[open-data-manual] Eliciting further contributions - any suggestions?

Tim McNamara paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz
Tue Jun 28 19:34:19 UTC 2011


Strong +1 to this. It would be great to get a sprint going. I wont be able
to be there to lead anything (am 12 time zones away ..). Julian, would you
be happy to coordinate this on the ground?


On 27 June 2011 22:16, Julian Tait <julian at futureeverything.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think it would be good to talk about this at the OKCON - for those of us
> who are going to be there - as I find the process of contributing difficult.
> Many of the platforms that have been suggested for submission are alien to
> me. I do believe there is a cultural issue with all of this and I do want to
> contribute. I did a bit of work on the Wordpress version, but it seemed that
> it was made redundant as soon as it started.
>
> Julian
>
> On 27 Jun 2011, at 10:45, Antti Poikola wrote:
>
>  Personally I don't believe that technology is the issue. How about some
> sort of kick-start (re-start) as part of the coming Open Knowledge
> Conference in Berlin?
>
> -Jogi
>
> On 27.6.2011 12:39, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> Hi all, I'm a little concerned that we haven't been able to muster any
> contributions after starting this group.
>
> Sara F had a suggestion a few weeks ago that GitHub might be a better place
> to store the content. I have also been considering http://booki.cc, which
> powers the very successful FLOSS manuals.
>
> Is the technology the issue? Is there anything I can do to make things
> easier or more interesting?
>
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