[kwlug-disc] Website Wishlist

[John Johnson]

On 2015-07-17 22:51, B.S. wrote:
> What would make you use (or contribute/write? to) the website more?
>    
Currently, the member's blogs are a bit thin on content.
And as we know, there are many other sources of helpful tips, e.g. 
linux.org, stackoverflow, apachefriends.org, etc.

I do not think that the blogs should try to duplicate these sources but 
should try to be locally relevant and focused.

I tried to make my contribution member's blogs relevant, but these, too, 
suffer from the issue of maintenance, i.e. the info in my contributions 
is dated.

As for suggestions:

Having a precis (a summary or abstract of a text or speech) of a 
presentation in addition to that which may already be available in the 
meeting notices and meeting summaries might be a good addition to the blogs.

The meeting notices and meeting summaries - in archive.org - are not 
indexed by subject and the information within might be difficult to 
search through when looking for a given subject.
I looked for info related to the recent presentations of btrfs and found 
the same at kwlug.org/node/969 and kwlug.org/node/956.

Tip: archive.org allows searching on creator:'Kitchener-Waterloo Linux 
User Group' btrfs

I have taken the liberty of creating a simple blog post: Chris Irwin 
presents btrfs.

I will note, however, that the task of creating a blog entry with a 
precis of a presentation in addition to the actual presentation puts 
more on the presenters' plate.

JohnJ