[Pdweb] pd blog

[Steffen]

On 02/12/2006, at 22.01, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> On Dec 1, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Steffen wrote:
>> [snip]
>> 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.

I'm all with you regarding the signing up for 'the job' though a web  
interface. And it could easily be a wiki-page with time slots ready  
to be filled.

We'll just have to find out what 'the job' is and if it's a good job,  
so to speak. There is a few boll in the air right now, and some of  
them i don't think will work too well, ie. being a good job, and  
other balls i don't think work together.

As i see/read it there is:
1a) An example section that is periodically chancing (fx monthly) an  
curated per slot.
1b) Mouch like 1a) but more in the blog format, such that it like  
having a new blogger presetting Pd work/art each period slot.
2) A news section as it is now, i.e. free for all to add to and not  
moderated.
3) A blog section presenting Pd work/art free for all to ad to, like  
the current news section.
4) A moderated version if 3) with periodically (fx monthly) chancing  
moderators/curators
5) A merge of 2) and 3) renaming it to something appropriate.

I think 5) could work, but both 2) and 3) will be messing up the  
front page, making it confusing to digest for the arbitrary reader  
(suggestion to fix that below).

I think 4) will be a "bad job", since it will rely on people to post  
before the post can be moderated. In fact i think i will be a "bad  
job" for both the poster and the moderator: The poster will properly  
have either to change part of the content or the moderator will have  
to change it. The moderator don't really earn any respect from the  
community by being the buggy man/women, and it will properly be  
dissatisfactory to have such little influence on what that will be  
posted  - it will be more like being a clerk in the Pd store.

I like 1a) or 1b) the best, and think it could go with 2). Qua it  
being satisfactory It will be a "good job". If combined with 2) the  
concern about a messy frontpage ofcause also apply here, but...

... Fixing the mess might be as simple as doing a good design job. Fx  
by skipping the menu on the left (having it only in the top of the  
pages) and having only two columns of information on the front page  
(and one on every other page), one with news and one with the blog or  
curated examples of Pd work/art. That would ideally demand a more  
elaborate news items that can be read/viewed in the blog/example  
column by clicking the associated news item in the news column. Note  
that  this method will also make the 2) + 3) combo not messy.