On 19 Apr 2011, at 16:50, Steffen Möller wrote:
> Here it is:
>
>
http://debianmed.blogspot.com/2011/04/debian-med-individuals-expertize-and.html
>
> I have sent invitations to author on the blog to the common suspects on
> this list, just ping me if yours got lost and/or you just feel like writing.
>
> Waiting for your all's guest posts.
>
> Steffen
>
> On 04/18/2011 05:10 PM, William Spooner wrote:
>> Could you register
debianmed.blogspot.com? I would be happy to guest-post on Ensembl.
>>
>> Will
>>
>> On 18 Apr 2011, at 14:32, Steffen Möller wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 04/18/2011 02:51 PM, William Spooner wrote:
>>>> So Vanessa is coordinating @DebianMed twitter? I'll try to remember to include @DebianMed if I post any relevant tweets. I think twitter works best for conversational items rather than announcements (RSS feeds are much better for the latter).
>>>>
>>>> Is there a DebainMed blog?
>>> :) I have
http://tangiblecomputationalbiology.blogspot.com/
>>> ... as a kind of an experiment with the medium and all in German
>>> ... can change that to English if there is some demand.
>>>
>>> Steffen
>>>> Will
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14 Apr 2011, at 14:40,
vanecgs@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just setup twitter and identica accounts for Debian Med, later on the day I'll add a nice avatar, and later on the week I'll look how to post automatically and stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> For those interested in following Debian Med twitter and
identi.ca
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://twitter.com/#!/DebianMed
>>>>>
http://identi.ca/debianmed
>>>>>
>>>>> :)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Andreas Tille <
andreas@an3as.eu> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm fully quoting this mail from Sebastian Hilbert in case you might not
>>>>> have noticed this mail. If you currently feel not obliged to do some
>>>>> packaging or other technical work but want to help the Debian Med
>>>>> project somehow, please try to follow the example given by the GNUmed
>>>>> authors.
>>>>>
>>>>> My short summary of the mail below is:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Yes, it is worth the effort to use social media to advertise
>>>>> Debian Med
>>>>> 2. I personally do not really like to spend my time for this job
>>>>> because I think my time is better spent with coding and giving
>>>>> talks on conferences.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it is important anyway and perhaps you (the reader of this
>>>>> mailinglist) feel like this is a good chance to become involved.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, I added this item to our Wiki page
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMedTodo
>>>>>
>>>>> which also mentiones some other items what users or developers can
>>>>> do for Debian.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Andreas.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:47:21AM +0200, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can give some feedback regarding social networks from the GNUmed
>>>>>> perspective.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I started out with blogging.
>>>>>>
gnumed.blogspot.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From google stats it seems about 25 people read it per day. Those might
>>>>>> include search engines. Sometimes someone comments on the blog posts so it
>>>>>> must be at least some humans that read it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Blog posts are good for reports on new major releases, conferences etc. It was
>>>>>> like this for some years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are two people who moved forward from commenting on the blog to raising
>>>>>> their voice on the mailing list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This might indicate that without a blog those people might not have been made
>>>>>> aware of GNUmed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The blog is syndicated at some low level sites so I guess most people came via
>>>>>> search engine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> About a year ago someone mentioned that it would be essential to have all the
>>>>>> accounts (twitter, facebook etc.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I went out and created an twitter and
identi.ca account. I have no clue how
>>>>>> many people read this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On twitter GNUmed has I think 5 followers who seem to have subscribed to what
>>>>>> we have to say.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It took another year or so until someone answered on the tweets which
>>>>>> indicates someone reads it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I assume that this person would not have found GNUmed without twitter or
>>>>>>
identi.ca.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use twitter and
identi.ca for release announcements ,calls for help, bug
>>>>>> announcements etc. In short for short messages. Nothing automated here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then facebook was all the hype. I created a page and basically replicated the
>>>>>> content from blog and twitter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far 6 or 7 people subscribed to that page. I don't know how many people
>>>>>> read this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The point is. Speaking for the GNUmed project a small number of people were
>>>>>> made aware of GNUmed because of Twitter ,Identi.ca, blog, and facebook page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The key is to realize that it can be helpful but it takes ressouces to update
>>>>>> the content.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another key factor seems to be networking. One need to use the various options
>>>>>> to have people subscribe to feeds ot tweets and one need to subscribe to other
>>>>>> feeds as well to appear as follower there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Third point to realize is that these measures reach the technophile crowd. The
>>>>>> computer guys and girls.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want to reach doctors who don't use facebook in their daily life there
>>>>>> is little chance to catch them there. Same for scientists.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want to reach scientists who are not computer afficionados you might
>>>>>> have little chance on facebook. Ask yourself. "Do I read facebook, twitter ,
>>>>>> blog etc. ?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Social networks are (IMHO) not a must but are hip, cool and fairly easy to
>>>>>> work with. So why not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To reach your target crowd speaking on conferences is (IMHO) more effective.
>>>>>> Combining the two the "best of breed tactic"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now head over to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
gnumed.blogspot.com
>>>>>>
http://twitter.com/releasedude
>>>>>>
http://identi.ca/releasedude
>>>>>>
http://www.facebook.com/pages/GNUmed-EMR/316812324929
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and show some love.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Sebastian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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