devs use Apple systems, for example - how credible can their platform be > if they don't even dogfood on FaiF ? Or why do they keep posting videos > in YouTube only ? Some of us using their site raise such concerns, and > there is room for that too. Things like that and the other stuff give me a bad feeling about this project. > I also see an opportunity to learn more about the difficulties and > current failures. Even if Diaspora fails spectacularly as a finished > project/product, many lessons are there for the taking. > >> 2. The contributor agreement. >> http://www.vedetta.com/a-few-notes-on-diaspora-the-diaspora-verdict >> The agreement itself is on Google Docs and requires a login to view >> it. FaiF? > > Have you requested for it to be published elsewhere ? You know, that > article has excellent information on many things needed for a project to > be truly FaiF which would probably scare away anyone not willing to go > through all the probems found. > > The main point I tend to focus on and amplify and I feel applies to many > situations where we try to get people to use free technology and > content, is "The current Diaspora flaws are fixable." Will they fix them > ? Will people join to fix them or just sit around ? Is it worth our > attention (or can we afford not to try and know this project) ? It feels like it's broken at the core. :( Mike.

Sept. 18, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] New Press Coverage: 7 ways to celebrate SFD

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Yes I saw this one. The topic is somewhat not SFD at all, but open source in government. Interviewing someone at 'sfd' doesn't qualify. I am however glad that the press takes SFD as an opportunity to raise other important related topics. This is why we're doing this, isn't it? Fred On 09/18/2011 05:30 PM, Gladys Regalado wrote: > This one's from the GMA News Online. GMA is one of the two major media > groups in the Philippines. They covered SFD and published this article > that talks about the efforts to push the use foss in government. > http://www.gmanews.tv/story/232709/technology/open-source-gaining-in-phl-ho… > > --- > Gladys Regalado > > Computer Professionals' Union > SFD Philippines at the University of Santo Tomas > Manila, Philippines > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Pockey Lam > <pockey(a)softwarefreedomday.org <mailto:pockey@softwarefreedomday.org>> > wrote: > > Hi friends, > > Just want to share with all of you an excellent article written by > Katherine Noyes from PCWorld: > > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/240188/seven_ways_to_celebrat… > > She does give us some good insights about how we can celebrate our > SFD events! > > I have already added this news coverage under: > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/press > > By the way, we also got slashdot(ed) again on the SFDay: > http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/17/049231/Celebrate-Software-Freedom-T… > (yes, we got slashdot(ed) when we opened our registration as well: > http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/23/2128207/Registration-Opens-For-Soft…) > > > If you found any interesting press coverage in English or any other > language, please feel free to share with us here in this mailing > list and don't forget to link to the > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/press > > Enjoy! > Pockey > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org <mailto:SFD-discuss@sf-day.org> > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

Sept. 18, 2011