Re: Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy
From | Satoshi Nagayasu |
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Subject | Re: Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine |
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Msg-id | 4D795A4C.9000208@gmail.com Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine (damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info>) |
List | pgsql-advocacy |
Hi Damian, It sounds super cool! I love your idea. I want to contribute to the magazine, and I think many Japanese people can contribute before/after publishing with writing articles and translating the magazine into Japanese. Regards, On 2011/03/11 7:53, damien clochard wrote: > hi guys, > > Here's a long time idea that came back to me while i was at FOSDEM... > > When we're on a PostgreSQL booth, apart from the stuff we sell we > don't have much content to giveaway. There's the traditional PostgreSQL > leaflet, which is good for people who don't know what Postgres is. But > on the booth, we also meet long-time PostgreSQL users that already know > the project. These people are not database geeks or whatever, they are > basically developpers or sysadmins who like PG... Most of the times they > have because « PostgreSQL works fine » or « the doc is awesome » . They > stop by the booth to say hi, grab a T-Shirt or a mus and usually they > just want to know "what's new ?" in our community... > > I think that would be great to have a print media to keep in touch with > this large user base, because these are the folks that will recommend > PostgreSQL to their clients, co-workers, directors, etc. > >> From our experience in France, Guillaume Lelarge has been writing > PostgreSQL articles in the Gnu/Linux France Magazine for more than > 2 years now. These articles are extremely popular in France because > they're user-oriented and newbie friendly ( although PostgreSQL > die-hards seem to like it too :) > > Thus my idea of a PostgreSQL dedicated magazine that could be downloaded > and printed easily... The main version would be in English but local > PUGs could translate it and use it on booth and events... Note that i'm > not inventing anything here, i'm just taking example on the Ubuntu et > Fedora community magazines : > > http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ > http://mag.fedora-fr.org > > Anyway such a project requires a lot of time and energy. I've talked > about this magazine to some people inside and outside the community and > most people said that before launching such a project , it's necessary > to have a "beta version" or a "demo" of what the magazine would look > like. Just to see how many potential readers grab it on booths or > download it... And of course try to get some feedback. > > So basically i'm not starting the whole project, i'm just calling for > help to create a draft of the magazine. Let's call it "issue #0" :) > > In a nutshell, here's what the content could look like : > > Editorial : > News : > Events : info+photos from the latest conferences > Happy Users : one relevant use case > How To : zoom on a specific feature (PITR, FTS, ...) > Interview : Rendez-vous with a PostgreSQL hacker > Road to 9.1 : new features coming soon > Extensions : review of various contrib/modules > Tips& tricks : > > All in all, this could give a 16 to 24 pages magazine. > > Of course there's still tons of things to decide like : the frequency, > logo, format, licence, title, tools, layout, fonts, etc. If you want to > participate to this "issue #0", you're welcome ! It requires times, but > no particular skills or previous experience in the media. > > If you're interested by a print media for the PostgreSQL user base, this > project is for you :) Just send me an e-mail at damien@dalibo.info > > > -- NAGAYASU Satoshi <satoshi.nagayasu@gmail.com>
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