[LAU] Subject=Re: community pages

[pshirkey at boosthardware.com]

> On 05.08.2011 11:17, pshirkey at boosthardware.com wrote:
>>>> I'm thinking we can do something even more complete than the planet
>>>> feeds.
>>>> Definitely automated updates on content will be a big part of it
>>>> though.
>>> Is that really what we want though? Automatic feeds?
>>>
>>> When I started to use Linux few years back to produce music, what I
>>> wanted to know is: what software to use, what can they do, few
>>> audio/video examples to judge by myself if that was what I was looking
>>> for.
>>>
>>> I stumbled accross a few of these automatic generated feeds, and to be
>>> honest they didn't tell me much.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't we start by deciding the audience we want to reach?
>>> We don't really want to "advertise" to the advanced users, they
>>> already know where to look.
>>> And I'm afraid the "newbe" would be overwhelmed by an automatic feed.
>>>
>>> What I had in mind was this:
>>> - A single campaign on facebook/twitter/google+ around the major
>>> actors of FOSS music software (like Ardour, LMMS, Hydrogen, etc...)
>>> - A simple message
>>> - And see how that goes to repeat the experience (or not!)
>>>
>> For a social media campaign to get any momentum we will need to have a
>> nice landing page for people to view the message and tweet/post to make
>> it
>> trend.
>   I could think of a "meta-page" which includes short descriptions of
> linux audio programs along with screenshots and videos in a fancy
> layout. And, what would be more important for me, informations about how
> those applications can interact.
> The other thing that is interesting for newbie is a recommendation for
> hardware. Just recommend one or two device per category (usb, fw, pci..)
> that are working well.
> I would love such a page. And i don't speak about another forum here..
> - Sebastian
>

I wouldn't take much to add videos and screenshots to the
apps.linuxaudio.org pages. modifying hte layout will take a bit more
effort. Actually creating hte screenshots and videos is another thing
altogether though. That requires a motivated individual or some commitment
from devs to maintain their project pages on the apps wiki.


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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
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