[User-committee] [app] Revamp openstack.org/appdev

Jimmy Mcarthur jimmy at tipit.net
Mon Dec 12 15:14:29 UTC 2016


Patricia,

Can you tell me what time the meeting is today?

Thank you!
Jimmy McArthur

> Montenegro, Patricia <mailto:patricia.montenegro at intel.com>
> December 9, 2016 at 6:15 PM
> Thanks Lauren, Anne and Flanders!
> I took the action last week to map the exiting content and this is 
> what I produced:
> https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1980cAUwLGTbCdx9rALuzO5VXyA8ZYHmWOkRMDVSBFfU/edit?usp=sharing 
>
>
>  We’re meeting again this Monday, I’ve added your recommendations that 
> we start defining goals and audience and sketch content ideas. It’d be 
> great if you could join.
>
> Agenda: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/2016_Dec_12_App_Dev_Enablement
>
> :D
> Patricia
>
> From: Lauren Sell <lauren at openstack.org <mailto:lauren at openstack.org>>
> Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 6:06 AM
> To: Anne Gentle <annegentle at justwriteclick.com 
> <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>>
> Cc: Patricia Montenegro <patricia.montenegro at intel.com 
> <mailto:patricia.montenegro at intel.com>>, user-committee 
> <user-committee at lists.openstack.org 
> <mailto:user-committee at lists.openstack.org>>
> Subject: Re: [User-committee] [app] Revamp openstack.org/appdev
>
>
>
> Yes! The page was launched mid-2015 and meant to promote the first app 
> guide, as well as aggregate relevant content for app developers. Since 
> that time we added links to content developed by the ISV working 
> group, as well as the containers white paper and landing page.
>
> The page is in great need of a content overhaul, and I would for the 
> working group to collaborate with members of the Foundation staff 
> web/design/content team. We just need to figure out the right model 
> for engagement for the initial content development, as well as ongoing 
> updates. I’m going to chat with the Foundation team and come back with 
> some ideas, but it’s worth getting started on goals and sketching out 
> content ideas in the meantime.
>
>
> I suggest that first we clearly define the audience(s) and goals for 
> the page. We’re generally making an effort to better define 
> audience/role, goals and their path through the website (and 
> community) as we continue to add more content to openstack.org 
> <http://openstack.org>.
>
> As we’ve informally talked about the page amongst the Foundation 
> staff, we think it’s important to be interactive, hands-on and to 
> recognize that there’s additional complexity due to sub-audiences 
> defined by different tools and technology stacks.
>
> Since the page was launched, a few new resources developed by the 
> community include the Cloud App Labs (hands-on!), which were debuted 
> at the Barcelona Summit, Superuser articles, hackathons and of course 
> new presentations and videos from the Summit and other events.
>
>
> Agree that developer.openstack.org <http://developer.openstack.org> is 
> another very important resource. I believe the working group is 
> already eyeing it, but as always, there is a general need for more 
> resources :)
>
> Thanks Patricia and Anne!
>
>
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> Lauren Sell <mailto:lauren at openstack.org>
> December 7, 2016 at 8:06 AM
>
>
> Yes! The page was launched mid-2015 and meant to promote the first app 
> guide, as well as aggregate relevant content for app developers. Since 
> that time we added links to content developed by the ISV working 
> group, as well as the containers white paper and landing page.
>
> The page is in great need of a content overhaul, and I would for the 
> working group to collaborate with members of the Foundation staff 
> web/design/content team. We just need to figure out the right model 
> for engagement for the initial content development, as well as ongoing 
> updates. I’m going to chat with the Foundation team and come back with 
> some ideas, but it’s worth getting started on goals and sketching out 
> content ideas in the meantime.
>
>
> I suggest that first we clearly define the audience(s) and goals for 
> the page. We’re generally making an effort to better define 
> audience/role, goals and their path through the website (and 
> community) as we continue to add more content to openstack.org 
> <http://openstack.org>.
>
> As we’ve informally talked about the page amongst the Foundation 
> staff, we think it’s important to be interactive, hands-on and to 
> recognize that there’s additional complexity due to sub-audiences 
> defined by different tools and technology stacks.
>
> Since the page was launched, a few new resources developed by the 
> community include the Cloud App Labs (hands-on!), which were debuted 
> at the Barcelona Summit, Superuser articles, hackathons and of course 
> new presentations and videos from the Summit and other events.
>
>
> Agree that developer.openstack.org <http://developer.openstack.org> is 
> another very important resource. I believe the working group is 
> already eyeing it, but as always, there is a general need for more 
> resources :)
>
> Thanks Patricia and Anne!
>
>
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> Anne Gentle <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
> December 7, 2016 at 7:32 AM
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Montenegro, Patricia 
> <patricia.montenegro at intel.com <mailto:patricia.montenegro at intel.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     As part of the App Developer Enablement WG goals for this cycle we
>     want to improve openstack.org/appdev
>     <http://openstack.org/appdev>. The goal is to make it a reference
>     for app developers that want to adopt OpenStack clouds. To get
>     started we need help from the community with the following things:
>
>      1. *History and ownership* – We need to know the history behind
>         the existing site, who owns/maintains it, where did the
>         existing content come from, analytic, etc. Anything that can
>         help us understand the current site to shape the next
>         version. If you have any information or know who might have
>         it, please let me know.
>
>
> I believe the Foundation started this up in 2015 to get re-use out of 
> the First App content and video content. The First App content was 
> written in a book sprint in June 2015, led by Tom Fifield, blog post 
> here: 
> http://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/07/writing-your-first-openstack-application/.
>
>      1. *Existing content* – I have the action to map the existing
>         content, but I’m hopeful someone already has that
>         information.  If you have any information or know who might
>         have it, please let me know.
>
> The content consists of:
> a link to www.openstack.org/isv <http://www.openstack.org/isv>
> a link to the First App guide for libcloud
> a link to a containers white paper
> a link to developer.openstack.org <http://developer.openstack.org>
> a link to the app.openstack.org <http://app.openstack.org> site
> links to relevant Summit videos
>
>      1. *Desired content – *Here’s the interesting part: what
>         information you think will be useful for app developers to
>         adopt and use OpenStack? Do you have content you think might
>         be useful? Do you want to help shape this?
>
> I'll have to think about this question more. PaaS comes to mind as 
> does the app architecture references.
>
> But. If this page is meant to be a marketing page, consider working on 
> developer.openstack.org <http://developer.openstack.org> instead. 
> That's easier for community members to change as it's sourced in git.
>
> Anne
>
>     Chime in folks, we need all the help we can get.
>
>     Stefano, Kathy and Allisson, do you have any insight?
>
>     :D
>     Patricia
>
>
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