linuxcaffe workshop; The Art of Ardour

[Jamon Camisso]

Alex Beamish wrote:
> On 6/20/07, *Scott Elcomb* <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org <mailto:psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     On 6/19/07, Chris F.A. Johnson <cfaj-uVmiyxGBW52XDw4h08c5KA at public.gmane.org
>     <mailto:cfaj-uVmiyxGBW52XDw4h08c5KA at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>      > On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>      > > Te argument of lack of specific notice is legitimate in the
>     reasons why
>      > > TLUG doen't attract a lot of newcomers. However, people who
>     have been
>      > > here for a while ought to be at least aware of the recurring
>     pattern of
>      > > meeting dates/places.
>      >
>      >     It also doesn't help the rest of us. If *TLUG want to attract
>      >     people, it should make it as easy as possible.
> 
>     I'd agree with making it as easy as possible for everyone, new folks
>     and veterans alike.
> 
>     Instead of manually writing each notice and mailing it out to
>     TLUG-Announce a few days ahead of time, why not type the meeting
>     details into a DB and create a small cron-based mailer?  If data for
>     the next event isn't filled in, then it could simply notify the person
>     responsible for the notices.
> 
> 
> Even better, since I'm now a big fan of Google Reader, is it possible to 
> set up an RSS feed that makes these announcements? That just gives us 
> more ways to publicize upcoming events.
> 
> I did a search for feeds using 'GTALUG' yesterday, but came up dry.

Usually Special:Recentchanges and Special:Newpages can/have RSS setup. 
The content of the feeds leaves much to be desired however. I'm not sure 
about mediawiki's rss abilities outside of those pages? Chris? Sy?

On a semi-related note, I've been working on an aggregator of various 
linux related feeds on the net, http://linuxreader.com

It is rough right now as I haven't had much time to spend on it, but 
feedback would be good, and if anyone wants to help out, let me know.

Jamon
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