[TriLUG] TLDP

[David Both]

I think this is a great idea, but I notice that several of the blogs have not 
been updated for a year or more. Several years in at least a couple cases and 
one is apparently no longer on-line.. But let's do it anyway. Perhaps some of 
the older blogs can be brought up to date with new information.





On 01/05/2015 08:52 AM, Jason Evans wrote:
> There's this:
>
> http://planettrilug.org/
>
> Jason
>
> On 1/5/2015 8:43 AM, Ken M wrote:
>> Perhaps we should get a members site list put out there in general.  Kind of 
>> part of our user directory. Just my $0.02 that that might be a good thing in 
>> general.  Be it blogs or what not.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 08:40:06AM -0500, David Both wrote:
>>> +1
>>>
>>> My own web site, http://www.databook.bz, is a good example of
>>> creating a blog or personal database of some sort as a memory aid
>>> for one's self and making it available to others. Mine started
>>> primarily because I had to research the same problems, fixes and
>>> various bits of information several times over. In part due to the
>>> holes in memory caused by just getting older, but also because I do
>>> many of these things so infrequently that they don't get ingrained
>>> into my brain or muscle memory.
>>>
>>> I would suggest that if any of you other folks on this list have
>>> similar blogs or memory aides, that you let us all know of their URL
>>> so we can partake of your collective knowledge and wisdom.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/05/2015 08:30 AM, Ken M wrote:
>>>> Second this idea.  And Alan's blog is a good example one.  Having browsed 
>>>> it myself there is some cool stuff in there.
>>>>
>>>> Another option is participating in wikis and forums to document bugs and 
>>>> workarounds.  Last year I came full circle for the first time on this.  As 
>>>> in I could not remember the steps for a fix I had done a couple months 
>>>> prior for something.  So I went to google it and the top response that came 
>>>> back was my own forum post on the solution.  So I actually ended up 
>>>> googling myself sort of.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 10:24:31PM -0500, Alan Porter wrote:
>>>>>> Quality documentation is useful and people should be praised for wanting 
>>>>>> to contribute by producing more of it.
>>>>> If fully volunteering for a project like TLDP is too much for you, it's
>>>>> still worthwhile to share your experiences through blog posts.
>>>>>
>>>>> I started writing tech stuff on my blog as a way to document tricks for
>>>>> myself, so future-me could find reminders of the Linux-fu that past-me
>>>>> had accomplished.  But once that stuff is recorded in a public searchable
>>>>> space, it can benefit a lot of downstream users.
>>>>>
>>>>> So write on!
>

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