[FM Discuss] anyone got time to add to the doco?

[adam hyde]

hey,

Sounds good! Andy is also trying to do soem stuff so this is great. If
you cant do .dv then Mpeg will be fine.

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 00:55 +0530, sophea wrote:
> hi adam
> 
> i'd like to interview kaustubh for this cos he usually has good things
> to say on these specific topics - i might also have some things to add
> - but we only have a phone which records mpeg video - too low res?
> 

sounds excellent

> chased up ravikant today and he's going to get someone started on a
> first draft of audacity in hindi

nice! ... we (aco and I) are currently making translation tools
(plugins) for assisting in the translaiton of the fm interface and also
for workflow management of translations of manuals

also david stills is out there somewhere...he wanted to write a chapter
on voice recording with audacity, i ahvent heard from him in a few
weeks...have you heard from him?

> 
> also - they just started a bunch of new floss fellows and quite a few
> of the projects are documentation translation projects - i was
> thinking about hooking into one of their regular irc meets to
> introduce FM to them incase any of them want to get involved with
> putting up other hindi manuals - what do you rekin? would you be
> interested in joining (after launch) ?
> 

that sounds _excellent_ ...glad to have you back online :)

adam


> .sophea
> 
> 
> On 17/10/2007, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > hey,
> >
> > I am just putting together the doco about floss manuals for the opening.
> > Its looking good but I think it will be an ongoing project, adding and
> > expanding as I interview more people.
> >
> > At the moment the interviews are with Muck Fuzz (he's writing the
> > documentation for video dist apps) and me...is there anyone that would
> > like to be in the doco? Anyone keen to do a quick interview with
> > themselves and upload some .dv files so I can get them?
> >
> > The topics to discuss are :
> > 1) why does free software need documentation
> > 2) why _free_ documentation
> > 3) what motivates you to contribute to free documentation
> >
> > thats pretty much it..you can add other bits and pieces as you like, but
> > any material on these topics would be excellento...
> >
> > I can provide an ftp acc for those wiht no access. Thing is...I need it
> > fast...the opening is on Friday night. I can add material up until about
> > 1600 friday (Amsterdam time)...
> >
> > the sooner i get any material tho the better...
> >
> > anyone interested? :)
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > ---
> >
> > adam hyde
> > floss manuals
> >
> > free manuals for free software
> > http://www.flossmanuals.net
> >
> > mobile : + 31 6 154 22770 (Netherlands mobile)
> > email : adam at flossmanuals.net
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Discuss mailing list
> > Discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> > http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/discuss-flossmanuals.net
> >
-- 

---

adam hyde
floss manuals

free manuals for free software
http://www.flossmanuals.net

mobile : + 31 6 154 22770 (Netherlands mobile)
email : adam at flossmanuals.net