[ale] Website musings

[Michael Hirsch]

On 9/2/05, aaron <aaron at pd.org> wrote:
> 
> :-)
> Not to be a total pill, but I'm curious how would a "blog" be different
> from the ALE Wiki that we already under-utilize?


The wiki is for persistent information--info that has a long shelf life and 
is of long term interest. A blog is for recording/disseminating information 
of current interest.

I like the idea of the blog to replace the klunky announcements page on 
ale.org <http://ale.org>, but don't think it should be used to post tips and 
hints, or ask questions. The former belongs on the wiki or mailing list and 
the latter on the mailing list. At best, it would mean there are two places 
to look for information instead of one, at worst it would obsolete the 
mailing list. We don't need another way to get information out, we need 
better ways to sort/collate/find the information we already have.

I wouldn't mind a newsgroup gateway for the mailing list, though I find that 
reading it in gmail is as handy as a newsgroup--maybe handier. I would love 
to have a usable archive or it, though google works pretty well for that, 
too.

Michael


peace
> aaron
> 
> On Friday 02 September 2005 08:28, Chris Farris wrote:
> > So I was thinking.....
> >
> > Maybe we should put a blog on the ale.org <http://ale.org> website. 
> Besides being a more
> > useful way to post meeting announcements, a limited number of people
> > could also post other useful linux related info.
> >
> > I almost never read this list due to the high traffic nature, and
> > digests aren't much better. If people who do follow this list wanted to
> > post the more interesting messages, along with what ever other news, it
> > might make for a more dynamic and useful website.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> > Chris
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