Re: Idea for some side-time during the next face-to-face

I think its a great idea,

I'm not there during the F2F but I guess I can explain why linked data is 
important for me.

Met Vriendelijke Groet / With Kind Regards
Bart van Leeuwen
@semanticfire

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From:   Cody Burleson <cody.burleson@base22.com>
To:     Linked Data Platform WG <public-ldp-wg@w3.org>
Date:   06-09-2013 16:34
Subject:        Idea for some side-time during the next face-to-face



Team,

This morning, during my jog, I was thinking about what we could do to help 
build interest and attention around Linked Data and, in particular, the 
Linked Data Platform. Though I may be the least technically astute of our 
bunch, I'd like to think that I'm OK at marketing. I also think that we 
have a responsibility to help the world understand the efficacy and 
transformational power of Linked Data and the emerging Semantic Web - a 
topic that, IMHO, has been very poorly communicated in the past. We need 
to help the world understand what we're doing, why it's important, and how 
it's transforming the future of the modern enterprise and the World Wide 
Web.

So, I was wondering what you guys thought about taking some minutes 
during, say, a lunch break, at the next face-to-face to record some 
talking-head vignettes. The idea being that we eventually snip together a 
somewhat documentary style video. Remember, YouTube is the worlds second 
largest search engine. I can imagine a video that contains some animated 
sequences that help illustrate the concepts behind Linked Data, intercut 
with brief snippets of talking-head vignettes (name, profession, company 
bottom right of screen).

You have a company and so you introduce your company's role. How your 
company is using Linked Data to make a difference in the world. Or... you 
explain a small piece of the big picture in your own words, which can be 
used in the overview of Linked Data.

I could ask each of you who may be interested what you might wish to touch 
on and prepare interview questions around that topic and you just talk 
freely for a few minutes. I can bring an HD camera and lavalier 
microphone.

Later, I can then license some nice background music and have some 
animated illustrations done in Adobe After FX. Eventually editing a nice 
10 minute video overview that hopefully we could make better than any out 
there today.

Of course, everyone participating would have a chance to review a rough 
cut and thumbs down any part they did not like.

We might get some great material. We might get crap and just end up 
saying, "Nah, this doesn't work." But it's worth a shot, no?

I know our chief purpose is to complete our charter, but I think we could 
fit this in the in-betweens somewhat non-intrusively.

Yay? Nay? Sure, Why Not?

Let me know your thoughts.

-- 
Cody Burleson