[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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