13 Dec
2008
13 Dec
'08
13:29
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 13:52 +0100, Jan-Simon Möller wrote: > Am Saturday 13 December 2008 12:06:08 schrieb Masim "Vavai" Sugianto: > > > Release is still planned for Saturday 21h UTC. We shouldn't delay it more. > > > > The schedule is quite hard but I would like to stick on the current > > schedule. I know it's difficult to get the translation on the schedule > > for a long time but It will make us considering any trick to make it > > possible. > We've some conditions that lead to the schedule. Thursday as editors > deadline because of most news/minutes/announcements are out on > wednesday/thursday. Saturday night (or at the latest Sunday morning / UTC) > on the other hand for the release of the newsletter because the newsletter > should be out for/during the weekend. > I also see, that Friday night is really optimistic and we're all volunteers > - but its a target ;). > > @all: > Question: how long does it take you to translate an issue of > the weekly news ? > > If we know an average value, we can see where we can improve our process and > make it easier. Also I can better estimate the needed timeframes. > > > > For id translation, I talked to Indonesian openSUSE user and they > > supported me for translating the weekly news. Now I have a small team > > for translating the weekly news and current team will be expanded with > > another member to translating another wiki articles. > > > > It keeps my job easy to finished and keep the translation on the schedule :-) > > > > Another trick is translating the weekly news although it was not > > completely drafted, and then completing the rest on Friday to > > Saturday. > I think this is in the end more work as we change some articles on thursday. > > > > I think another translator team used different method to keep on > > schedule and I would like to heard another trick. > > Lets exchange our ideas - the more ideas we get, the better choice we have. > > Best regards, > Jan-Simon One of the things I've discovered while doing some experiments recently in online marketing is that it is a definite moving target when it comes to grabbing the eyes of readers. Most importantly, its not about being first, but about being there at the right time. Feed readers, social networking, etc., they all are connected to more than one source of information. The more we all connect to multiple services, and within those services connect to multiple relationships, the faster an item moves down the list as new incoming news/messages come in. It's kind of strange. Social networking seems to be taking over and replacing email as the medium of getting the word out, but if you're not there with your eyes glued on the screen at the moment that bit of news comes out, you may completely miss it. So, I question whether having a release date set for the newsletter for Saturday night/Sunday morning is a wise choice. There are certain benefits, such as journalists who may want to read up and prepare before Monday morning releases. But for the general public, they may not be as likely to read on a Sunday morning. I don't know. But we definitely want to ensure that News.o.o releases at just the moment (whatever moment that is) that the most number of eyes are on the screen. :-) -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org