This calls for silly hats. It's a re-cap, heh. http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/8461000/8461482_11a7_625x625.jpg
If anyone likes silly hats I could certainly clean this up a lot. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Mark Phillips <m...@basho.com> wrote: > 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 > >
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