Docs team blog

[Jim Campbell]

Hey Jared,

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> My 2 cents:
>
> I like the concept, I'd definitely add it to my reader. As long as it's not
> used instead of existing infrastructure of the mailing list and irc I'd be
> all for it.


I only see it as duplicating things with stuff like meeting minutes, but I
think that's a pretty trivial thing to post in more than one place. And
having meeting minutes on a blog provides access to that info to people who
otherwise wouldn't have any idea what is going on with docs.

I wouldn't want to have docs-team discussions on the blog like the ones that
we have on the mailing list, but in some cases, a conversation on our
mailing list might prompt us to write a blog post if awareness or input from
the broader community could be helpful, though.


> I think some of the things you've mentioned are better suited to the
> mailing list (meeting minutes, discussions) but others (presenting issues,
> featuring help projects, demonstrations, tips) would all be great to be in a
> blog. I think the emphasis would have to be contributing to the efforts and
> not just moving it from one medium to another (or just simply duplicates
> efforts) I think it would be useful for the team and the public.
>
>
Thanks for your input, Jared.

One thing to keep in mind is team bandwidth. Our primary goal is to produce
user help, but this may be something where we have to expend some effort at
the outset so that increase our team bandwith in the long-run.

I know that this is also an issue of creating additional stuff for the team
to maintain. What do others think about this? Do you think the long-term
benefits would be worth the effort and maintenance required?

Jim
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