[webkit-dev] Updating the tradition for new reviewer blog posts

[Adam Barth]

I'd be happy to write more posts for Surfin' Safari, but I don't know
if I need approval, etc.

Adam


On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
> Woh.  I think that's an awesome idea. :)
>
> Would also make sure that all reviewers are blog-enabled.
>
> Might be a bit to ask of new reviewers though.
>
> -eric
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Tony Gentilcore <tonyg at chromium.org> wrote:
>> The Surfin' Safari blog seems to have fairly wide readership in the web dev
>> community. Google Reader reports 35k Reader subscribers. For comparison:
>> blog.chromium.org has 17k and blog.mozilla.com has 10k. However, the last
>> post with descriptive content was back on April 18th. Since that post, we've
>> written 8 "X is a now a WebKit reviewer" posts. One recent commenter said:
>> "I don’t suppose there’s anything more interesting going on in WebKit land
>> worth blogging about, is there? So-and-so is a new WebKit reviewer isn’t
>> nearly as interesting as whatever new hotness is coming down the pipe. And I
>> know I’m not the only one who thinks so… Feel like blogging about WebKit
>> awesomeness?"
>>
>> I propose we increase the amount of blogging about WebKit awesomeness by
>> changing the tradition for new reviewer posts.
>>
>> Instead of defaulting to:
>>
>>   So-and-so is now a WebKit reviewer
>>   Posted by Someone-else
>>   So-and-so has worked on awesome-feature or awesome-infrastructure...
>>
>> We encourage (or just allow?) a format more like:
>>
>>   How awesome-infrastructure works
>>   Posted by So-and-so, the latest WebKit reviewer
>>   Here's my description of how awesome-infrastructure works in WebKit...
>>   -OR-
>>
>>   Awesome-feature is the new hotness
>>   Posted by So-and-so, the latest WebKit reviewer
>>   Web developers can now use awesome-feature. Here's how it works...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> -Tony
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