[sf-lug] Towards a list of Linux consultants in the Bay Area (was: consultant?)

[Kai Chang]

"I'm not sure which site you're speaking of, when you say "the site".

If you're talking about some site you'd like to build for the purpose
mentioned in my subject header, super!"

It was my suggestion for how you enter content into your list.  You can get
plenty of free plugins that only take a few minutes to implement that could
rank users somehow.  This would solve your maintenance issues were sites
need to be manually vetted.  Automatic indexing would require tweaking over
time, but it would enrich the content of the landing page.

I'd like to implement something similar, so I was sort of leap-frogging off
your idea.  I'd like to collaborate with this mailing list, but I will start
a new thread in a few days.

That is, I didn't know where to send Polly for an SF-based consultant.  It'd
be nice if there were a list, or something like that.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/cps?query=linux&catAbbreviation=cps
Unfortunately this won't usually yield a list of volunteers, and a lot of
these seem like scams.  You can usually get someone good if you work a
little at it though.

"It's possible that my thread will prove to be stillborn, but would you
mind not hijacking it by changing the subject to rampant Web-geek
technophilia?"

I'm sorry, I do not know the etiquette for how open-source projects get off
the ground.  It sounds like I should start my own thread.

This thread was targeted at web site owners.  I know I shift what I'm
talking about

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Kai Chang (kai.salmon.chang at gmail.com):
>
> > Linux is about discourse, which is why this mailing list is so awesome.
>  The
> > site's interface should preference those that participate in discourse.
>
> I'm not sure which site you're speaking of, when you say "the site".
>
> If you're talking about some site you'd like to build for the purpose
> mentioned in my subject header, super!  Thanks for taking that on.
>
> Personally, I'm just trying to (1) improve my
> slightly-less-dusty-for-tonight's-content-maintenance Web page at
> http://linuxmafia.com/bale/other.html to make it more useful, and
> (2) encouraging folks to consider how best to get the Polly Babcocks
> in touch with effective consulting help.
>
> IMO, Polly's case reminds us of the existence of a large class of people
> who will never "participate in discourse".  I'm not being critical of
> people who say "let 'em solve their own problems", but am just asking if
> there's a way to lower the bar for them.  That is, I didn't know where
> to send Polly for an SF-based consultant.  It'd be nice if there were a
> list, or something like that.
>
> Thus the subject header.
>
>
>
>
> > We should privilege websites with dynamic content in some way-- for
> instance
> > an area where all consultancy blogs get aggregated (that have agreed to
> let
> > us re-publish).  [...]
>
> I have no idea what problem you're trying to solve, here, but good luck
> to you.
>
>
> > Does anyone here use MVC architecture in their sites?  What frameworks do
> > you use?  Does anyone use Wordpress, Moveable Type, etc to publish?
>
> It's possible that my thread will prove to be stillborn, but would you
> mind not hijacking it by changing the subject to rampant Web-geek
> technophilia?
>
>
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Kai Chang  |  kai.salmon.chang at gmail.com
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