[blag-whereto] BLAG Trac #30: Main_Page page
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#30: Main_Page page
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Reporter: r7 | Owner: renilgh
Type: Wiki page | Status: assigned
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: BLAG Wiki | Version:
Keywords: wiki |
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Changes (by renilgh):
* owner: r7 => renilgh
* status: new => assigned
Comment:
If we want some clear layout here we first have to think about what we are
talking about. Speaking prose it's neither the tavern (IRC), nor the forum
and it clearly is much shinier here than in the alchemists/engineers shop
(TRAC). We enter a library, with light halls, high shelves offering piles
of books tightly lined up and chambers overflowing of folios stacked to
the roof, the wisdom of our elders at our hands, still.
For now there seem to be different areas people should be lead to:
1. Index resources. We currently have that and only that. And it's not
inviting at all. A new layout should provide a more descriptive list of
tools people have found useful and wrote about. Everything that comes with
the default install should at least be basically described. A list of
"Featured Articles" is desirable. Someone should be able to browse this
without knowing from the start what she is looking for. That means don't
fall for a pure tree structure but link to the same places from any place
that does make sense.
Not only palpable descriptions of applications should be offered but also
background information. (i.e. emphasize the system's modularity. always
link to different solutions and approaches) Explain what kind of tool the
application provides and how this fits in with the overall concept or how
it sticks out.
2. Instructions and Manuals - Howto? Section
Is it not enough to know what our tools are and how to make use of their
basic functionality. We want people to produce art and action with these
tools. And we also want people to hack their tools and change them to
their taste and preferences in deployment. Therefore the Howto? Section
has two levels: putting the available technology to a specific use (e.g.
how to set up your own independent radio stream) and finding solutions to
use the technology in new ways (e.g. tear down pulse-audio etc. and get a
pure jack-based environment to plug in cool apps into your radio).
3. Documentation and Custody
Precious pieces should be conserved and archived. It's also easier to
write new great pieces if you can build on drafts and guidelines. This
should be an inviting place for people who want to work on the wiki. It
also should feature documentation of recent events, as the transcripts of
Meetings. I abandoned the idea of employing a blog for certain
documentation because it's not collaborative enough. But some scribes
should live here, keeping diaries on the events that route development.
Comments? I'll put that on the next meeting's agenda.
--renilgh
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