Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-marketing-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-marketing-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 50AD411F25 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 62049 invoked by uid 500); 18 Jun 2014 18:28:17 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-marketing-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 62010 invoked by uid 500); 18 Jun 2014 18:28:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact marketing-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: marketing@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list marketing@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 61999 invoked by uid 99); 18 Jun 2014 18:28:17 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:28:17 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [188.94.27.146] (HELO nms02.nmmn.com) (188.94.27.146) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:28:14 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nms02.nmmn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5248954475F for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:27:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from nms02.nmmn.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nms02.nmmn.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6LRldVLDQ+dl for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:27:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-qa0-f53.google.com (mail-qa0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by nms02.nmmn.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 02077543EE2 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:27:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-qa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j15so1028075qaq.26 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.105.183 with SMTP id c52mr5618023qgf.40.1403116066271; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: andy@nms.de Received: by 10.229.210.72 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:27:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <38866EA3-1B22-4F46-9452-F5A900CF178A@thehoodiefirm.com> <6CE7D225-E0DC-49E2-828A-2D52F8DB0008@thehoodiefirm.com> <86E617E8-9544-4683-9F0E-FBC9898C96EE@apache.org> From: Andy Wenk Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:27:16 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [NEWS] This weeks's CouchDB News are ready for feedback To: Akshat Jiwan Sharma Cc: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1139c298b5797f04fc206a95 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --001a1139c298b5797f04fc206a95 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18 June 2014 20:20, Akshat Jiwan Sharma wrote: > Thanks Andy, > > Yep I will definitely need help with this. At the moment the questions ar= e > in my head so I will first make an initial list and then start a new > thread. > perfect :) > > Akshat Jiwan Sharma, > Independent Software Contractor, > (+91) 9654119771 | http://www.staticshin.com > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Andy Wenk wrote: > >> Welcome Akshat, >> >> nice that you're here :) >> >> On 18 June 2014 19:22, Akshat Jiwan Sharma wrote= : >> >> > Hey fellows, >> > >> > I am new here so let me know if what I am about to suggest has already >> been >> > discussed. Also what I am about to write does not necessarily belong i= n >> a >> > weekly news but is just a general marketing discussion. >> > >> > So I was thinking that we could besides the weekly news, every once in= a >> > while, do a dev interview. Like a few weeks back I noticed that a >> > significant merge( rcouch ) was about to happen. For me it was the mo= st >> > exciting couchdb news since the announcement of big couch merge. But >> sadly >> > there were few details outside the list of changes. I would have liked >> to >> > see an interview with Beniot with questions relevant to rcouch. >> > >> > >> > Would this be a good idea? Interviewing the couch-db devs on how they >> feel >> > about couchdb, it's ecosystem and the direction the project is taking = in >> > general? >> > >> > If you give me a go ahead I can prepare a list of questions, email the= m, >> > compile the answers and submit it to Lena for final approval. >> >> >> This is a brilliant idea. I would love to see a list of questions. Anoth= er >> topic would be the BigCouch merge. Robert Newson (rnewson) and Russel >> Branca (chewbranca) are very much involved here and maybe a double >> interview would be cool. >> >> I have some further ideas for possible interview partners and would love >> to >> share the ideas with you. I think the best way is to start a new thread = on >> marketing@. >> >> In my opinion, doing and releasing interviews would be of very great val= ue >> for the project because interested people can "touch" the people behind >> Apache CouchDB and it's community. >> >> What do you think? >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> Cheers >> >> Andy >> >> >> > >> > Akshat Jiwan Sharma, >> > Independent Software Contractor, >> > (+91) 9654119771 | http://www.staticshin.com >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Alexander Shorin >> > wrote: >> > >> > > +1 for news merge. >> > > >> > > P.S. have also remind that we miss (completely?) our chance to reuse >> > > Dave's couchdbweekly.com domain: it could serve us as backup and for >> > > nicer UI, friendly to humans. >> > > -- >> > > ,,,^..^,,, >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Lena Reinhard < >> lena@thehoodiefirm.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > Hi everyone, >> > > > >> > > > as it's already wednesday again and last week's News couldn't be >> > > published yet, I'd suggest the following: >> > > > >> > > > I'd prepare the news for tomorrow anyway, merge it with important >> > > content from last week and then hope the infra is up again in the ne= xt >> > > days. If you think this doesn't make sense or have a different idea, >> let >> > me >> > > know. >> > > > >> > > > I don't really know if there are any alternatives, but I'd love to >> hear >> > > your ideas on how to deal with infrastructure issues in the future (= I >> > know >> > > that infrastructure stuff is hard, my intention id not to blame anyo= ne >> > but >> > > to see how this can be dealt with from marketing side). >> > > > >> > > > My main reason for this is that, in my experience, one of the most >> > > important things with posts like weekly news and for gaining more >> > traction >> > > over time is publishing them frequently and reliably so users know >> that >> > > this is happening weekly and start looking forward to it. And the >> second, >> > > very personal reason, is, that I put pretty much work into their >> > curation :) >> > > > >> > > > Would it probably be a solution to send them out via email (dev@ / >> =E2=80=A6?) >> > > and then tweet a link to the email archive? Or =E2=80=A6? >> > > > >> > > > Looking forward to hearing your ideas! >> > > > >> > > >> On 17.06.2014, at 13:06, Andy Wenk wrote: >> > > >> >> > > >> asking infra for a schedule ... >> > > >> >> > > >> Cheers >> > > >> >> > > >> Andy >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >>> On 17 June 2014 12:49, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >> > > >>> >> > > >>> Same here >> > > >>> >> > > >>> Cheers >> > > >>> Jan >> > > >>> -- >> > > >>> >> > > >>>> On 16.06.2014, at 21:33, Andy Wenk wrote: >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> just checked - the login is back but my password does not work >> > > anymore :( >> > > >>>> can someone else please try? >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> Thanx >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>>> On 16 June 2014 21:18, Lena Reinhard >> > wrote: >> > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> Nothing new from the infra, I guess, right? :) >> > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>>> On 13.06.2014, at 08:18, Andy Wenk wrote: >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> the blog admin is still down ... >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>> On 12 June 2014 12:49, Lena Reinhard >> > > wrote: >> > > >>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>> Thanks Andy and Jan for the information and for already >> taking a >> > > look! >> > > >>>>>>> And, Andy, should posting your recap succeed, let me know an= d >> > I'll >> > > >>>>> include >> > > >>>>>>> the link, hope it was a nice meetup again! >> > > >>>>>>> Let me know if there's anything I can help with, otherwise >> I'll >> > > just >> > > >>>>> wait >> > > >>>>>>> with you :) >> > > >>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>> On 12.06.2014, at 10:58, Jan Lehnardt > > >> > > wrote: >> > > >>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>> Looks good to me too! Will also keep an eye on the blog adm= in >> > > >>>>> returning. >> > > >>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> On 12 Jun 2014, at 11:19 , Lena Reinhard < >> > lena@thehoodiefirm.com >> > > > >> > > >>>>> wrote: >> > > >>>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> Dear CouchDB Folks, >> > > >>>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> this week's CouchDB Weekly News are ready for your feedbac= k. >> > > >>>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> You'll find the draft here >> > > http://ffffux.github.io/weekly-news.html >> > > >>>>>>>>> HTML is here >> > > >>> >> > > >> https://github.com/ffffux/ffffux.github.io/blob/master/weekly-news.html >> > > >>>>>>>>> Please let me know if you have any annotations or find typ= os >> > and >> > > >>> I'll >> > > >>>>>>> update them accordingly. >> > > >>>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> Release note: >> > > >>>>>>>>> - I didn't send an email asking for submissions this week >> > (forgot >> > > >>> due >> > > >>>>>>> to travels + lack of wifi, will do again next time). So if y= ou >> > > want to >> > > >>>>>>> submit something now, please let me know and I'll include it= . >> > I'll >> > > >>> send >> > > >>>>>>> them out again next week. >> > > >>>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> It would be great if the news could be published by one of >> you. >> > > >>>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> Best! >> > > >>>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>>> Lena >> > > >>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>> Jan Lehnardt >> > > >>>>>>>> The Neighbourhoodie Software GmbH >> > > >>>>>>>> Adalbertstr. 7-8, 10999 Berlin >> > > >>>>>>>> neighbourhood.ie >> > > >>>>>>>> >> > > >>>>>>>> Handelsregister HRB 157851 B Amtsgericht Charlottenburg >> > > >>>>>>>> Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrung: Jan Lehnardt, Lena Reinhard >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> -- >> > > >>>>>> Andy Wenk >> > > >>>>>> Hamburg - Germany >> > > >>>>>> RockIt! >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de >> > > >>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 >> 9588 >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> -- >> > > >>>> Andy Wenk >> > > >>>> Hamburg - Germany >> > > >>>> RockIt! >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de >> > > >>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 >> 9588 >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> -- >> > > >> Andy Wenk >> > > >> Hamburg - Germany >> > > >> RockIt! >> > > >> >> > > >> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 958= 8 >> > > >> >> > > >> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >> > > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Andy Wenk >> Hamburg - Germany >> RockIt! >> >> http://www.couchdb-buch.de >> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de >> >> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 >> >> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >> > > --=20 Andy Wenk Hamburg - Germany RockIt! http://www.couchdb-buch.de http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc --001a1139c298b5797f04fc206a95--