Hey, Isn't that basically what the Fridge does? I love the idea of better use of xhtml/css to create different looks and timelines for the front page. That's just brilliant. Also, I like the idea of more consistent integration with forums or other ways of commenting.
But, I really value the magazine idea as a way for more passive receipt of information on a standardised basis (whether it's monthly, quarterly or whatever). Has anyone seen "850 Words of Relevant" from Revelant Mag? I actually have gotten bored of the content (Christian early 20's stuff), but I think the implementation is bang on. They have a website (http://www.relevantmagazine.com/) that has new articles posted every day. Every Tuesday they send out an email (850 Words) with one article (usually an opinion piece) that's unique to the 850 email, plus categorised links for the most read/commented on articles of the week. Perhaps that could be how we integrate the Fridge with the magazine? The Fridge could be the repository for all things Ubuntu, and the magazine could have an editorial, plus links to the most popular Fridge articles. What that does, is it slowly moves people from passive mode (receiving the magazine in the mailbox), to clicking links to the site. Eventually, people may get more and more used to making the Fridge a daily visit. nursegirl On 8/2/06, John Baer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sara and Team, > > I have some thoughts about the Ubuntu Magazine project I would like to share > as a "brain dump". > > What prompted this was a rediscovered email which encouraged us to step > outside of the box, be bold, be imaginative. > > I can do that and here are my thoughts .... > > Present the material as a blog, call it a magazine or something else, but > let the technology be a blog. Let the content be dynamic and grow as needed. > Include text and multimedia! > > Manage content by classifying articles. An example of this could be > classifications like headliner, support, and news (others) and assign a life > span to each. The idea is to keep it fresh, give folks a reason to come > back, and come back often. The TOC would highlight the front page and change > as the content changed. > > An example could look as follows. > > Let's say the first story is classified a headline. It receives a headline > style (css) and is assigned a viewable life of two weeks. That is to say it > will be considered current for two weeks and then moved off the front page. > I mean front page in the context of a newpaper. Content is always viewed > most current to least. > > Let's say the second story is classified support. It receives a support > style and is assigned a viewable life of one week. > > Let's say the third story is classified news (community or local). It > receives a news style and is assigned a viewable life of 3 days. > > Going back to the headline, let's say it's an article on folks using Maya > with Ubuntu and in addition to text it includes a video clip of the work > being done. > > Going back to support, let's say it's a how-to from ubuntu_demon on adding > repositories. > > Going back to news, let's say it's an article about Ubuntu at the UN and > includes photos. > > The blog header could contain hard links to sites of interest such as > Ubuntu.com, the Fridge, FAQ's, others. The body could contain links to sites > which support the story. > > Here's the benefit of the concept. > > 1. blog technology is mature and robust. We don't have to create it. > > 2. It's different, it's dynamic, it's fresh. We do not want to be the same > as Red Hat Magazine, we want to be better. > > 3. I believe it will be easier to publish, no firm deadlines. > > 4. It provides marketing feedback. A hot topic may direct folks to a forum > thread where comments are encouraged or comments could be made in the blog. > An interactive magazine! > > As a model I suggest looking at the Songbird project site. > > http://www.songbirdnest.com/ > > Realizing there are many details to be worked out, I am excited at what this > could be. > > Cheers, > > John > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > > > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
