Re: [Orgmode] Re: Sourceforge community award

[Dan Davison]

John Rakestraw <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Carsten and the list --
>
> I really like the ideas, and I'm trying merely to shorten -- see
> suggestions below.
>
> --John
>
>> 
>> I also do like Brian's description a lot.  But it is 190 characters,
>> I am not sure if we can stretch the "about 140" this much?  I have
>> been trying to shorten it a bit - please check if it still captures
>> the essence.....
>> 
>> Here is the current state of our reply to Sourceforge - please comment
>> 
>> > 1. Complete this sentence in about 140 characters: "Our project is
>> > [-foo-]."  For example, "Our project is a tool that helps you wash  
>> > your
>> > car."
>> >
>> 
>>     Org-mode masters personal/project information your way, in plain  
>> text,
>>     with features out of your way until you want them, backed by the
>>     power of Emacs.
>
> Org-mode masters personal/project information your way, in plain  
> text, with features hidden until needed, backed by the power of Emacs.


(unless (string-match "Our project is a" sourceforge-submission-sentence 0)
  (message "shouldn't we follow the instructions?"))

>> > 1. Complete this sentence in about 140 characters: "Our project is
>> > [-foo-]." 


>
>> 
>> 
>> > 2. Complete this sentence, also in about 140 characters: "We
>> > should win
>> > because [-bar-]."  For example, "We should win because we have a  
>> > strong
>> > community and we solve a universal problem."
>> 
>>     We should win because by allowing people to evolve their
>>     productive selves, org-mode has created one of the best
>>     communities in the open-source world.
>
> We should win because org-mode, by making users more productive, has
> spawned one of the best communities in the open-source world. 
>
>> > 3. Please provide a logo (or screenshot, if you'd prefer) for your
>> > project.  It should be at least 640x480, but we'll also be showing
>> > it as a thumbnail.
>> 
>> I am attaching the picture to this email, you can also retrieve it
>> from
>> 
>> http://orgmode.org/Org-mode-scc.png
>> 
>> (((Thanks to Greg Newman for fixing up the unicorn and pasting it
>> nicely into the screenshot - any objections against this picture?
>> Note that it needs to work as a thumbnail as well, which this one
>> will, I believe.)))
>> 
>> For the time being, I am sending you this link, which is a Google
>> Tech Talk
>> by me (Carsten Dominik, main author of Org-mode).
>> 
>>         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJTwQvgfgMM
>> 
>> Before the deadline you should get another email from Bastien Guerry,
>> with a link to a new video which we made just for this occasion.
>> If so, please link to that video instead.
>> 
>> > 5. In some cases, I'm mailing several people in your community
>> > because I don't know who the right person is.  If you're not the
>> > right person for me to be dealing with, please let me know.
>> > I certainly don't want to be irritating.
>> 
>> Main address:       address@hidden
>> Secondary address:  address@hidden
>> 
>> > 6. Our finalists are usually pretty interesting people.  Are you
>> > willing to be contacted by our public relations team about
>> > interviews with the press?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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