Hi CR,
Writing an article which provides the same functionality as the one which is now published and out there, might be too late now and will create some problems. Firstly because it will recreate work, but also because it'll make the author feel like his work and process was so deficient that only a rewrite would make it work.
The best option is to create an additional article. I have no problems publishing more than one article about the hackfest from different authors, different perspectives. So if you'd like to pen an article about being a non-coding hackfest attendee and write it from a personal perspective. Or maybe write more in depth about the social events. Or some other aspect (that I can't even imagine) It wouldn't be an issue at all.
I would insist though that you will have to use the website to submit the article. I can help make sure your user account is set up will the right staff privileges to write articles if you'd like to do it.
The other completely different angle is to submit an article to a personal blog. We used to have planet.inkscape.org to publish blogs from inkscape contributors, so blogging is a completely legit way of writing about Inkscape.
Let me know.
Regards, Martin Owens
On Fri, 2017-07-14 at 09:29 +0100, C R wrote:
To my mind, the summary should serve these purposes:
- List and showcase what was done at the hackfest
- Show the fun everyone had working together during and after the
hackfest 3. Generate excitement for future hackfests, both to attract funding and participants. 4. Show that you don't have to fly out to participate in the hackfest, and it can be done remotely like Jabier did.
The problems we had at the venue probably shouldn't be mentioned unless there's some purpose for doing so. It sounds like an excuse that we didn't get more done, and we got a lot accomplished in just 4+ days. (I think we should mention the fact that many participants were motivated to keep working after the 4 days were over to get some of the new features finished up, and make sure regressions are handled.
Things that were particularly inspiring for me was seeing all the students using Inkscape randomly in the room next to ours (I have some pictures of it). When you see the extent to which Inkscape is used and enjoyed by others, the scope of what you are contributing to comes into focus, and it's very motivating. I think we should share such things with our developers and user community. When you are giving to Inkscape, you are giving a tremendous gift to the entire world, and the results of your efforts are amplified millions of times to people who rely on Inkscape for their work, education and play.
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 8:57 AM, C R <cajhne@...400...> wrote:
We could also add some links to screenshots and materials of what was worked on to show some of the great work that was done by each member of our hackfest team (meybe it would be good to include the pieces that were worked on in the mouse-over information of the hackfest photo too?
Thoughts? -C
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 8:54 AM, C R <cajhne@...400...> wrote:
If we are okay with waiting until the weekend, I can do a write- up of the hackfest, and add more pictures, and include what was exciting for me about what we accomplished. I think the current write-up is quite good, so I'll use it as a basis and reference for my version.
I feel we could shout more about the venue (it was an incredible place!) and give an insight into the excitement that accompanies the hackfest event. Maybe get more people excited about joining us next time, if we'd like that.
-C
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...
wrote:
Thanks Elisa,
Can you add all the photos under your account on inkscape.org? I'll make sure they go into the right gallery, but if you upload them, then the attribution is to you, which is the best way.
You can drag and drop onto the blue submit button here:
https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=photograph/elisa-hackfest-2017 /
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Thu, 2017-07-13 at 10:38 +0200, Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra wrote:
Hi,
Thanks Maren. Yes, i work on the english inkscape documentation (not in translating but in one of the task put in the bug tracker of the documentation). Maren work with me remotely, with lot of tips etc.
See work on : http://floss.booktype.pro/start-with-inkscape/i ntroduct ion/
I made some fotos : visible here : https://photos.app.goo.gl/siWi1NnIVd06rnxW2 I'm happy to put them on the website, but maybe they are too many. So maybe You can choose some and i put it there.
Cedric work on 2 things :
- 1 : i don't remember, he has discussed with the dev team
about.... Tav ? Mc ?
- 2 : about changing the ui
but both no sucess
2 days work is too little to kind of hack.
Both Cedric and me had think on the suggestion of next improvement about the text tool of Tav and made some suggestions to him regarding text and css.
Regards, Elisa
2017-07-12 18:22 GMT+02:00 Maren Hachmann <maren@...3573... nn.de>:
You forgot to mention Elisa and Cédric :) Also, what happened on the other 3 days? Any info on the barbecue?
Maren
Am 12.07.2017 um 17:59 schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus: > > Am Mittwoch, 12. Juli 2017, 11:27:20 CEST schrieb Martin > Owens: > > > > Dear developers, > Dear Martin, > > > > > Here is the draft of the news article. Please review > > for spellings, > > > > > omissions and errors: > > > > https://inkscape.org/en/news/unpublished/827/ > Some remarks after a quick reading: > > - 1st paragraph: "where and where" should be "were and > where" > - 2nd paragraph: "wifi" should be "WIFI" > - 3rd paragraph: You probably want to start "inkscape" > with an uppercase 'I' > > - 3rd paragraph: "svg" should be spelled "SVG" > - 3rd paragraph: "Gimp" should be spelled "GIMP" > - 3rd paragraph: "Gtk3" should be spelled "GTK3", "Gtk" > should be "GTK" > > - 3rd paragraph: "Gnome" -> "GNOME" > - 3rd paragraph: "glade" -> "Glade" > - 5th paragraph: "Gimp" -> "GIMP" > - 5th paragraph: "xpm" -> "XPM" > - 6th paragraph: "Gnome" -> "GNOME" > - 6th paragraph: "allow no only" -> "allow not only" > - 7th paragraph: "Although this was fine" misses a "but > ..." part. IMO > > - 2nd last paragraph: "and to talk everyone" -> "and to > thank everyone" > > > Maybe sprinkle in some links to commits in gitlab where > you mention the work > > done at the hackfest? > > > > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > Tobias > > > > -------------------------------------------------------
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