Can someone help Maren? I feel like a news article and a deviantArt post would be useful for drumming up volunteers. But also, for a project director when just getting started, it's useful to hand out jobs, so people know that they are needed and that they don't have to think too much about which of the jobs they should do while figuring out the software/editing platform. Thoughts? Best Regards, Martin Owens On Sun, 2017-06-04 at 14:46 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote: > CR, I have been translating (and fixing contents as I go) 1-2 > chapters > each day for the last 2.5 weeks and am more than halfway through (35 > chapters done, 24 left to do). There wasn't anyone else to be seen > around, after the first week, when one person translated a chapter > (unfortunately they picked the only one that needs to be rewritten > from > scratch, because Inkscape changed), and two people proofread a couple > of > chapters (thank you!!!). Well, and a couple of days ago, someone > seems > to have accidentally wiped all the notes on the book, that were > supposed > to help get people started (or maybe it was a platform bug). > > I'd be glad to see some proofreading and styling/screenshooting > people > get on board, so we can continue seamlessly after I'm through with > translating. > > I'm a bit disappointed about everyone being so engaged and vocal > about > helping/liking the action, and now me working on it alone for > 2 > weeks > already. > But that's normal, I guess - it was the reason why I haven't started > this earlier, and I felt ready to take it on now, no matter what. > > Anyway, I'm going to continue to plow through, then translations will > be > ready before the hackfest. In parallel, I'm going to be plowing > through > my new garden, and to help fix up someone else's house, so I expect > to > not have time for much else. > > I'd be glad if someone could try and reengage people to help with the > manual (preferably people who are able to work independently and know > Inkscape inside out, or who concentrate on something they really do > well, like fixing up language or styling). > > There are more than enough open tasks: > from CSS to cover design, to screenshooting, to consistency checking > and > layouting, to improving on my more or less weird English, to adding > missing content (or perhaps, translating, of course). > > And yet, when we do this, I think it's important to take care to > honor > the underlying 'Keep it simple and as short as possible' concept of > the > book, which would make it possible for young teenagers to use it to > get > started, without much theoretical ballast. > Elisa seems to have invested a *lot* of thought into how she built up > the chapters and when to start teaching which concept. I suspect her > concept stems from experience in teaching live Inkscape courses. > > Maren > > Am 04.06.2017 um 13:32 schrieb C R: > > > > I'd say let's wait and do a progress report, so we can say that > > we're > > making progress on it, rather than just that we've decided to do > > it. I > > plan on helping this area of the project much more after I handle > > the > > hackfest swag. It would be better to have a more or less complete > > manual before we announce it to the public, unless it's a call for > > help with it. > > > > If it's a call for help with that area of the project, then go > > ahead, though. :) > > > > Thanks for the amazing amount of work you're doing for the project, > > brynn. It's definitely helping drive my own motivation for Inkscape > > project work. :) > > > > -C > > > > On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:17 PM, brynn <brynn@...78...> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Friends, > > > As I'm writing up a quick draft to announce the upcoming > > > hackfest, I > > > suddenly wondered if it might be a good idea to write a short > > > item about the > > > recent new work on the new manual? > > > > > > I could do that, after I finish the hackfest article. I'm > > > thinking > > > Maren might be able to get all the details correct, the first > > > time around? > > > Although I don't mean to volunteer her. As I said, I could do it > > > myself, if > > > we decide to do it. > > > > > > I think it would help in community-building, to keep the > > > wider > > > community up to date about these things. What do other manual > > > workers and > > > Docs list subscribers think? > > > > > > All best, > > > brynn > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------- > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > Inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel