Firstly, thanks for the feedback. This is exactly what we were looking for!
It's pretty clear that people would find value in consuming the Recaps via both email and blog/rss. So, that's what we are going to do :) Once the initial setup is taken care of, posting a blog entry with the same content as the plain text Recap that's sent to this list will take all of 15 minutes. That's a small price to pay IMO, and I'll happily do it to reach a wider audience. :) For those of you who were asking for a prettier search interface for the list, http://riak.markmail.org/ is an invaluable resource. I'll work on making that link more visible. We might be able to make this list more searchable, too. I'm looking into it. Alright. Off to build a Recap blog. Not sure when that'll be done but it shouldn't take more than a week or two to finalize. One other thought I just had: it might be cool for the Recap blog to have a nifty logo. Any amateur graphic designers out there want to take a stab creating a "Riak Recap" logo? It pays a Riak t-shirt, stickers, and praise and adoration of Riak users everywhere ... Thanks again! Mark On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Jonathan Langevin < jlange...@loomlearning.com> wrote: > +1 on blog. > > Additionally, I agree with Keith about ability to search. While a mailing > list is great for being able to converse via email, it seems that quite alot > of valuable conversations and tips get "lost" due to how ML discussions are > archived (i.e. - the interface). > > For instance, it would be nice to browse in a forum-style interface > (instead of having to dig through date-archived postings), and esp if the > ability to respond via web existed, that would be awesome. > Google Groups would be a good solution, as it seems to be pretty much a > forum interface to a mailing list. Only issue is I've seen spam quite often > in Google Groups, but I don't know if that's just due to lists not having > proper administrators (or some type of spam filter is not enabled). > * > > <http://www.loomlearning.com/> > Jonathan Langevin > Systems Administrator > Loom Inc. > Wilmington, NC: (910) 241-0433 - jlange...@loomlearning.com - > www.loomlearning.com - Skype: intel352 > * > > > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Keith Bennett < > keith.benn...@lmnsolutions.com> wrote: > >> Mark - >> >> I think that's a great idea. I'd go even further, and suggest that the >> valuable information discussed on the mailing list be managed in a >> searchable form, as is the case with Google or Yahoo Groups. (Is it >> searchable now? I couldn't see how to search the entire archive for a >> keyword.) >> >> This would be helpful for we users of riak, and even possibly for riak >> developers, since finding more information might prevent people from asking >> a question that has already been asked in the past, saving them time. In >> this case, you might want to copy the Recap to a message on the mailing >> list, so it's searchable there as well. >> >> Thanks, >> Keith >> >> >> On Jun 6, 2011, at 2:51 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: >> >> > Hey All - >> > >> > Quick question: how would you feel if we turned the Riak Recap into a >> blog? >> > >> > I've spoken with various people in various channels about how to best >> > deliver the Recap, and while it's clear that it's a valuable tool for >> > the community, I'm not sure the Mailing List is still the best vehicle >> > through which to publish it. >> > >> > Publishing it as a blog (perhaps at "recap.basho.com") makes a lot of >> > sense as it would enable people to consume it without having to sift >> > through the rest of the mailing list traffic (and I know there are >> > more than a few of you who are on this ML only for the Recaps). More >> > importantly, I think it would bring more new readers to the Recap (and >> > more users to Riak). >> > >> > So, in the interest of convenience and expanding the size of the Riak >> > community, I think making it a blog might make sense. It would still >> > be written, published, and tweeted thrice weekly, just delivered to >> > you in your Reader, for example, instead of on the ML. >> > >> > As you all are the primary consumers of the Recap, I thought I would >> > gather some opinions before I did anything drastic. Anyone have >> > thoughts on this? >> > >> > +/-1s, rants, and all other expressions of opinion are encouraged. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > Community Manager >> > Basho Technologies >> > wiki.basho.com >> > twitter.com/pharkmillups >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > riak-users mailing list >> > riak-users@lists.basho.com >> > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> riak-users mailing list >> riak-users@lists.basho.com >> http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com >> > >
_______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
