[FM Discuss] the latest newsletter...

adam adam at flossmanuals.net
Thu Jul 7 09:18:12 PDT 2011


also mon we need to upgrade u to the new booki...know any django guys 
that can help? ;)

adam



On 07/07/2011 06:10 PM, Tomi Toivio wrote:
> 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
>>>> --
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>>>> 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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>>>
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>>> http://fi.flossmanuals.net/
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