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From: Rick Moynihan <rick.moynihan@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: "[orgmode] list" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Sourceforge community award
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:14:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e85471e30906091614m5f6f35c6l2e08ba43b709fd0b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AA80F05-FECC-427D-BD20-E5AD3F273C1E@gmail.com>

2009/6/9 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>:
> OK, in my last email I already said that we have been selected
> as a finalist for the Sourceforge Community Award in the category
>
> Most Likely to Change the Way You Do Everything.
>
> I am *very* excited about this, and I would love *us* to win
> this award or at least deliver a very good showing.

This is awesome news!  Congratulations to Carsten and everyone who
makes org-mode what it is!  Do we know who the competition is yet?

> We need to provide some information, within a week, and I would like
> to invite all of you to makes proposals for the short sentences, for the
> logo or screenshot we should be offering, and how to create a short
> video about the main contributors.  Who should be in this video,
> and how?

I think the real problem here is the logistics of this.  Does anyone
have any experience with video?  Personally I'd like to see Carsten
(obviously), but I think the contributor net should be widened to
include at least one person who's made a significant contribution to
documenting org-mode best-practice, e.g. Bernt, Russel etc...

It'd be really nice to have the videos touch on both user and
developer perspective's, and perhaps even the fantastic community
interplay that occurs on this list.

> Below are the questions from sourceforge, let the brainstorming begin!
>
> - Carsten
>
> 1. Complete this sentence in about 140 characters: "Our project is
> [-foo-]."  For example, "Our project is a tool that helps you wash your
> car."

"Org is the life hacker's swiss army knife.  Sharp, quick and powerful
you'll use it to cut deadlines and craft your own path to productivity."

> 2. Complete this sentence, also in about 140 characters: "We should win
> because [-bar-]."  For example, "We should win because we have a strong
> community and we solve a universal problem."

I'm afraid I've wracked my brains and couldn't come up with anything I
was happy with for this one...  These snippets seem to work best when
you can use a consistent metaphor throughout and I struggle to find
one that flows convincingly with the rather trad (and arrogant) "We
should win because ... "...  Though I'm really not happy with it, I
think using jargon intended to resonate with the O'Reilly set is a
good idea... e.g. "life hacker", "alpha geek", ... Can anyone offer
any improvements on what I've got? :

"We should win because our community of productivity alpha geeks share
their secrets openly... The pace of Org development is proof it works!"

> 3. Please provide a logo (or screenshot, if you'd prefer) for your
> project.  It should be at least 640x480, but we'll also be showing it
> as a thumbnail.
>
> 4. This one is optional, but it could make a big difference.  We'd like
> to show our voters a video that introduces them to the core members of
> your team.  Send along the URL (on YouTube) and we'll make sure they
> see it!
>
> 6. Our finalists are usually pretty interesting people.  Are you
> willing to be contacted by our public relations team about interviews
> with the press?
>
>
>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-09 23:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-09 12:48 Sourceforge community award Carsten Dominik
2009-06-09 13:59 ` Bastien
2009-06-09 14:37 ` Russell Adams
2009-06-09 14:46   ` Bastien
2009-06-09 14:54     ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-09 16:15       ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-09 17:33         ` Leo
2009-06-09 15:00     ` Russell Adams
2009-06-11 20:37     ` unicorn-org-poetry Stefan Vollmar
2009-06-12  8:30       ` unicorn-org-poetry Bastien
2009-06-09 18:16 ` Sourceforge community award Chris Randle
2009-06-09 22:51   ` Bastien
2009-06-09 18:32 ` srandby
2009-06-09 23:14 ` Rick Moynihan [this message]
2009-06-09 23:59   ` Bastien
2009-06-11  8:29     ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-10  3:56 ` Eddward DeVilla
2009-06-10  4:54 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2009-06-10  6:30 ` Brian van den Broek
2009-06-10  7:03   ` Cameron Horsburgh
2009-06-11 19:20   ` Matthew Lundin
2009-06-11 20:49     ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-11 21:10       ` John Rakestraw
2009-06-11 21:31         ` Dan Davison
2009-06-12  4:10           ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-12  3:02             ` Gray Calhoun
2009-06-12  5:35             ` Brian van den Broek
2009-06-12  9:46               ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-12 13:14             ` Eddward DeVilla
2009-06-12 14:38               ` Saurabh Agrawal
2009-06-11 22:51         ` Rick Moynihan
2009-06-12  0:08           ` Russell Adams
2009-06-12  4:00             ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-11 21:13       ` Brian van den Broek
2009-06-11 21:46       ` Leo
2009-06-11 22:59         ` Memnon Anon
2009-06-12  3:58           ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-12  5:29             ` Eric Schulte
2009-06-12  7:58             ` Peter Frings
2009-06-12 10:17             ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-12  7:37           ` Peter Frings
     [not found]             ` <871vppdfm0.fsf@bzg.ath.cx>
2009-06-12  9:11               ` Ian Barton
2009-06-12  9:13               ` Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
     [not found]               ` <9EFC949C-F296-4793-8608-8D833DDC3F36@agfa.com>
2009-06-12 10:18                 ` Bastien
     [not found]                 ` <228E7006-BC04-4A96-B5AB-FD705CD432A4@agfa.com>
2009-06-12 10:34                   ` Bastien
2009-06-12 11:36                     ` mail delivery problems peter.frings
     [not found]                     ` <C8E1B4C5-F5D8-4136-ADE5-5DA71D4C8825@agfa.com>
2009-06-12 12:26                       ` Re: Sourceforge community award peter.frings
2009-06-12 13:05                         ` Eddward DeVilla
2009-06-12 14:09                           ` Rick Moynihan
     [not found]                         ` <87fxe5vbqh.fsf@bzg.ath.cx>
     [not found]                           ` <421EFFE1-B5FC-4096-B6BE-D8B351E93FE5@agfa.com>
2009-06-12 14:16                             ` Carsten Dominik
     [not found]                               ` <4A326EDA.30007@gmail.com>
2009-06-12 15:34                                 ` Bastien
2009-06-12 15:45                                   ` peter.frings
2009-06-12 16:08                                     ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-12 16:34                                       ` Samuel Wales
2009-06-12 16:14                                   ` Eric Schulte
     [not found]                               ` <3AA375D1-ED3B-44AF-8385-E7C878A29F1E@agfa.com>
2009-06-12 15:35                                 ` Bastien
2009-06-12 15:52                                   ` peter.frings
2009-06-12 17:46       ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-12 18:33         ` Eric Schulte
2009-06-12 19:41         ` Cameron Horsburgh
2009-06-12 19:53         ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-12 19:57           ` Russell Adams
2009-06-12 20:02           ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-12 20:13             ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-12 20:22             ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-12 21:27               ` Rick Moynihan
2009-06-12 21:44               ` Dan Davison
2009-06-13  8:12                 ` Scot Becker
2009-06-13  8:46                   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-13 12:37                     ` Alan E. Davis
2009-06-13 15:01                     ` Sebastian Rose
     [not found]                     ` <87fxe4ku7f.fsf@kassiopeya.MSHEIMNETZ>
     [not found]                       ` <19998FEE-5413-4182-AECA-B51714A0D45C@gmail.com>
2009-06-13 16:49                         ` Bastien
2009-06-13 16:53                           ` Russell Adams
2009-06-13 18:57                             ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-13 19:07                               ` Ian Barton
2009-06-13 20:02                                 ` Dan Davison
2009-06-14  6:21                                   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-14  3:43                               ` Nick Dokos
2009-06-14  5:32                                 ` Baoqiu Cui
2009-06-14  6:09                                   ` Cameron Horsburgh
2009-06-14  6:14                                     ` Baoqiu Cui
2009-06-10  7:35 ` Ulf Stegemann
2009-06-10 11:34 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-10 11:38 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-06-10 12:50 ` Ian Barton
2009-06-10 12:54 ` Dan Davison
2009-06-10 13:14   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-10 14:08 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-10 14:09   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-06-10 14:52   ` WOMICK, DON (ATTSI)

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