http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
> TOS website: http://teachingopensource.org/
>
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The Open Source Way : https://theopensourceway.org
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e National Science Foundation, Google, and Red Hat,
> Inc.
>
>
>
> NSF funding will provide 2 nights lodging and meals during the workshop.
> Travel costs will also be covered up to $500.
>
>
> Questions to Heidi Ellis (el...@wne.edu<mailto:el...@wne.edu>)
>
>
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On 04/06/2015 02:39 PM, Karsten Wade wrote:
> Anyway, I'll track down the XML and get it up on GitHub at least.
tl;dnr I found it[1] and put the source up here:
https://github.com/quaid/Practical-OSS-Exploration-textbook
We can work on it t
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On 04/06/2015 12:51 PM, Nick Yeates wrote:
> Jim, Karsten,
>
> We have been working on a new version of this content with a
> slightly different approach. See building blocks of it here:
> https://github.com/nyeates/os-curriculum
>
> Make sure to re
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Wow. I just went looking for something on the TOS wiki, thought a look
at "all pages" would help:
http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Special:AllPages
I think we have to admit that 99% of the wiki are now spam pages.
My first thought is to organ
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Is the app at http://possereg.teachingopensource.org still being used?
If so, can we migrate that to the main TOS server?
If not, I'd like to take it down as part of a server migration we're
doing for theopensourceway.org host.
Thanks - Karsten
- --
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The deadline is 31 October.
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On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 07:13:27AM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>
>
> Let me start by saying that I'm torn. In the spirit of being open, I was
> going to blog these thoughts. But upon reflection, I decided to post them to
> this group. I want to use my experience to highlight problem
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 04:59:22PM -0500, Steven Huss-Lederman wrote:
> Dear Sebastian,
>
> Does this mean TOS definitely does not want to do a pre-conference
> event? Fine with me but wanted to know so I can let the organizers
> know if we are sure. If not sure we can finalize this later.
I al
Hi:
We've been working on improving how the upstream project at
http://TheOpenSourceWay.org (TOSW.org) presents itself. I'm interested
in your input on the current version, which is quite beta.
There has been a lot of confusion that the TOSW.org website was just
for hosting a handbook. Our team h
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:42:38PM -0400, Mel Chua wrote:
> Steve Huss-Lederman reminded me earlier today that the POSSE materials
> from July haven't been posted publicly. Here are the final print PDFs --
> all open licensed (CC-BY-SA-2.0)
Any reason for 2.0 instead of 3.0?
- Karsten
--
nam
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:34:40PM -0400, Mel Chua wrote:
>
> Theme for all 3 sessions might be something like "how students want to
> be prepared for the real world" -- something that gives students
> expertise by virtue of *being* students (and forces us to shut up and
> listen to them for
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 08:59:12AM -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 01:51, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > material still being private. So do you think your list is going to be
> > permanently private?
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> My hope is that the list isn't permanent at all. I think (but coul
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:43:48AM -0500, Ian Weller wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:21:42AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
>
> > So I can't file a report for what I feel is the underlying issue:
> > too few people have access to the infrastructure and how that access
> > is determined is unclear.
>
>
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:06:30PM -0400, Max Spevack wrote:
> There has to be a way to minimize/eliminate spam that doesn't pose a
> giant burden on wiki administrators, right?
FWIW, if we require a human intervention, it wouldn't be the end of
the world. I can be one of the humans.
I will men
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 06:34:00PM -0500, Frederick Grose wrote:
>
>
> I find that authenticating through OpenID is less onerous than repetitive
> edit confirmations, and allows TOS folks to not focus on the authentication
> arms race.
Makes sense to me, but I'm one of those people who already h
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 02:48:44PM -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been working over the last week or so to clean up the TOS wiki. This
> falls in to two categories: despamming and updating content.
Thanks, btw, long overdue and needed. :/
> 1) http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Exten
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 03:48:42PM -0500, Mel Chua wrote:
>
> Oh - and yes, we're using open tools, fonts, formats, etc. :) So we'll
> probably use the Liberation font family and so forth... everything will
> be remixable and happy.
It would be very helpful for the process if we could get the i
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 08:06:32AM -0800, Cat Allman wrote:
> Karsten Wade wrote:
> > The proposal writing process involves:
> >
> > * Contacting one or more FOSS projects
> > - You have to meet the people who put forward ideas
> >
>
> Not clear what is
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 02:58:00PM -0500, Kevin Cole wrote:
>
> I mentioned GSoC and the OLPC Contributors program but I think the
> professor's looking for a "competition" rather than a "project".
> Personally, I also think our students would do better with "collaboration"
> rather than "competi
people away. Clearly this topic is important for some
of us here, but maybe not all of us?)
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:35:25AM -0500, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> 2011/2/18 Karsten Wade :
> > One important thing in open source culture that we seem to be
> > forgetting her
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 04:25:40PM -0500, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 16:11, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> > How many are "plenty," and when you say "volunteer," what are they
>
> Sorry. I found the infrastructure page wiki. Answered part of my own question.
>
> And, reading the disc
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 07:09:47PM -0500, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> 2011/2/17 Ian Weller :
> > Just a quick ping -- what's the status on this? Is there an email I
> > missed that I need to reply to?
>
> Put simply, I think a mistake is being made if we don't use the OSUOSL
> infrastructure, and inste
I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in teaching one or more
workshops at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 9x? There is
also a Teaching Open Source-related talk. All are happening Sat/Sun 25
& 26 February in Los Angeles, CA.
Unfortunately, I have to bow out of my attendance of SCA
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 01:19:31PM -0800, Jeff Sheltren wrote:
> Ian, thanks for the note. We setup a VM for Karsten to test out phpbb
> a while back -- Karsten, should we consider that a lost cause and
> reclaim that VM for general TOS use?
We need a separate discussion on this list about the fu
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 04:51:39PM -0500, Nicholas Whittier wrote:
> I'm a little lost in the minutes from this meeting. Is the decision that we
> use a VM that will be entirely administered by TOS? And hence avoid using
> any of OSL's centralized services?
>
> If so, I'm not sure what we gain b
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:35:42AM -0500, Mel Chua wrote:
> On 02/10/2011 09:38 AM, tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> > Just a note I should have added to other discussions earlier:
> >
> > As a retired worker bee at several large corporations, I continue to
> > be amazed at th
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 08:59:49AM -0500, Heidi Ellis wrote:
> Me too! I can't add you at this point as the submissions have closed, but if
> it gets accepted we can add you then. OK?
That works fine, have done that in the past, I believe.
Thanks - Karsten
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name: Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Co
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 12:04:21PM -0500, Heidi Ellis wrote:
> Ah, another great idea! I like it! And yes, OSCON takes panels.
> Matt and Jeff and Greg, thoughts?
If it helps to round things out with another industry-head, I'd be
happy to join in that panel; I'm already in the OSCON system so shou
Pardon me, but I feel the need to think in terms of a swim lane
chart[1] in order to understand what teachingopensource.org (tos.o) &
the Teaching Open Source (TOS) community need for technology.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swim_lane
http://www.agilemodeling.com/style/activityDiagram.htm#
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 03:29:59AM -0500, Mel Chua wrote:
>> - We should try to decide fairly quickly if we want to do it. There's a
>> funding opportunity here at USC and the deadline for it is in late Jan.
>> Not sure what exactly the funding picture for past POSSEs has been but
>> I'm sure it wo
Chris' email presents enough of the cross-discussion so far that I'm
going to find a way to say everything I have about this thread in this
one reply.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 09:06:43AM -0500, Chris Tyler wrote:
>
> Karsten had talked about heading this up and doing something with
> OSUOSL, but I
On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 03:25:21PM -0500, Matthew Jadud wrote:
>
> I have a UOCD-type question:
Can you define 'UOCD-type'? google.com is particularly unhelpful so
far. User oriented collaborative design? Understanding obsessive
compulsive disorder?
> http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/dec-10/the-l
On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 06:01:58PM -0800, Karsten Wade wrote:
> I want to do some stuff ... TOS stuff and POSSE stuff ... at SCALE
> 9x[1] and stuff, which is 25 to 27 February at the Hilton Los Angeles
> Airport.
In the last few days I've had some discussions with the SCALE folk
I want to do some stuff ... TOS stuff and POSSE stuff ... at SCALE
9x[1] and stuff, which is 25 to 27 February at the Hilton Los Angeles
Airport.
I have a bunch of ideas ...
http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_workshop_SCALE9x
... which boil down to:
* Definitely talk for 1 hour a
This just came in via osdc-list; I'm out of the loop on work in this
region so don't know if this is already a known entity or ...?
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Probably a bit close if you are just learning about this, unless you
have a slam-dunk application idea. :)
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 07:06:00AM -0800,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Is the site down for maintenance?
Power failure, aiui.
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name: Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Community Gardener
team:Red Hat Community Architecture
uri: http://TheOpenSo
On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 06:06:21PM -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> Hi Karsten,
>
> 2010/11/5 Karsten Wade :
> > I apologize for this utter failure of FOSS <=> ACAD interface. My
> > intention had been to get textbook work going much earlier, but alas
> > that
On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 02:20:15PM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote:
> Hi Karsten,
>
> I'm not likely to use the content in this semester, but it would be helpful
> to have it for next semester.
>
> And if not now, when? :-)
Exactly!
Here it comes ...
- Karsten
--
name: Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Co
Reminder that we'll be starting today's textbook sprint at 1600 UTC,
until 2200 UTC, on #teachingopensource on irc.freenode.net, or use
this webchat interface:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=teachingopensource.com
--
name: Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Community Gardener
team:
On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 05:57:11AM -0800, Eduardo Marques wrote:
> Hello, I stumbled upon TOS after receiving an article from TechRepublic.
>
> My name's Eduardo, I am Portuguese and left Europe to work in Brazil where I
> am currently located.
>
> I currently work as CIO/Coordinator in a health
Can you let us know what of the list of content still to be written is
still useful to you this semester?
http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Textbook_Roadmap#Proposed_new_chapters
(Full list below[1].)
I apologize for this utter failure of FOSS <=> ACAD interface. My
intention had been
Short notice idea here, but we need some rhythm to start wrapping work
around. :)
First textbook sprint:
* This Monday 8 Nov from 1600 to 2200 UTC
* #teachingopensource in irc.freenode.net or
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=teachingopensource
* Working on teachingopensource.org wiki
Thi
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 12:54:20AM +0200, Grant Hearn wrote:
>
> I've scoped out the flights from South Africa to Dallas no problem,
> but accommodation in Dallas is the current challenge ...
>
> Also, I might need an extra bolster on my visa application ...
I don't personally have solutions to
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:00:35PM -0700, Leslie Hawthorn wrote:
> I'll sign on for the History of OS chapter and would also be willing to take
> on the communities cultures chapter. I've indicated this on the Textbook
> Roadmap wiki page.
Awesomeness, many thanks and hugs flowing your way.
> I
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 03:04:33PM -0400, Karlie Robinson wrote:
> On 10/21/2010 03:00 PM, Leslie Hawthorn wrote:
> > I agree that asking Bradley Kuhn to do the Licensing Chapter is a
> > great idea and would be happy to ask him if he's available unless
> > someone else wants to take the lead on
The other day I wrote a blog post[1] asking for help on sourcing
content, writing, and editing for the new chapters in the "Practical
Open Source Software Exploration" textbook.
This email is to say welcome to these new folks, and to point them at
where the main collaboration is happening around t
Folks not on osdc-edu-authors list -- the original thread for this
starts here:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/osdc-edu-authors/2010-September/msg00063.html
I'm sort-of moving this discussion over to tos@ mailing list, although
Matt is wisely suggesting we don't get too deep until after the next
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 05:03:04PM +, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> Top posting for the lulz:
>
> Michael Stone may not be "the" worldwide acknowledged expert, but he
> thinks about these issues personally and professionally (in his old work
> at OLPC and in his new work at Akamai) and might be in
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:59:31AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Does anyone know of any other Open Security sites like:
> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page
>
> Perhaps this is a topic for the coding chapter of Practical OSS Exploration?
I like the idea of
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:42:20PM +, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> Excerpts from Karsten Wade's message of Wed Sep 22 20:20:31 + 2010:
> > Our work on suggested chapters for the P_OSS_E textbook have been
> > integrated in the to-be-done list of all chapters:
> >
> > http://www.teachingopensour
Our work on suggested chapters for the P_OSS_E textbook have been
integrated in the to-be-done list of all chapters:
http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Textbook_Roadmap
All of the chapters currently reading "Writer needed" are chapters we
need to recruit for (or write ourselves.)
The so
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 01:31:46PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
>
> At least in the Mailman I use most, you can selectively block someone
> from contributing to a specific thread.
Honestly, I had a feeling as I wrote it that I was incorrect -- I've
seen some fairly sophisticated looking filtering in Mail
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 08:59:33PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
>
> But, then I reflected on your mention of a specific chapter. In that
> case a forum could have an area for the textbook with a sub-area for
> each chapter. A mailing list would require each origin
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 03:19:47PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> What, in your opinion, is the advantage of Forums over the Mailing List?
It's not really advantage over, they serve different purposes.
Forums are very nice for:
* Drive-by question/answer - you can
Jeff and all:
As a first and soonest idea, I'd like to setup some forums for
Teaching Open Source (TOS) discussions. In particular, we need a
place for feedback and discussion around the textbook[1]; but we
should have it be open for any threads, in my opinion.
My idea is that we can setup the f
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 01:55:28PM -0400, Frederick Grose wrote:
> See http://teachingopensource.org/pipermail/tos/2010-August/001479.html
>
> We started using OpenID exclusively at Sugar Labs wiki and have not had any
> of this spam since.
If true and easy anonymity is important, the Captcha sys
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 07:12:17AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> If POSSE is a TeachingOpenSource.org project, why aren't these
> materials available somewhere on the TeachingOpenSource.org domain? I
> understand everyone here, me included, is working with several
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:54:10AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> I seek the advice of anyone who has definite opinions concerning the
> use of Wikis.
>
> I've have been carefully planning the implementation of version
> control of the wiki pages for the textbook(s)
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:24:08AM -0400, Sabin, Mihaela wrote:
> Karsten,
>
> I'll be happy to help with editing and maybe contribute some content. In two
> courses I'm teaching this semester I'll be taking the students the 'open
> source way'. This is my info:
>
> Mihaela Sabin (University o
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:20:59AM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Other areas for addition to the text are aimed at the next level of
> contribution, once the developer gets up to speed on FOSS. These are along
> the lines of software engineering topics such as:
>
> Requirements - How
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 09:40:22AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Now that several people have volunteered the information that they
> will be using the textbook and providing comments, should we be
> recording their generosity in
> http://teachingopensource.org/inde
Forgot to send this in advance, sorry.
With Mel on vacation & me not prepared, we didn't have a POSSE status
meeting today.
However, we did chat about the challenges of finding a tech guru for
the South Africa POSSE.
We need to start networking and asking around; there *is* a person out
there wh
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 06:29:35PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Welcome to the Teaching Open Source project, Shlomif.
>
> You've spent some time refining "How to start contributing to or using
> Open Source Software",
> http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/How_
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 08:21:03PM -0400, Chris Tyler wrote:
>
> There's a missing chapter which Dave and I were fighting over, until he
> got too swamped :-) I'm very interested in writing that chapter this
> fall. I believe it was chapter 2 in one of the early outlines, and it
> discussed some
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 07:10:19PM -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> 2010/8/23 Karsten Wade :
> > Please critique and help me get this correct. It's the same method we
> > need to apply to the other chapters, and apply to new chapters yet to
> > come.
>
> Hi Ka
When we were at OSU talking about the 'Practical OSS Exploration'
textbook, Tim Budd made a comment that I paraphrase as: "This material
is good but there isn't enough to teach more than two weeks."
What's missing, as we discussed, is all the material that gives a more
full picture of participatio
Here is my first pass at learning objectives for the chapter and all
main sections in the "Explaining the Code" chapter on open community
documentation.
http://teachingopensource.com/index.php/Explaining_the_Code_-_learning_objectives
To do that, I wrote this guide on writing learning objectives,
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 04:49:59PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> 2010/8/17 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com:
>
> >
> > I'll note that the content from the wiki does end up in DocBook XML in
> > a git source code repository, and w
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:22:36AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Thank you for the discussion of wiki style versus source code style
> version control. I need to let your thoughts and mine simmer together
> before I consider broaching the subject again. I'm sure i
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:12:39AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
>
> I don't see "early and often" as being in conflict with "better or
> perfect location". I think it indicates the project may not, yet,
> have an adequate infrastructure. As has been previously dis
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:56:04AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
>
> I would change that to:
Correct, thanks; I had some misthinking there.
> [[Textbook Release 0.8]] --_rename_--> [[P OSS E book 0.8]]
> which is the abbreviated form o
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 08:00:07PM -0400, Indigo196 wrote:
>
> Thanks for the fantastic ideas -- I think your suggestions make it
> obvious I have to 'focus' on 'who' the audience is. In general most K-12
> teachers will be relatively low tech and interested in how 'open' can
> improve the learnin
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 02:42:10PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Comments inline:
>
> 2010/8/17 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com:
> >
> > * There are ways with wiki tools to get more of what you are looking
> > for.
> >
>
>
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 09:08:58PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Quaid (also known as Karsten),
>
> I noticed your "Summary" comments, "pulling in the 0.8 page for now
> via transclusion; need to think about what should be on this page or
> is it a redirect or what
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 03:25:40PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> Why to the HTML, HTML Single page, and PDF links for Textbook Release
> 0.8 on http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Textbook_Release_0.8
> and http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Textbook_Roadma
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:21:25AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> What is the Teaching Open Source policy concerning Unsolicited
> Commercial Email, also known as SPAM? What are we doing to attempt to
> control it?
>
> I've found some apparent Search Engine Optimiz
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 01:56:11PM -0500, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>
> If anyone has better solutions I am all ears. :)
Nothing better, just an experience to speak of.
Fedora's system works because it does prove someone is a human but
does require either removal of anonymity or lying.
What I use on
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 07:59:27PM -0400, Charles Profitt wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I recently got news that I have been approved for an eight hour hands-on
> session
> at NYSCATE. I will be 'introducing' FOSS to K-12 educators and though I have
> a
> rough draft of what I want to do I thought
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:22:25AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> 2010/8/16 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com:
> >
http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Practical_OSS_Exploration_textbook_0.8.1_planning
> >
> > Some more materials landing
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:52:29PM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'll be using the textbook in the fall and I'd be happy to provide feedback
> and update as I can, but I'm not likely to have much time to devote to
> actually writing.
That's a very valuable contribution, Heidi, thanks
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 08:48:01AM -0400,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> This sounds like the right step towards solving what I was concerned
> about. I could copy a page to my own part of the wiki space, make
> edits, and offer them up for discussion. Sadly, you don't ge
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:37:09PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> I'm looking for other people to express their opinions of the efficacy
> of using a wiki to create a book. I agree with Matthew, there is a
> need for controlled branching so there is an ability to ca
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:05:57PM -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> 2010/8/16 Karsten Wade :
> > Thoughts?
>
> My biggest concerns, when editing version 0.8, were that:
>
> 1. Each chapter clearly had a different "voice," and it was annoying
> to me as a reader. At
The time is a bit past for me to have said, "Does anyone want to drive
making the next version of the textbook happen? If not, I'll do it."
So, consider that question asked. Honestly, since it was clear Greg
couldn't do this next version, I just figured I'd be doing it. Sorry
that I just procee
Great article, thanks for passing along. If I get a chance to, I'll
invite the subject, Christine Mytko, to join this list.
On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:09:44AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22899
>
> Opening paragraphs:
>
>
We're starting up a systems committee to figure out and then hand off:
* What we have now on teachingopensource.org that we want to keep;
* What we need now for tos.org that we don't have;
* What we need in the future for tos.org;
* How to handle migration;
* How to handle ongoing maintenance (sus
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 10:04:26AM -0400, Stephen Jacobs wrote:
> That said, I could see a POSSE lite kind of experience over a three
> day weekend or something that would allow for academic year
> offerings as well as summer.
Yeah, this seems to be a popular idea. :) We'd like to start work
wi
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 05:13:44PM +0200, Sebastian Dziallas wrote:
>
> I've been working with the folks from Spreadshirt and Zazzle before
> and that worked quite nicely. If we placed an order on Monday or
> Tuesday, I think we'd be good. That'd mean that we'd have to go /
> no-go it this weekend
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 06:09:45PM +0200, Sebastian Dziallas wrote:
> We would also like to provide the attendees of the Education
> Summit with t-shirts / lunch. If you or your company would be
> interested in sponsoring that, please email me as soon as possible.
Note: intentionally sent to list
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:44:00AM -0400, Sabin, Mihaela wrote:
> Is it possible to have a mini-version
> of POSSE in a workshop format at SIGCSE and SIGITE? Many faculty
> attend these conferences annually and we'll get the opportunity to
> stay POSSE-connected.
In fact, we discussed just such a
uture needs (from features to access) and make sure that
we have a plan to cover them.
> On 07/15/2010 10:49 PM, Chris Tyler wrote:
> > - Hosting for TeachingOpenSource.org would be community-managed. In
> > order to bootstrap the admin team, Karsten Wade will be appointed
> >
Sorry about the delay on replying from myself, and probably same
reason for Mel et al -- we spent a week in meetings then went to
OSCON, CLS, visited Oregon State, and all manner of things still being
written about. So, I missed reading this, and it's fine because I
have a better idea of answers/c
I have begun to fill out the schedule for 5+ minute lightning talks at
the Fedora booth at OSCON:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OSCON_2010_booth_mini-talks
Heidi, Greg, Luis, Jeff and Jeff, Matt, and whoever else I forgot to
list who is here:
Can I interest you in one or more sessions? 5 to 7
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 03:03:11PM +0200, adam wrote:
>
> So...moving forward - I welcome a review of potential tools for TOS and
> we would certainly like to make TOS aware of Booki. If there will be a
> formal process perhaps this should be outlined, otherwise I can email
> something to the list
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 05:42:29PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Chris Tyler - ch...@tylers.info wrote:
> > A part of an earlier comment that got sniped is:
> >
> >> It's also been my experience that building data with a schedule-dri
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 02:33:14PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
>
> ... especially in light of the other discussion of how well
> 'Practical Open Source Software Exploration' 0.8 has been received, (
> http://teachingopensource.org/pipermail/tos/2010-June/001283.ht
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 02:33:14PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
I'm going to trim out the top of your well-reasoned comments, because
I generally don't disagree with them. I want to focus on your
conclusion, which actually draws from an underlying thesis:
> In my o
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 01:03:43PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
>
> I understand the branding issue. But there are technical ways around that. You
> can make a rebranded flossmanuals.net subsite with TOS logos. And have
> teachingopensouce.com/book redirect to that. So the user would enter the TOS
> s
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