- From: Chris Mills <cmills@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:57:03 +0000
- To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Cc: Janet Swisher <jswisher@mozilla.com>, public-webplatform@w3.org, Eliot Graff <Eliot.Graff@microsoft.com>
W00t! Wish I could write proposals that good for my own talks ;-) Chris Mills Opera Software, dev.opera.com W3C Fellow, web education and webplatform.org Author of "Practical CSS3: Develop and Design" (http://goo.gl/AKf9M) On 25 Mar 2013, at 19:05, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: > Hi, folks- > > Great news! > > Our OSCON proposal has been accepted. It has been scheduled for 17:00 on 25 Jul 2013. > > Thank you, Chris, for putting together a great proposal. > > Eliot, Janet, you both showed an interest in helping present. Do you want to start working on a top-notch presentation soon? > > Regards- > -Doug > > > On 2/5/13 9:36 AM, Doug Schepers wrote: >> Hi, Janet- >> >> Thanks, changed. >> >> Did seem a bit grandiose... :) >> >> Regards- >> -Doug >> >> On 2/5/13 3:36 AM, Chris Mills wrote: >>> Good call Janet - I was wondering about that line myself ;-) >>> >>> Chris Mills Opera Software, dev.opera.com W3C Fellow, web education >>> and webplatform.org Author of "Practical CSS3: Develop and Design" >>> (http://goo.gl/AKf9M) >>> >>> On 4 Feb 2013, at 22:51, Janet Swisher <jswisher@mozilla.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Looks good. My only caveat is that the subtitle "a blueprint for >>>> open documentation" may be a bit strong in this context. WPD is >>>> doing things that lots of open source projects have done, so it's a >>>> bit presumptuous to call it a blueprint. Maybe "a case study in >>>> open documentation"? I know that doesn't sound as cool, but I think >>>> the content and the organizations behind it give it oomph. >>>> >>>> On 2/4/13 2:39 PM, Chris Mills wrote: >>>>> Ok, how about this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Presentation title >>>>> >>>>> WebPlatform.org: a blueprint for open documentation? >>>>> >>>>> - Overview and extended descriptions of the presentation: main >>>>> idea, sub-topics, and conclusion >>>>> >>>>> WebPlatform.org is intended to be THE definitive documentation >>>>> source for client-side open web technologies, and to succeed at >>>>> this goal, the organizers felt that it had to be a shining >>>>> example of what an open source documentation project can be. To >>>>> this end, we: >>>>> >>>>> * Made the community open: anyone can contribute to the project >>>>> for free, with whatever useful skills they have at their >>>>> disposal * Published the documentation on an open license: We >>>>> chose CC BY as our default license, with the aim of making the >>>>> docs as reusable and extensible as possible * Built the platform >>>>> on open source technologies such as MediaWiki and OpenStack, so >>>>> that the site is easy for anyone to fix, extend and improve >>>>> >>>>> We have already achieved much, getting many pages of useful >>>>> documentation up on the site, fixing many bugs, running doc >>>>> sprints round the world to help move forward, and fostering a >>>>> currently-small-but-passionate community of people who want to >>>>> help with the effort. But we've got a lot more to do. >>>>> >>>>> In this session we will talk about the community, the docs and >>>>> the infrastructure, looking at what has worked well and what has >>>>> not been so successful, to help others learn from our successes >>>>> and mistakes. >>>>> >>>>> - Sample presenter-skills video (existing talk, or a web-cam >>>>> sample) >>>>> >>>>> bleh? >>>>> >>>>> - Suggested track >>>>> >>>>> Community or Education >>>>> >>>>> - Speaker(s) expertise >>>>> >>>>> bleh? >>>>> >>>>> -Brief speaker biography >>>>> >>>>> bleh? >>>>> >>>>> - Suggested keyword tags >>>>> >>>>> webplatform, w3c, web, open standards, community, documentation >>>>> >>>>> Chris Mills Opera Software, dev.opera.com W3C Fellow, web >>>>> education and webplatform.org Author of "Practical CSS3: Develop >>>>> and Design" ( http://goo.gl/AKf9M ) >>>>> >>>>> On 4 Feb 2013, at 13:14, Chris Mills <cmills@w3.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I'm happy to jump on this now. I'll go through and work up a >>>>>> potential proposal, and mail it to the list for feedback in an >>>>>> hour or so. >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't make it to speak unfortunately, as this clashes with >>>>>> another talk I am already down to do. But happy to help the >>>>>> team prepare. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris Mills Opera Software, dev.opera.com W3C Fellow, web >>>>>> education and webplatform.org Author of "Practical CSS3: >>>>>> Develop and Design" ( http://goo.gl/AKf9M ) >>>>>> >>>>>> On 4 Feb 2013, at 04:29, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, folks- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Would someone like to help me put together a proposal for a >>>>>>> session on Web Platform Docs at OSCON [1]? I just found out >>>>>>> that the deadline is Monday (today). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It could be a panel, or a single presenter. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The topic area I think it would fit in would be "Open web, >>>>>>> open standards, and open data". The track could be Community >>>>>>> or Education. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There are several different tacks we could take: what's >>>>>>> worked, what hasn't yet, where you plan to go further; what >>>>>>> open source software we used to build it (MediaWiki, >>>>>>> OpenStack, etc.); community aspects and how to get involved; >>>>>>> etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [1] http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/cfp/251 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards- -Doug >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Janet Swisher Mozilla Developer Network Technical >>>> Writer/Community Steward >>> >>> >> >> > >
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