On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Nicolas Deschildre <ndeschildre@gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed. And that wouldn't be scalable (mythbuntu, others *buntu?).
What I envision is similar to what can be found on france24.com: some
big main categories (in our case, the 3 target audiences are defining
them: "World", "LoCos", "Development"), and story tagging. If you
click on the "Kubuntu" tag, you get a view with all the latest Kubuntu
stories plus a link to a feed.
The conventional wisdom is that you differentiate between distinct audiences at the publication level, not the section level. Hence, local newspapers have News, Sports, and Entertainment sections, but they do not also have a technical journal bundled in. Incorporating multiple audiences and multiple subject-level sections into a single publication becomes confusing -- multi-level hierarchy that is difficult to navigate, and confusion for readers (and particularly for _new_ readers) as to where they should look and what belongs where.
If I understand the blueprint right, there are two distinct problems under consideration -- improving the "contributor-to-contributor" communication (whether they are developers or non-code contributors), and improving project-to-outside-world communication. The two audiences really have different expectations and needs; contributors need to keep abreast of changes that affect them and their projects, for the purpose of improving the work that they do. General readers are interested in learning what is new in and around the Ubuntu project as a whole, for the purpose of education and their own information. Obviously, individuals self-select which group(s) they belong to, but they have divergent goals and reasons for getting their news. Attempting to solve both issues with one solution may not be possible (or feasible).
Anyway, that's my observation.
Thanks,
Nate
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