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Subject: Re: User Questionnaire
From: Michelle Phung <michellephung@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:24:40 -0500
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Nothing yet. I=E2=80=99ll get to it this weekend.=20

-Michelle


> On Jan 20, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org> wrote:
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> Michelle, did you get anywhere with that page in Fauxton?
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> Best
> Jan
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>> On 18 Jan 2016, at 11:00, Andy Wenk <andywenk@apache.org> wrote:
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>> Hey Jan,
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>> this is a cool idea and will be very helpful. Google Forms will make =
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>> job easily.
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>> I have some further ideas for questions. Where do you think we should
>> collect them? Maybe starting a Confluence page for that?
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>> Cheers
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>> Andy
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>> On 17 January 2016 at 04:11, Michelle Phung <michellephung@gmail.com> =
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>>> I think this is a really good idea.
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>>> Especially if it will highlight what people want/need.
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>>> I recently took a survey, and didn=E2=80=99t immediately close the =
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>>> https://workshape.typeform.com/to/PrMLrh>.
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>>> And if you like it, if you want, we can make our own CouchDB 2.0 one =
here.
>>> <http://www.typeform.com/>
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>>> One question I would ask is:
>>>       Do you know where to go for help/ learning/ on-boarding for
>>> CouchDB?
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>>>       Is there anything you=E2=80=99d like to see?
>>> AND
>>>       What do you find difficult to understand or code? (an open =
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>>> question for a short-could-turn-into-a-long answer)
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>>> (Sometime I meet people who don=E2=80=99t know what IRC is  :X :O
>>> omgomgomgwtfwtfomgHOW!!! :O)
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>>> As much as I hated it when i was younger (mostly because I didn=E2=80=99=
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>>> I am starting to see the value in documentation. I realize that our
>>> documentation=E2=80=A6.is maybe a bit lacking. And I am realizing =
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>>> _-cryptic_%^//_. **NOT A BAD THING1** !! it=E2=80=99s =
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>>> A lot of what i read for tutorials/introductions into a new library/ =
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>>> [Props to all those people writing blog posts and documentation !! =
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>>> I realize that that technicality and learning are the caveats and =
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>>> but but but the newbies wouldn=E2=80=99t mind some more docs (even =
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>>> read/admit to reading the entire thing). :) :D :D Can we ask how =
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>>> people read the official documentations vs StackOverflow vs.
>>> v/blogs/tutorials? Maybe if we publish the results, some volunteers =
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>>> Someone once said we are all: "Standing on shoulders of giants"
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>>> - Michelle
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>>> :D !!
>>> hi !
>>> ;D
>>> o//////
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>>> PS. I really really like the idea of a link inside Fauxton leading =
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>>> I am going to try and add a link to Fauxton. Not sure about Futon; =
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>>> ask around for Futon. :)
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>>>> On Jan 16, 2016, at 7:46 AM, Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org <mailto:
>>> jan@apache.org>> wrote:
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>>>> Heyall,
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>>>> in preparation for the 2.0 launch, it be great to know more about =
who
>>> our end users are. And to find out, I=E2=80=99m proposing we develop =
a
>>> questionnaire. We=E2=80=99ve done this once before, about six years =
ago, and *a
>>> lot* has changed since, so it=E2=80=99s a good time to do an update =
(and then maybe
>>> do this once a year or so :)
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>>>> A questionnaire can give us insight into what people think about =
and
>>> want from CouchDB outside of the daily support requests and reported
>>> issues. In addition, people can tell us how they use CouchDB and =
that can
>>> help the project make decisions on how to prioritise e.g. new =
features.
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>>>> I think using Google Forms/Docs for this is the easiest and I=E2=80=99=
d be happy
>>> to set this up, once we have a consensus on the content.
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>>>> The two things I think are important to prepare are:
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>>>> 1. What do we want to know?
>>>> 2. How do we reach our users?
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>>>> ## What do we want to know
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>>>> This is mostly up to you, here are a few questions that I think =
might be
>>> useful to have answers to, I=E2=80=99m sure you can think of many =
more:
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>>>> - How have you heard of CouchDB?
>>>> - How long have you used CouchDB? < 1 year, 1 y, 2y, 3y, 5y, >5y
>>>> - Which version(s) of CouchDB do you use? 2.0 alpha, 1.x.x,.1.6.1,
>>> 1.5.x=E2=80=A61.0.1?
>>>> - Are you using any other software that replicates? If yes, which
>>> one(s)? PouchDB, Couchbase, Couchbase Mobile [iOS, Android], =
BigCouch, PHP
>>> Replicator, Cloudant etc.?
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>>>> - Are you using CouchDB for professional or private projects?
>>>> - If you can share, what are some of the more impressive metrics of =
your
>>> projects, in terms of:
>>>> - amount of data stored
>>>> - number of documents
>>>> - number of databases
>>>> - requests / s
>>>> - number of CouchDB servers
>>>> - growth
>>>> - stability
>>>> - developer happiness
>>>> - ops happiness
>>>> - impact
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>>>> - If you are using CouchDB professionally, are you interested in =
being
>>> contacted about professional services? [email]
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>>>> - What do you like most about CouchDB?
>>>> - What do you like least about CouchDB?
>>>> - What feature would you like to see added to CouchDB?
>>>> - What feature could you live without?
>>>> - What could be improved about the CouchDB documentation?
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>>>> - If you are on 1.x, are you:
>>>> - interested in the cluster-feature of 2.0?
>>>> - interested in the Mango Query Language of 2.0?
>>>> - not at all interested in 2.0?
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>>>> - =E2=80=A6 and many many more (but not too many ;)
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>>>> ## How do we reach our users
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>>>> This is just a list that came to mind, I=E2=80=99m sure there is =
more we can do.
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>>>> - Weekly News / blog
>>>> - Apache mailing lists
>>>> - Social Media
>>>> - IRC
>>>> - Press? (maybe database weekly?)
>>>> - Cross-Promotion with family-projects like PouchDB
>>>> - Can IBM help?
>>>> - Futon/Fauxton
>>>> - This is something I=E2=80=99d like to have seen for the longest =
time: a page
>>> in Futon/Fauxton that connects back to the project (that people can =
opt out
>>> of, if they want), but that allows us to post rare project news like =
new
>>> versions available, this questionnaire ^^, security advisories, etc. =
Since
>>> we are planning a 1.7 release, maybe we can add something to Futon =
there
>>> and into Fauxton for the 2.x builds (which would also help with =
getting
>>> feedback from the alpha/beta testers there). This should be too =
hard, we
>>> just need to agree on how we do it :)
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>>>> I can=E2=80=99t wait to get your input on this!
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>>>> Best
>>>> Jan
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>> Andy Wenk
>> Hamburg - Germany
>> RockIt!
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>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
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>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
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