- From: Francesco Iovine <f.iovine@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:31:20 +0100
- To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Cc: Martin Beeby <Martin.Beeby@microsoft.com>, PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com>, Jonathan Garbee <jonathan@garbee.me>, "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CALE=BGRJURoGNpOHghcWZFwuMs42juxcvk_K7DnEq755kRL2Ew@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks guys! :) I'm going to send an email to the meetup group soon, adding public-webplatform@w3.org in CC to start a discussion. Francesco <http://www.francesco.iovine.name/> On 20 April 2015 at 20:17, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: > Great idea, Francesco! > > Let us know what we can do to help. > > On 4/20/15 9:44 AM, Francesco Iovine wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I've recently stepped up as organiser of the following meetup group in >> London, and rebranded it as Web Platform London, as an experiment: >> >> http://www.meetup.com/WebPlatform-London/ >> >> The idea behind this experiment is to promote self-organised free >> meetups, in cafes or offices, but mainly in cafes, of people keen to >> share a project, knowledge etc. and participate in building the Web >> Platform with a number of activities, including writing documentation. >> >> I would love your feedback, before giving up or start building the >> community. >> >> Warm Regards, >> >> Francesco <http://www.francesco.iovine.name/> >> >> >> On 11 April 2015 at 10:01, Martin Beeby <Martin.Beeby@microsoft.com >> <mailto:Martin.Beeby@microsoft.com>> wrote: >> >> On a personal note. I wanted to contribute more than I have... Life >> gets in the way. Maybe you have given me the prompt I need to get >> more involved. >> >> Kindest Regards >> Martin Beeby >> Technical Evangelist >> Skype: thebeebsuk >> Twitter: thebeebs >> Phone: 0118 9092895 >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> From: PhistucK <mailto:phistuck@gmail.com> >> Sent: 11/04/2015 09:48 >> To: Jonathan Garbee <mailto:jonathan@garbee.me> >> Cc: public-webplatform@w3.org <mailto:public-webplatform@w3.org> >> Subject: Re: Webplatform dead? >> >> While it is not dead, some vendors (or a single vendor?) are >> instructing their members to prefer >> < >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/RNk93vpOaV8/2_hw97dJ0NQJ >> > >> other >> < >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/RNk93vpOaV8/fhNVU0s8DCQJ >> > >> documentation venues. >> To me, this is really sad. >> >> Perhaps you can do something about it? >> >> >> ☆*PhistucK* >> >> On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Jonathan Garbee >> <jonathan@garbee..me <mailto:jonathan@garbee.me>> wrote: >> >> These kinds of projects also don't just get a jump start then >> take off and keep going. Initial interest happens, all the >> people who are just interested head out, then you are left with >> a far smaller group of core contributors. Then over time that >> core group even changes as life happens and new shiny things >> come along. (Try to recall the often provided bell-curve of tech >> adoption, then make the curve narrower and far more dramatic. >> Then toss a few more curves in over time.) >> >> Documentation projects in particular have one major flaw, people >> don't feel it is worth their time to contribute. They are paid >> to do write code that functions and move on to the next thing. >> So taking time out to contribute to a document is hardly on >> their mind. WPD is in a very slow-pace area and we want >> contributors that really care about the quality of their work. >> That quality comes at the cost of things moving even slower. >> >> Things aren't dead, they are just stagnant. As WPD offers wider >> community engagement then hopefully we can collect a few more >> core contributors that will make things not seem so slow. I'd >> much rather have a handful of core contributors that do true >> quality work then an army of low-quality contributions that >> makes things seem more active. The content provided is far more >> useful in the end that way. >> >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org >> <mailto:schepers@w3.org>> wrote: >> >> Yes, Austin has been a really prolific contributor >> (thanks!), and we also have Nishanth Babu adding beginner >> DOM tutorials, among many other contributors and content. >> >> We've actually concentrated quite a lot on infrastructure >> over the last few months; Renoir has done a great job. >> >> We're even adding over some new functionality, like >> specs.webplatform.org <http://specs..webplatform.org> that >> hosts more experimental specifications, and adding a >> technical discussion area where developers and designers can >> ask questions about spec development. Our emphasis is on >> closing the gap between standards development and developers. >> >> Regards– >> –Doug >> >> On 4/10/15 6:31 PM, Austin William Wright wrote: >> >> Slow maybe, not dead. Over the last month I've touched >> almost all the >> HTML element pages, merging duplicates, adding examples, >> correcting >> normative references, and importing data. >> >> I also noticed a great TLS/HTTPS upgrade, and MediaWiki >> upgrade, iirc. >> So even the server is getting love, it's not just me. >> >> Austin Wright. >> >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Ric Johnson >> <ric@opendomain.org <mailto:ric@opendomain.org> >> <mailto:ric@opendomain.org <mailto:ric@opendomain.org>>> >> wrote: >> >> Is the WebPlatform project dead? I have not seen >> any progress in >> quite a while. >> >> I thought this was an amazing chance to help new >> developers learn >> web technologies, but it seems that we have dropped >> the ball. >> >> Is there anyone interested in kicking this project >> back on gear? >> >> Ric Johnson >> OpenDomain >> >> >> >> >> >>
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