We have to think about how to get our blog read more widely. Currently it is only news about the Finnish FLOSS Manuals. But this discussion should be blogged about in Finnish ASAP. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/9 adam hyde <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adam@flossmanuals.net">adam@flossmanuals.net</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 23:47 +0200, Tomi Toivio wrote:<br>
> I was thinking that we should somehow break into our local Finnish<br>
> language blogosphere here. Maybe this would be a nice starting<br>
> point... ;)<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>yes! actually it would be great if u posted to also mention the<br>
connection you have with local free software developers, and the plans<br>
for integration wit the tech writing course<br>
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adam<br>
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> 2009/12/9 adam hyde <<a href="mailto:adam@flossmanuals.net">adam@flossmanuals.net</a>><br>
> hi,<br>
><br>
> there have recently been these posts:<br>
> <a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1449211/Is-Linux-Documentation-Lacking" target="_blank">http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1449211/Is-Linux-Documentation-Lacking</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/story/68798.html" target="_blank">http://www.technewsworld.com/story/68798.html</a><br>
> <a href="http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/11/linux-bug-1-bad.html#comments" target="_blank">http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/11/linux-bug-1-bad.html#comments</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6904/1/" target="_blank">http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6904/1/</a><br>
><br>
> all recent, all commenting on the bad state of affairs for<br>
> docs on free<br>
> software, none of which mention FM. I think they just dont<br>
> know of<br>
> us...we really need to remedy this situation, so this is a<br>
> call out to<br>
> anyone on the list to post comments to each of these articles<br>
> or write<br>
> to the authors and bring their attention to what we are doing.<br>
><br>
> comment :<br>
> <a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1449211/Is-Linux-Documentation-Lacking" target="_blank">http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1449211/Is-Linux-Documentation-Lacking</a> (scroll down to the bottom, hit reply, no reg necessary)<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/board/mboard.pl?action=reply_form_html&board=lnitalkback&id=4328&display=1" target="_blank">http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/board/mboard.pl?action=reply_form_html&board=lnitalkback&id=4328&display=1</a><br>
> reg necessary<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/11/linux-bug-1-bad.html#comments" target="_blank">http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/11/linux-bug-1-bad.html#comments</a><br>
> no reg necessary<br>
><br>
> and for the linux planet article write to :<br>
> <a href="mailto:cschroder@internet.com">cschroder@internet.com</a><br>
><br>
> the last one is particularly important since they will post a<br>
> follow up<br>
> article shortly<br>
><br>
> dont just hit them with spam, say something about FM to shake<br>
> them up!<br>
> Heres a bullet point list to help write comments:<br>
> * 1500 contributors<br>
> * all free quality content<br>
> * 50+ manuals<br>
> * sites in english, farsi, french with spanish coming<br>
> * translation site with manuals available in 20+ languages<br>
> * books produced in 2-5 days<br>
> * books covering huge range of topics<br>
> * starting work with universities<br>
> * manuals continuously maintained<br>
> * anyone can start a manual<br>
> * helpful community<br>
><br>
> etc...more points to stimulate comments welcome!!!! please<br>
> post and make<br>
> the writers aware of what we are doing...<br>
><br>
> :)<br>
><br>
> adam<br>
><br>
><br>
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