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Greg McCarroll schrieb: > > On 28 Feb 2007, at 14:05, Richard Foley wrote: > >> Sure - count me in, Andy. Do you have a TODO list, that we can take >> a look >> at, so we can mark something appropriate, and we don't all end up >> doing the >> same thing in parallel? > > Could I suggest that Andy probably doesn't have all the ideas and it's > probably > useful to suggest things as well that he may or may not add to the > TODO list. > Or at least prioritize appropriately. (Sorry Andy If I'm off the mark > here). A wiki would be ok, so it could be marked who is responsible for each issue. > > Just so this mail isn't just about discussing the way to do things and > not > actually doing things, here are a few random ideas that could help > with the PR > of Perl. > > * An article about the top 5 Perl applications, it might be RT, it > might be at a major dot com. Ideally you'd want a mix to show how > Perl has more than one style of deployment (e.g. product vs. > business) Where to publish? > . > > * The year ahead for Perl. There are lots of large conferences > happening > this year for Perl, how about pulling them altogether in one > place along > with any releases or other significant events. There is the "Perl-Review"-Calendar. But there should be the ability to search for certain countries... I will play around with Net::Google::Calendar within the next few weeks. Maybe this can lead to a solution to add events easily... > > * Summer of Code outreach article. Appeal for students to come > forward with > ideas and get involved in a Perl project this summer, there is > $4,500 in > it for them and maybe also some good software for us and the > world at large. These articles have to be published in popular magazines like the linux-magazine... I have said several times (not on this list) that PR has to reach other people than the Perl community. The Perl community knows how great Perl is... > > * Outreach to the $100 dollar (excuse me if I get the price wrong) > laptop project, > does it have Perl on it? How can we help the project? Maybe we > can consult > on getting a smaller footprint Perl on there. > > * Perl and Vista. An article on how Perl runs under Vista even if > it is low on > technical details and any new features that we are likely to be > able to > access through new modules. > > And so this e-mail isn't just about ideas and not also about doing. > Andy I'm happy to do > any of the above or any other idea on your TODO list. > > Greg > > Renee -- renee.baecker@smart-websolutions.de http://www.smart-websolutions.de Smart-Websolutions André Windolph und Renée Bäcker GbR Maria-Montessori-Str. 13 64584 Biebesheim USt.-ID: DE228935695Thread Previous | Thread Next