Re: Re: Sourceforge community award

[Saurabh Agrawal <mailsaurabh@gmail.com>]

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I am really nobody to comment in this thread... Just a silent user of this
great package... But I saw the screen-shots and I thought that hey! where's
the powerful, highly customizable agenda?

I think it is one of the greatest aspects of org-mode, and guess that should
be somehow included too...

Just my 2 cents... Chipping in.. :)

Regards,
Saurabh.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Eddward DeVilla <eddward@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Carsten
> Dominik<carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:31 PM, Dan Davison wrote:
> >
> >> John Rakestraw <lists@johnrakestraw.com> writes:
> >>
> >>> Hi Carsten and the list --
> >>>
> >>> I really like the ideas, and I'm trying merely to shorten -- see
> >>> suggestions below.
> >>>
> >>> --John
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I also do like Brian's description a lot.  But it is 190 characters,
> >>>> I am not sure if we can stretch the "about 140" this much?  I have
> >>>> been trying to shorten it a bit - please check if it still captures
> >>>> the essence.....
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is the current state of our reply to Sourceforge - please comment
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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."
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   Org-mode masters personal/project information your way, in plain
> >>>> text,
> >>>>   with features out of your way until you want them, backed by the
> >>>>   power of Emacs.
> >>>
> >>> Org-mode masters personal/project information your way, in plain
> >>> text, with features hidden until needed, backed by the power of Emacs.
> >>
> >>
> >> (unless (string-match "Our project is a" sourceforge-submission-sentence
> >> 0)
> >>  (message "shouldn't we follow the instructions?"))
> >>
> >>>>> 1. Complete this sentence in about 140 characters: "Our project is
> >>>>> [-foo-]."
> >
> > This is a good point, maybe they will be picky about it.
> >
> > Also, I am now thinking the 140 chars, what to the english native
> speakers
> > here think:  Is this includin or excluding the given sentence start?????
> >
> > Our project is a tool to master personal/project data your way,
> > in plain text, with features out of your way until needed,
> > backed by the power of Emacs.
> >
> > - Carsten
>
>
> Just a little nit, but should we play up the emacs part?  ("... backed
> by the power of Emacs.")  It is an important part of org-mode power,
> but I'm just thinking about the emacs/vi flame wars and people who
> might not be able to see past that fact that it's "just an emacs
> editing mode" to give org-mode a fair look.  If we want to attract the
> emacs fans, I think the screen shot will make it obvious to them.
> Anyhow, it's just a thought.  It looks like everything is coming
> together good.
>
> Edd
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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 by allowing people to evolve their
> >>>>   productive selves, org-mode has created one of the best
> >>>>   communities in the open-source world.
> >>>
> >>> We should win because org-mode, by making users more productive, has
> >>> spawned one of the best communities in the open-source world.
> >>>
> >>>>> 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 am attaching the picture to this email, you can also retrieve it
> >>>> from
> >>>>
> >>>> http://orgmode.org/Org-mode-scc.png
> >>>>
> >>>> (((Thanks to Greg Newman for fixing up the unicorn and pasting it
> >>>> nicely into the screenshot - any objections against this picture?
> >>>> Note that it needs to work as a thumbnail as well, which this one
> >>>> will, I believe.)))
> >>>>
> >>>> For the time being, I am sending you this link, which is a Google
> >>>> Tech Talk
> >>>> by me (Carsten Dominik, main author of Org-mode).
> >>>>
> >>>>       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJTwQvgfgMM
> >>>>
> >>>> Before the deadline you should get another email from Bastien Guerry,
> >>>> with a link to a new video which we made just for this occasion.
> >>>> If so, please link to that video instead.
> >>>>
> >>>>> 5. In some cases, I'm mailing several people in your community
> >>>>> because I don't know who the right person is.  If you're not the
> >>>>> right person for me to be dealing with, please let me know.
> >>>>> I certainly don't want to be irritating.
> >>>>
> >>>> Main address:       carsten.dominik@gmail.com
> >>>> Secondary address:  bastienguerry@googlemail.com
> >>>>
> >>>>> 6. Our finalists are usually pretty interesting people.  Are you
> >>>>> willing to be contacted by our public relations team about
> >>>>> interviews with the press?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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