[LAU] Social Media

[david]

fred wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 06/08/2011 21:55, david a écrit :
>> Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>>> On 08/06/2011 07:09 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
>>>>   On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My 2¢: social media don't work for Linux Audio. I think the only 
>>>>> thing that
>>>>> does work is good video tutorials, that's really big at the moment, 
>>>>> good
>>>>> blogs and decent articles on authorative sites and in printed 
>>>>> magazines.
>>>>
>>>> I think you really want to expand your understanding of what social
>>>> media is. All of the above except printed magazines is part of it :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Alexandre,
>>>
>>> You're right, I'm confusing social media and social networking 
>>> services. I meant the latter.
>>>
>>>>> the other things are imho not useful. Twitter, Facebook, Google+ 
>>>>> won't work,
>>>>> simply too much dispersion, people don't collaborate on these 
>>>>> platforms,
>>>>> they only click on buttons and leave pointless comments.
>>>>
>>>> That's quite an exxageration.
>>>
>>> I know. I've already replied to Rosea where that originates from. 
>>> Next time I'll keep the whole picture in mind :)
>>>
>>>  I do some techsupport for Inkscape, GIMP
>>>> and Scribus via Twitter. It's actually useful for helping people solve
>>>> simple issues. That's not a direct marketing, but it helps preserving
>>>> user base. Of course, one could go beyond that.
>>>>
>>>>> I call BS, with the band I convinced the others to ditch Cubase in 
>>>>> favor of
>>>>> Qtractor because every rehearsal session we were totally lost again 
>>>>> on how
>>>>> to record a simple track.
>>>>
>>>> You mean you didn't know how to use Cubase? :)
>>>
>>> Ha ha, yeah, that's true. We even borrowed a 300 page Cubase book 
>>> from a friend but still we didn't manage.
>>
>> Well, for comparison, I once tried to make a simple stereo recording 
>> using Ardour, and was completely unable to figure it out. But 
>> pro-level software is complex and assumes that its user has a lot of 
>> domain-specific knowledge (is an experienced audio engineer). I don't 
>> fault the UI for that!
>>
> Ardour is a really step above Cubase...

I'm not the one who tried to use Cubase, so I'll take your word for it.

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