[ale] Website musings

[Michael Still]

On 9/2/05, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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, 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.
>  

http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.ale

Slick service that has nntp and rss feeds of lists.  I keep ale on rss
using my bloglines web based client.

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