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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Article about Baloo
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-01-21 15:46:41
Message-ID: 1493791.Bk9DcZXzFO () linux-dzru ! site
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On Tuesday 21 January 2014 13:31:38 Mart=EDn Gonz=E1lez wrote:
> Hi,
> =

> Yep, if the article it's a short explanation it doesn't make sense to
> include an interview!
> =

> I like your idea, Jos, to have a continuous flow of communication about
> this. Regarding the increase of our communications channels, Linux.com or
> related pages 'official' pages are a natural way to increase our audience,
> if we want to keep the interview as an 'official' KDE content.
> =

> But of course, I miss some things about the Linux english-written media! =
:D
> =

> Apart from that, I think that it'll be nice to make some graphics about t=
he
> impressive increase of velocity and the reduction of CPU usage that Baloo
> brings. This could help us to 'sell' that Baloo is better and reflect that
> the Nepomuk 'bad days' are gone in a factual way. It'll better if it can =
be
> included in the planned article.
> =

> What do you think?

Abso-freakin'-lutely. Yes, having some hard numbers to back up our claims i=
s a =

very good idea ("number of crashes per hour" is probably NOT a nice metric =
but =

anything else goes :D).

If you would volunteer for that, you'd earn yourself a big hug and a bevera=
ge =

of your choice the first time we meet.

Hugs,
J

> =

> 2014/1/20 Jos Poortvliet <jos@opensuse.org>
> =

> > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Mart=EDn Gonz=E1lez <mgonzlezgmz@gmai=
l.com>
> > =

> > wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > =

> > > First, I present myself: I'm a journalist student here in Barcelona, =
and
> > > I've collaborated several times with Alex and Aleix doing coverages
> > > about
> > > Blue Systems and KDE events in Spain (Akademy-es). Aleix told me about
> > > Baloo, and tomorrow I'll be in the office interviewing Vishesh.
> > > Maybe that piece can fit in the planned article. Please tell me what =
you
> > > think.
> > =

> > Hi mart=EDn,
> > =

> > Thanks, that is a great idea. It won't fit as part of the article
> > itself (we want to keep that from getting too long) but it DOES fit in
> > a concerted effort to communicate about Baloo. We could either publish
> > this interview on the Dot a week, maybe two, after the first article
> > to keep some attention on Baloo (and make sure we answer questions
> > people have) or we could publish it roughly simultaneously in another
> > channel, for example linux.com (although I'm not too happy about the
> > visibility of original content there) or another site.
> > =

> > As a journalist, you might have an idea about how to reach the most peo=
ple
> > ;-)
> > =

> > > Following the topic, as a normal user I support the idea of Baloo as a
> > > different product than Nepomuk. Vishesh told me about the great
> > =

> > improvements
> > =

> > > in speed and cpu usage, and Nepomuk has a not-so-good reputation, so =
it
> > > makes sense to mark Baloo as something different.
> > =

> > Absolutely. At the same time, as I point out, we should avoid making
> > people thing it is a entirely-from-scratch project as they have
> > (rightfully) had enough of such projects - they will immediately bring
> > up Akonadi and "KDE 4.0". Our message needs to be carefully tuned to
> > avoid the Nepomuk haters from immediately yelling at Baloo, yet not
> > create the impression we didn't learn from what went before.
> > =

> > Cheers,
> > Jos
> > =

> > > Regards,
> > > =

> > > Mart=EDn Gonz=E1lez
> > =

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