[FM Discuss] O'Reilly author newsletter to mention Google sprint

[adam hyde]

great!!!!

On 27/10/11 23:50, Andy Oram wrote:
> I gave them this for their monthly newsletter, distributed to authors.
>
> --
>
> Google Summer of Code held a unique experiment in documentation
> (although hopefully one that will be repeated) from October 17-21.
> They brought in FLOSS Manuals, a volunteer organization devoted to
> "free manuals for free software," along with four teams of developers
> and power users for four free software projects: KDE, OpenMRS,
> OpenStreetMap, and Sahana Eden. Four books were written in a three-day
> period, and we all learned more about communities and how they can
> strengthen their reach through better documentation.
>
> What place does an editor from a traditional publisher have at such a
> gathering, and what can a publisher take away from it? That was a
> serious matter for debate, and the series Andy Oram wrote for O'Reilly
> Radar goes into it in depth.
>
> https://bitly.com/bundles/praxagora/4
>
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