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[Tomi Toivio]

Hmm, in the future I have to remember to send news to this list when
something newsworthy happens. Currently our latest blog post is from April
saying that we have published a manual about Open Media Production and are
migrating into Booki.

2011/7/7 Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra <elisa.dcg at gmail.com>

> Hi Tomi,
>
> We don't know about the activity of Finnish FM. Put it on this list at
> least :) Also i have the same question : add news about french
> activities on this blog ?
>
> Elisa
>
>
>
> 2011/7/7 Tomi Toivio <tomi at flossmanuals.net>:
> > I was just thinking I should translate these newsletters from now on and
> > publish them in the Finnish FM blog. Maybe add news about Finnish
> activities
> > as well. What do people think?
> >
> > 2011/7/4 adam <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> >>
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> The 5th Newsletter from FLOSS Manuals!
> >>
> >> You might have thought we were asleep, tired, or retired since the last
> >> Newsletter was in early May. No no...far from it. We have been too busy
> to
> >> send out trifling things like newsletters ;) News is big in FM land - we
> >> have had something of a change in our operations with the addition of
> some
> >> amazing new tools to help collaboration and many many other things...
> this
> >> is what we have been up to (in part):
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. FM - Social Network for Free Software Documentation?
> >> 2. New Book Tools
> >> 3. GSoC Doc Camp
> >> 4. FM @ Libre Software Meeting
> >> 5. French Book Sprints
> >> 6. Completed How to Bypass Internet Censorship translations
> >> 7. Translations Linked now from www
> >> 8. First Book in Kindle Store
> >> 9. Community Translation - Cómo Hacer Una Actividad Sugar
> >> 10. Admin tools upgrade
> >> 11. Vietnamese and Russian FM coming...
> >> 12. Server Upgrade
> >> 13. ODT output
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------
> >> FM- Social Network for Free Software Documentation?
> >> ---------------------------------------------------
> >> FM (FLOSS Manuals) is very happy to announce the addition of some
> 'social
> >> network' services to our site. We have added micromessaging to
> >> http://booki.flossmanuals.net
> >>
> >> You maybe familiar with this kind of tool through services like
> Status.net
> >> and Twitter. It enables people to send direct messages to each other,
> follow
> >> people, message groups etc. We have added this to FM but with the aim of
> >> improving collaboration to produce free manuals about free softwae. The
> >> tools therefore have a few nice features that help people work together
> >> specifically to make manuals/books, namely :
> >>
> >> * ability to send attachments (images/odt files/pdf/ puredata
> >> patches/csound files etc) via direct message
> >>
> >> * 'snippet' messaging - we have developed a WYSIWYG editor into the
> >> messaging system so people can send snippets (content) to each other for
> >> proofing/translating/checking etc
> >>
> >> * workflow integration - snippets can be sent directly from the editor
> in
> >> FLOSS Manuals
> >>
> >> It is very exciting news - it makes FM more fun and aids
> >> collaboration/productivity. We hope more people will feel they can join
> in
> >> with the community through these tools. We also hope that the snippet
> >> messaging will help lower the threshold of participation and open the
> doors
> >> for more people to contribute to the manuals.
> >>
> >> The tools are also now also integrated into the book production platform
> >> 'Booki' which is available for anyone to download and install. This
> really
> >> alters the paradigm a lot - moving Booki and FM into the area of Social
> >> Production Network...very exciting!
> >>
> >> Join FM now and become part of a vibrant community of people that love
> to
> >> help free software:
> >> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/accounts/signin/?redirect=/
> >>
> >> Please help us spread the word - send this information to anyone you can
> >> think of to help us grow the community.
> >>
> >> Many thanks to Tuukkah/Seravo, Aco and Internews France for helping
> >> realise this exciting new development.
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------
> >> New Book Tools
> >> --------------
> >> In addition to the above we have added new tools to FLOSS Manuals. They
> >> include:
> >>
> >> * side by side highlighted 'diff' for comparing chapter revisions
> >>
> >> * an info page for each manual/book which includes information such as
> >> recent activity, who has contributed, when the book was created, who
> created
> >> it etc
> >>
> >> * a draft page to view works in progress
> >>
> >> * 'view original' feature to assist translators
> >>
> >> * admin controls for each book
> >>
> >> * customisable 'status' settings for chapters
> >>
> >> * attribution management tools
> >>
> >> ...and more...for a full break down see:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://lists.flossmanuals.net/pipermail/discuss-flossmanuals.net/2011-July/006018.html
> >>
> >> Many many thanks to Aco for doing all this work and bringing Booki and
> FM
> >> forward another huge step.
> >>
> >>
> >> -------------
> >> GSoC Doc Camp
> >> -------------
> >> FM will be collaborating with Google Summer of Code to produce a GSoC
> >> Documentation Camp. Its pretty big news for us actually and its an
> attempt
> >> to push free documentation ahead in projects that need help. Its also an
> >> attempt to help grow this sector (if we can call it that yet).
> >>
> >> Anyone can participate - there will be a call out for applications.and
> >> something like 3-5 projects will be selected for doing a 'quick start'
> Book
> >> Sprint. Then there will also be a call for individuals. 25 people to
> >> participate it total plus a facilitator and 2 guest speakers. Its a mix
> of
> >> unconference and sprint. Anyone can apply as an individual to come.
> There
> >> will also the  possibility to apply for travel to be covered (food/accom
> >> will be covered)...
> >>
> >> Stay tuned...
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------------------------
> >> FM @ Libre Software Meeting
> >> ---------------------------
> >> http://2011.rmll.info/?lang=en (July 0-14, Strasbourg, France).
> >>
> >> FLOSS Manuals English and French crews will be meeting to make Free
> >> Manuals (Books) about Free Software and give them away. Adam Hyde will
> >> travel by the Bookimobile
> >> (http://blog.booki.cc/2010/11/booki-mobile-takes-to-the-road/) to
> Strasbourg
> >> and meet up with the French FM crew. Elisa de Castro Guerra and Adam
> will
> >> then do a presentation on the 11th
> >> (
> http://2011.rmll.info/FLOSS-Manual-Francophone-une-association-qui-promouvoit-la-documentation-libre-sur-les-logiciels?lang=fr
> ).
> >>
> >> The books will be made by hand on site with the Bookimobile and given
> away
> >> for free. Supported by Organisation int. de la Francophonie.
> >>
> >>
> >> -------------------
> >> French Book Sprints
> >> -------------------
> >> This week FLOSS Manual Francophone is hosting a Book Sprint on the
> Desktop
> >> Publishing application Scribus. Strasbourg, June 6-10.
> >>
> >> At the same time FLOSS Manual Francophone will also translate the Open
> Web
> >> book (http://openweb.flossmanuals.net).
> >>
> >> The finished books will be made onsite at the Libre Software Meeting.
> >>
> >> Supported by Organisation int. de la Francophonie.
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------------
> >> Completed How to Bypass Internet Censorship translations
> >> --------------------------------------------------------
> >> Now in Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic
> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-ru/
> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-vi/
> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-es/
> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-ru/
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------------------------
> >> Translations Linked now from www
> >> --------------------------------
> >> Some work to the publishing process (software) means we are easily able
> >> now to link translations from the Read page of the English FLOSS Manuals
> >> (http://www.flossmanuals.net). We will roll this feature set out to all
> >> other FLOSS Manuals languages in the coming months.
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------------------
> >> First Book in Kindle Store
> >> --------------------------
> >> http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Sugar-Activities/dp/B00587ZAOG/
> >> The first FLOSS Manual to be put in the Kindle store was managed by
> James
> >> Simmons (http://www.amazon.com/James-Simmons/e/B005197ZTY/).
> >>
> >> James blogged about how to get a Booki produced EPUB (an electronic book
> >> format) 'kindle store worthy' -
> >>
> http://blog.booki.cc/2011/06/creating-books-for-the-kindle-store-using-booki/
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >> Community Translation - Cómo Hacer Una Actividad Sugar
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >> There was a lot of community translation activity these last weeks and
> the
> >> Make Your Own Sugar Activities book (mentioned above) was translated
> into
> >> Spanish and also released onto the kindle store :)
> >> http://www.amazon.com/Hacer-Actividad-Sugar-Spanish-ebook/dp/B0058DBRVA
> >>
> >> You cna also get them both for free of course but we recommend you buy
> it
> >> if you want to support James and the crew for all the good work they did
> on
> >> these fantastic books.
> >>
> >>
> >> -------------------
> >> Admin tools upgrade
> >> -------------------
> >> We did a lot of work on the backend of the "READ" part of FLOSS Manuals.
> >> That is the site you probably know most - http://www.flossmanuals.netwhere
> >> the stable form of the manuals are accessed and read. Many thanks once
> again
> >> to Sourcefabric for helping us with this, especially Sava Tatić and Sava
> >> Tatić.
> >>
> >> The development means we can very easily deploy other language sites.
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------
> >> Vietnamese and Russian FM coming...
> >> ------------------------------------
> >> In about 3 weeks...after some sun...
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------
> >> Server Upgrade
> >> --------------
> >> We hired some fancy new servers because our others were struggling a
> bit.
> >> We are particularly happy to have a quite powerful new machine for
> Objavi
> >> (the export/render engine for Booki) which will speed up rendering time
> of
> >> PDF etc
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> ODT output
> >> ----------
> >> With the new server online we re-enabled ODT (Open Document Text format)
> >> rendering. That means you can export Books now from FLOSS Manuals via
> >> http://booki.flossmanuals.net (see the export tab for the book you
> want) and
> >> create word processor documents that can be opened in Open Office/Libre
> >> Office etc...
> >>
> >>
> >> okedoke....enough for now...
> >>
> >> adam
> >> --
> >>
> >> --
> >> Adam Hyde
> >> Founder, FLOSS Manuals
> >> Project Manager, Booki
> >> Book Sprint Facilitator
> >> mobile :+ 49 177 4935122
> >> identi.ca : @eset
> >> booki.flossmanuals.net : @adam
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards
> > Tomi Toivio
> > Open Source Coordinator
> > http://fi.flossmanuals.net/
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Best Regards
Tomi Toivio
Open Source Coordinator
http://fi.flossmanuals.net/
tomi at flossmanuals.net
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