LGM2016_PIXLS.US

Event: Libre Graphics Meeting 2016
Date: April 15-18, 2016
Location: University of Westminster, Harrow, London
http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2016/
Time: 20min

PIXLS.US – Building a Freedom Based Photography Community

This presentation is to be an overview of the efforts to date of building PIXLS.US as a community and site.

It is also an opportunity to highlight new projects being created by community members (PhotoFlow, Filmulator, etc).

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Notes

via darix, something we often heard from users about discuss:

doesn't feel like a forum, but better

Archive Info

Draft Outline

• Intro
• Motivation
• History
• State
• Proposed Solution
  • Synthesis!!!
• Implementation
  • Building the site
  • Building the community
• Modifications(?)
• Results
• Looking forward (World of Tomorrow!)

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• motivation
• history
  • meetthegimp.org
  • gimpchat
• proprietary mostly
  • kelbyone
  • phlearn
  • lynda
  • dpreview
  • ...
• if FLOSS mentioned, in passing at best
• tutorial sites (already existed)
  • spread out over many different sites
  • quality varies wildly (100 "best method!" clickbait)
  • often cheap clickbait for monetization
• tutorial history (blog.patdavid) + contributors
• building the site
  • static vs. dynamic cms
  • include community!
    • commenting system non-invasive, tracking
    • discourse!

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Notes

via darix, something we often heard from users about discuss:

doesn't feel like a forum, but better

Archive Info

Draft Outline

• Intro
• Motivation
• History
• State
• Proposed Solution
  • Synthesis!!!
• Implementation
  • Building the site
  • Building the community
• Modifications(?)
• Results
• Looking forward (World of Tomorrow!)

---

• motivation
• history
  • meetthegimp.org
  • gimpchat
• proprietary mostly
  • kelbyone
  • phlearn
  • lynda
  • dpreview
  • ...
• if FLOSS mentioned, in passing at best
• tutorial sites (already existed)
  • spread out over many different sites
  • quality varies wildly (100 "best method!" clickbait)
  • often cheap clickbait for monetization
• tutorial history (blog.patdavid) + contributors
• building the site
  • static vs. dynamic cms
  • include community!
    • commenting system non-invasive, tracking
    • discourse!