Re: [Openinteract-dev] New website

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

(cc'd to -help since more folks are there)

* Teemu Arina (te...@io...) [050323 18:43]:
> We need a new website for OpenInteract. Something that kicks ass ==
> clean but visual design, grabs your attention in first 2 minutes and
> has a nice image / videos / screencasts so that you crasp the core
> idea faster than you say SPOPS.

I had the same idea and grabbed a video capture tool a short while
ago; maybe I'll try it out tonight... :-)

> Excellent example (atleast, we need the architecture chart and the FAQ):
> http://www.rubyonrails.com/

Those RoR people are everywhere!

Seriously, I'm very impressed by how quickly they've got everyone
talking about Rails. Part of the reason is that Ruby is on everyone's
"I need to learn that" list and part is that they make easy things
really easy. (I haven't heard as much about how well tough things go,
but I wouldn't underestimate them.) They've also got conference
heavyweights like Dave Thomas pushing, a big deal.

I think another thing we can do is get a number of useful applications
ready-to-go as well as framework enhancers like
OI2::Action:RSS. Leveraging CPAN for this helps us a lot.

Redesigning the website is an area where I'll be overjoyed to
delegate. (As anyone who has seen my website knows, my design sense is
very limited.) Of course, simpler is better.

So if you've got some free time and design skills, we need you!

Chris

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