Boston Linux Meeting tomorrow Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Improving online education and documentation for developers

[Jerry Feldman]

When: January 21, 2009 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Improving online education and documentation for developers
Moderator: Andy Oram, Senior Editor, O'Reilly Media
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 325  NOTE: Room Change

Andy talks about Praxagora, an API for Project Educational Tools
Hundreds of new software projects spring up every month. Most are free
software and are run by volunteers, but big players such as Google,
Yahoo!, and Microsoft are now in the same game. Not only do these
projects rely on online media (forums, chat, wikis) for documentation
and support, but much of it is generated by project members on a
volunteer basis. Andy has spent the past several years exploring the
strengths and weaknesses of user contributions to software documentation
and support. In this informal presentation, he'll show the results of a
survey and some research on the quality of mailing lists, followed by
suggestions for systems that could make better use of free user
contributions. We'll then have a free-wheeling discussion that should
interest anyone who cares about free software or the success of online
software projects. Background for this talk can be found at:
http://www.praxagora.com/community_documentation/



For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of parking in the E-51 Parking
lot at 2 Amherst St, or on Amherst St.

We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting.


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Boston Linux and Unix
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