Re: Sourceforge community award

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>
Cc: "[orgmode] list" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Sourceforge community award
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:14:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0AD4C1B5-615A-44F7-BD3A-4164AB4F553B@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eitsi70w.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk>

On Jun 10, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Dan Davison wrote:

>> 1. Complete this sentence in about 140 characters: "Our project is
>> [-foo-]."  For example, "Our project is a tool that helps you wash  
>> your
>> car."
>
> Our project is a uniquely rich life management and publishing tool,  
> with
> immense potential for extension by virtue of its implementation in
> emacs.
>
>>
>> 2. Complete this sentence, also in about 140 characters: "We should  
>> win
>> because [-bar-]."  For example, "We should win because we have a  
>> strong
>> community and we solve a universal problem."
>
> We should win because org is an immensely flexible and yet razor-sharp
> tool for users today, built out of code that will be extended for
> decades to come.
>
> [My two sentences are rather similar...]
>
>>
>> 3. Please provide a logo (or screenshot, if you'd prefer) for your
>> project.  It should be at least 640x480, but we'll also be showing it
>> as a thumbnail.
>
> I tend to think that we want a screenshot. I doubt it would be as hard
> to describe all the features of any of our competitors as it is for  
> org!
> So a screenshot seems like a good chance to pack it all in. I like
> Brian's suggestion of split-windows. Maybe we could collaborate on a
> bundle containing a minimal .emacs, color-theme code, and an org file
> that sets up the color scheme, window confuguration and contents, and
> people could submit patches / screenshots to improve it? [I like the  
> win
> competition checkbox]

A friend of mine is working on a pretty nice color scheme that will  
also work reasonably well with the unicorn icon next to it or  
embedded.  I hope that we can use that for a nice screen shot.
I like the idea to make a nice screen setup, with an Org file and the  
agenda maybe, based on a simple example file.

We need to finish this stuff by Sunday (european time) because I am  
traveling Monday/Tuesday and would like to send the stuff on Sunday at  
the latest.

- Carsten

>
> Dan
>
>>
>> 4. This one is optional, but it could make a big difference.  We'd  
>> like
>> to show our voters a video that introduces them to the core members  
>> of
>> your team.  Send along the URL (on YouTube) and we'll make sure they
>> see it!
>>
>> 6. Our finalists are usually pretty interesting people.  Are you
>> willing to be contacted by our public relations team about interviews
>> with the press?
>>
>>
>>
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