Re: Proposal for a PostgreSQL Print Magazine

Hi Damian,

It sounds super cool! I love your idea.

I want to contribute to the magazine, and I think many Japanese
people can contribute before/after publishing with writing articles
and translating the magazine into Japanese.

Regards,

On 2011/03/11 7:53, damien clochard wrote:
> hi guys,
>
> Here's a long time idea that came back to me while i was at FOSDEM...
>
> When we're on a PostgreSQL booth, apart from the stuff we sell we
> don't have much content to giveaway. There's the traditional PostgreSQL
> leaflet, which is good for people who don't know what Postgres is. But
> on the booth, we also meet long-time PostgreSQL users that already know
> the project. These people are not database geeks or whatever, they are
> basically developpers or sysadmins who like PG... Most of the times they
> have because « PostgreSQL works fine » or « the doc is awesome » . They
> stop by the booth to say hi, grab a T-Shirt or a mus and usually they
> just want to know "what's new ?" in our community...
>
> I think that would be great to have a print media to keep in touch with
> this large user base, because these are the folks that will recommend
> PostgreSQL to their clients, co-workers, directors, etc.
>
>> From our experience in France, Guillaume Lelarge has been writing
> PostgreSQL articles in the Gnu/Linux France Magazine for more than
> 2 years now. These articles are extremely popular in France because
> they're user-oriented and newbie friendly ( although PostgreSQL
> die-hards seem to like it too :)
>
> Thus my idea of a PostgreSQL dedicated magazine that could be downloaded
> and printed easily... The main version would be in English but local
> PUGs could translate it and use it on booth and events... Note that i'm
> not inventing anything here, i'm just taking example on the Ubuntu et
> Fedora community magazines :
>
> http://fullcirclemagazine.org/
> http://mag.fedora-fr.org
>
> Anyway such a project requires a lot of time and energy. I've talked
> about this magazine to some people inside and outside the community and
> most people said that before launching such a project , it's necessary
> to have a "beta version" or a "demo" of what the magazine would look
> like. Just to see how many potential readers grab it on booths or
> download it... And of course try to get some feedback.
>
> So basically i'm not starting the whole project, i'm just calling for
> help to create a draft of the magazine. Let's call it "issue #0" :)
>
> In a nutshell, here's what the content could look like :
>
> Editorial :
> News :
> Events : info+photos from the latest conferences
> Happy Users : one relevant use case
> How To : zoom on a specific feature (PITR, FTS, ...)
> Interview : Rendez-vous with a PostgreSQL hacker
> Road to 9.1 : new features coming soon
> Extensions : review of various contrib/modules
> Tips& tricks :
>
> All in all, this could give a 16 to 24 pages magazine.
>
> Of course there's still tons of things to decide like : the frequency,
> logo, format, licence, title, tools, layout, fonts, etc. If you want to
> participate to this "issue #0", you're welcome ! It requires times, but
> no particular skills or previous experience in the media.
>
> If you're interested by a print media for the PostgreSQL user base, this
> project is for you :) Just send me an e-mail at damien(at)dalibo(dot)info
>
>
>

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