not a developer? not a problem!' brett profitt #ecsf
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Not a Developer?Not a problem!
Giving back is more than code!
Brett Profitt • ElggCamp SF 2012 • [email protected] • @brettprofitt
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Conversations: The curious
"I love Elgg. Is there a plugin that...?"
@BrettProfitt • SpeakerRate: http://el.gg/as3ai
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Conversations: The demanding
"I love Elgg. You need to write a plugin that..."
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Conversations: The threatening
"I use Elgg. I'm going to switch to Socialize Wowzer X-Treme Pro Elite unless you..."
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Conversations: The true love
"I love Elgg. How can I help?"
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An OSS project is more than code
● Community● Documentation● Evangelism● (Others, but we only have 20 minutes!)
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Community
● Moderate community site● Try and comment on plugins● Help newbies
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Community - Adopt a newbie example
Matt Beckett helps a newbie
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Documentation
● Non-technical docs● Lessons learned● Docs for users
@BrettProfitt • SpeakerRate: http://el.gg/as3ai
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Community - User documentation
Arvixe's Elgg blog by Rodolfo Hernandez
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Evangelism
● Telling people about Elgg● Holding meetups● Tweeting, suggesting it to people to try,
blogging
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Community - Evangelism
Elgg Meetup LDN (Laura Gill) and NYC (Mike Kasper, Rene Yap)
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Community is #1
● Everything is important, but community is #1.● Plans to improve the Elgg community
○ New theme○ Improved plugin repo○ Karma plugin○ Ignore users
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Not a Developer?Not a problem!
SpeakerRate: http://el.gg/as3ai
Brett Profitt • ElggCamp SF 2012 • [email protected] • @brettprofitt