Re: Re: Sourceforge community award

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

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

>
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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