[Pdweb] pd blog

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 1, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Steffen wrote:

>
> On 30/11/2006, at 20.56, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
>> I think the default page shouldn't be static, but something more  
>> interesting and dynamic, like the "news" page.  "news" might not  
>> be the best term for it.  But I suppose if we just start posting  
>> works on the news page, and make it easy for anyone to do so, then  
>> people will do it.
>
> I was thinking somewhat the same regarding bloging on the website,  
> since it could give the site more life. I also agree that the front  
> page shouldn't be static and the same as the About page.
>
> If it could be implemented in Plone, fine. An alternative would be  
> that folks could add to a rss feed or that the website could kind  
> of assemble a set of personal rss feeds.
>
>> Or it could be curated if someone wants to curate that page.
>
> Then the example "showcase" would be superfluous. It might be  
> anyways, if the blog-idea is realized.
>
> The good thing (tm) regarding makeing it blog'ish is that people  
> will actively do something to make the site live since it will  
> display there work. The bad thing is that it no doubt will be a  
> mess in some sense. Even if there were made a detailed guideline  
> for what a post ideally would consist of (fx documentation of some  
> sort given the kind of content) it would not last if not actively  
> moderated by some one or some "group". However, that "mess" might   
> be a good price for activity, hence promotion, on the site.

I think a moderator would be good.  It could be something like guest  
curator for the site.  We could just have slots for guest curator,  
like monthly, then anyone can sign up for a slot via a web interface,  
but you can only curator, say once a year, depending on demand.

The Share group in NYC (http://share.dj) has one time slot for a  
concert each week.  Anyone can sign up for it on the website.  It  
works well for them.

.hc


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