On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 12:41:32PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > I've come across this, but didn't think to give any input. From now, > count me in. I hope others will think about it, too, because the > potential of the work that could be done here's so far untapped, IMHO. >
Excellent. > I did mention looking at the forums to get an idea for what people might > want to know about and what could be simplified through a screencast. > It ain't exactly science, but it's one of the best sources we've got as > far as I can see. > Well. The forums are a great resource of people asking questions. I don't use forums though, hate them with a passion, don't let that stop you doing it though ;). What I do use though is the Answers system on launchpad. http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu - where many people as questions. I see some questions come up regularly, which I would like to address with screencasts. If anyone else has a few ideas, please add to the requests page on the wiki I mentioned. > > We hang around in #ubuntu-doc (the documentation team channel) and on the > > ubuntu-doc mailing list. There doesnt seem to be enough traffic to justify > > a > > whole list to ourselves, although I have seen some very quiet lists :) > > I'll have to try to keep persuading you about this, then! Not really. It wasn't my decision but it seemed like a good idea, so I went along with it. There always was the plan to get our own list when we had sufficient mass, and I'd be happy to manage that list. > My guess is > that once we start getting some more projects underway, the traffic for > a list would gradually take care of itself. Maybe it's a chicken and > egg thing? > Possibly, yes. I will have a word with Matt East about it and look again at getting a list setup. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/