[Pdweb] pd blog

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 3, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Steffen wrote:

>
> 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.

I am fine with any of the above.  But I think it would be nice to  
have a "curator".  That gives it a different feel than self- 
promotion.  We all have our websites and member pages for self- 
promotion ;).  How that curator handles submissions would be up to  
them.  So not so much a "moderator" necessarily, but really a "curator".

As for column layout, less columns sounds good to me if the nav menus  
are still usable.

.hc

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