2007/12/9, Bobby Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If I had a blog, and signed up its RSS feed to planetsage, would *all* > my posts be visible, or could I filter posts based on a tag?
For that, your blog software would have to know how to generate an rss feed for your tag only. For example, if you tag all posts concerning sage under "sage", you can let people subscribe to this feed for sage-related stuff only: http://yourblog.com/tag/sage/rss/ didier > > For example, the second post on planet gnome right now is about Dennis > Kucinitch... > > -Bobby > > On Dec 9, 2007 10:55 AM, Yi Qiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ok, there seems to be enough interest for this idea. I think the next > > step will be actually finding out HOW many of us blog, or would be > > willing to start blogging about SAGE. > > > > http://wiki.sagemath.org/planetsage > > > > Please go there and put a link to your blog if you have one, or make > > an entry saying you are interested in starting a blog. > > > > Cheers, > > Yi > > > > http://yiqiang.org > > > > > > On Dec 9, 2007 3:49 AM, Robert Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > +1 to the planet.sagemath.org idea, including official blog with > > > release announcements, bug and Sage days info, etc. > > > > > > A semi-official, regular (weekly? authorship could rotate) "tips and > > > tricks" blog could be good too, and another idea would be a regular > > > "How do I ___ in Sage" which could take email submissions. From a > > > marketing standpoint, I think regularity is an important thing, like > > > newspaper columns and TV shows (you want people to keep coming back > > > because they know there's going to be something new and then > > > anticipate it.) It could grow into a large resource of examples too > > > (and maybe even get doctested?) > > > > > > Of course, this could turn out to be a significant time investment > > > (though the latter could be largely fleshed-out responses to sage- > > > support). > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 8, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Ondrej Certik wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, I was just going to say the same thing. planet.sagemath.org is > > > > the way to go. Besides developers blogs, there can also be an official > > > > blog (with several core sage developers having a write access to), > > > > where official things will be announced. > > > > > > > > Its true, that writing a blog requires time, but it's worthy and > > > > necessary. > > > > > > > > Ondrej > > > > > > > > On 12/9/07, alex clemesha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Dec 8, 2007 8:09 PM, Yi Qiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >>> Actually, depending on how many SAGE developers blog at all, we > > > >>> should > > > >>> consider a planet.sagemath.org style blog. The idea is the planet.* > > > >>> is an aggregator of blogs it subscribes to and publishes blogs with > > > >>> specific tags. For example, planet.sagemath.org would subscribe to > > > >>> Mike Hanson, Martin Albrecht, and Ondrej Certik's blog. Each time > > > >>> those people post something to their own blogs with the 'sage' > > > >>> tag, it > > > >>> will show up on planet.sagemath.org. Many open source > > > >>> communities use > > > >>> this. See the urls below for examples. > > > >>> > > > >>> The software that makes it happen is called PlanetPlanet > > > >>> (http://www.planetplanet.org/) > > > >>> > > > >>> Some projects that use this include: > > > >>> > > > >>> * Planet GNOME (planet.gnome.org) > > > >>> * Planet Debian (planet.debian.org) > > > >>> * Planet Twisted (planet.twistedmatrix.org) > > > >>> > > > >>> etc..You can see a more complete list at planetplanet.org. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hey Yi, that's a really good idea. > > > >> > > > >> Even Python has their own planet: > > > >> > > > >> planet.python.org > > > >> > > > >> and on the side bar of that page there is a link to > > > >> a bunch more planets ... basically there's a lot of gravity to > > > >> this idea ;) > > > >> > > > >> Alex > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On Dec 8, 2007 7:05 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Dec 8, 2007 7:03 PM, Bobby Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> At the very least, I think it would be a good idea to use a > > > >>>>> content > > > >>>>> management system for the website. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> That's a really good idea. Mike Hansen has been getting really > > > >>>> into Django lately, so maybe he can help with that. Using Django > > > >>>> would probably make a lot of sense. > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> The front page could be blog-like, containing mostly news, > > > >>>>> updates, > > > >>>>> info, and releases. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Yep. > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> Then if someone has a personal blog entry that says something > > > >>>>> interesting about Sage, we can just link to it from the front > > > >>>>> page as > > > >>>>> a news story. This way everything would be archived, etc. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I like this idea. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> William > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> On Dec 8, 2007 6:59 PM, didier deshommes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> 2007/12/8, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Hi, > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> My brother suggests that a "Sage blog" be somehow created (see > > > >>> below). It's > > > >>>>>>> a good idea. Any ideas about what this might entail? Weekly > > > >>> developer > > > >>>>>>> summaries? A "cool trick"? Little articles? Etc. I have > > > >>>>>>> never > > > >>> blogged > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> +1 > > > >>>>>> This could also be good to announce new versions, improvements, > > > >>> papers > > > >>>>>> written in Sage, etc. Developers blogging about Sage could be > > > >>>>>> fun: > > > >>> it > > > >>>>>> would expose how some other parts of the Sage code works (this > > > >>>>>> would > > > >>>>>> also help Bus Days). For example, when I wrote QDRF, I blogged > > > >>>>>> about > > > >>>>>> what one would need to do in order to implement (floating-point) > > > >>>>>> fields in Sage since I had learned a great deal about this > > > >>>>>> part of > > > >>> the > > > >>>>>> code. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Of course, the thing with blogging is time :) . If you're > > > >>>>>> blogging, > > > >>>>>> you're not writing code and sometimes you just can't afford > > > >>>>>> that ;). > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> didier > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> at all, but I know some of you (e.g., Martin Albrecht and Ondrej > > > >>> Certik) > > > >>>>>>> are old pros at blogging. Thoughts? > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > >>>>>>> From: Dennis Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>>>>>> Date: Dec 8, 2007 1:28 PM > > > >>>>>>> Subject: blog and rss > > > >>>>>>> To: William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> William, > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Non-developer users of Sage might enjoy learning more about what > > > >>> is > > > >>>>>>> going on in the Sage world. A blog would be a great way to do > > > >>> this. > > > >>>>>>> You could post things like the AMS event, published articles, > > > >>>>>>> news > > > >>> of > > > >>>>>>> major changes in the software, upcoming cool new features, > > > >>> something > > > >>>>>>> funny that is Sage related, a profile of someone who has > > > >>> significantly > > > >>>>>>> contributed to the software, a user profile, and so on. People > > > >>> could > > > >>>>>>> subscribe to it via email or RSS. You could use a free blog > > > >>> service > > > >>>>>>> (webpress or blogspot or whatever) and use Google's free > > > >>> Feebburner > > > >>>>>>> for the email subscription service for people to subscribe. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> http://www.mathworks.com/company/rss/index.html > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Google has a blog that they post to about once every three weeks > > > >>> or so. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Obviously making the software the best it can be is a bigger > > > >>> priority, > > > >>>>>>> but a blog could be useful at some point for keeping in touch > > > >>>>>>> with > > > >>>>>>> people (reporters, users, fans). > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> --Dennis > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> -- > > > >>>>>>> William Stein > > > >>>>>>> Associate Professor of Mathematics > > > >>>>>>> University of Washington > > > >>>>>>> http://wstein.org > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> -- > > > >>>>> Bobby Moretti > > > >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> William Stein > > > >>>> Associate Professor of Mathematics > > > >>>> University of Washington > > > >>>> http://wstein.org > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Bobby Moretti > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
