Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-marketing (185 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 18 March 2010 20:33:20 Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 02:08 +0100, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> > On Friday 19 March 2010 01:23:22 Rajko M. wrote:
> > > On Thursday 18 March 2010 08:45:44 medwinz wrote:
> > > > I missed People of openSUSE as one of genuine article of OWN.
> > >
> > > It was created before and never actually integrated into openSUSE
> > > Weekly News, but it should be.
> > >
> > > BTW, it needs new chief editor, I took position temporarily, made few
> > > articles and stopped. A bit too much work for my free time.
> >
> > Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig +1 for reviving People of openSUSE !

By now it should be done for the second time :)

> > Not only because it helps approaching people (putting faces on names/IRC
> > nicks), but also because it puts forward contributors of the project.
> >
> > Who's got time on her hands? :)
> > It is indeed a bit time consuming, especially if you want to make high
> > quality interviews that are customised each time (not """just""" the same
> > set of questions, which is a lot better than nothing, but doesn't produce
> > as good/interesting results -- no bashing at those who made the People of
> > openSUSE interviews up to now though, great job :)).
> >
> > cheers
>
> I totally agree with you Pascal.  I've been thinking the same thing.
> Even when I was interviewed for one of the articles, I felt like it was
> so vanilla-ized, with the same cookie-cutter questions asked over and
> over that never got indepth into who I was.  It was more like filling
> out a profile for some website than an actual interview.
>
> Interviewing properly is not just a time-consuming process, but a skill
> that takes practice.  Instead of seeking out a volunteer, I propose that
> anyone who is interested in writing or learning how to write interviews
> volunteers. 

Volunteer for chief editor, and volunteers for interviewers.
It has to be organized as I'm sure that none will answer questions to random 
Joe that is asking who you are. 

> We can easily create a list of people we're interested in
> interviewing and then pick from the ones we are most comfortable with
> and go from there.

http://en.opensuse.org/People_of_openSUSE
http://en.opensuse.org/People_of_openSUSE/Interviewed
http://en.opensuse.org/People_of_openSUSE/About

I guess enough to start with :)

> Interviewing requires doing your homework properly.  Research the
> subject BEFORE you interview him or her. 

We missing instructions for beginners in the business. 

> And when you've done your
> homework, you'll know more than what you need just for the interview.
> Thus you have more knowledge to help write additional articles beyond
> just the interview.  Like reporting on team activities, as an
> example.

As a side note (noise :)
What about someone from the team taking time and reporting activity? 

> And writers is what we are definitely lacking at this time.  And I KNOW
> from what I've seen so far that many of you have that hidden talent to
> write.
> If you're interested, but don't feel confident in your abilities yet,
> volunteer anyway!  We're a team, you can ask any of us for guidance and
> advice and even review.



> Bryen M Yunashko
> openSUSE Board Member
> openSUSE Marketing Team Lead
> GNOME-A11y Team Member

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Regards Rajko,
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