[tei-council] [Fwd: Community Choice Awards: Finalist Notification]
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
daniel.odonnell at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 17:03:02 EDT 2009
You know, why don't we think of something like this for next year? If we
were close this year, we'll be closer next, and we can start taking
video and photos with an eye to assembling something for next year's
competition (rather than the follow up, just as this year). The people
on council and the members at the meeting are so fun and interesting
that we'd be able to get lots of compelling stuff, I bet.
Maybe for this year, the thing to do is ask Dot (and maybe you Gaby), to
throw together some context for the Dylan video. But to think about
getting some stuff for next year from the next council meeting and the
next members meeting? The only thing I insist on is we must have photos
from the cafe basement in Lyon. Helps the Sourceforge core member-base
romanticise their current living arrangements: "join the TEI: you still
have to work in a basement,... but with us at least you can wear a beret!"
-dan
Gabriel BODARD wrote:
> So I'm getting more visions of this (if only we had a little more time).
>
> (1) Dot may well be the perfect face for the TEI--more photogenic than
> most of us, for starters! ;-) A short video explaining what the TEI is
> for--markup of text and editorial observations and decisions about
> text--illustrated with a couple of short examples from the Dylan lyrics,
> would make a great prefix to that video.
>
> (2) Then we would get a short skit from Sebastian on what technical work
> we get up to--including highlights such as the XSLT, conversion tools,
> i18n, Roma, the fact that we invented ODD that is implementable outside
> of TEI, etc.
>
> (3) A contextualizing bit tying these two together--perhaps
> Laurent?--and bringing in digital humanities and libraries as a whole.
> Would also help establish our international credentials.
>
> Anyone else who wants to record themselves saying a bit about what's
> important in TEI from their point of view, would also add to the
> arsenal. All of these videos could be uploaded to the TEI YouTube
> channel, and even if SourceForge don't want to know, they'll be a useful
> viral marketing tool out there and to call upon in the future.
>
> Can we do that in a week?
>
> G
>
> Daniel Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>
>> Dot, darling, would you? James also has tons of photos of council, if
>> you want additional visuals.
>>
>> But to be honest, not too much explanation!
>>
>> Dot Porter wrote:
>>
>>> As the individual responsible for the encoding in that video, I'd be
>>> happy to go on camera and say a few words about the thought process
>>> behind it.
>>>
>>> Dot
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Gabriel Bodard<gabriel.bodard at kcl.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I think the Dylan video is actually pretty cool (not that that was ever
>>>> in question), and while it explicitly isn't what SF were asking for, I
>>>> think it *would* make a good part of any submission we did send to them.
>>>> If, for example, we had a couple of short videos of people talking about
>>>> TEI and what it does and what we do, then this (perhaps preceeded by a
>>>> talking head explaining what it is, with a couple of slides showing some
>>>> of the <choice> and <note> elements that fly past to quickly on the
>>>> YouTube screen really to see what they're about...) would make that
>>>> submission richer. IMO.
>>>>
>>>> G
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Paul O'Donnell a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What is this "read the message" you speak of? Does anybody do that any
>>>>> more? I thought email was like poetry: more people write it than read it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lou Burnard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Iff you read the message it does make clear what kind of video they're looking
>>>>>> for -- and the Dylan one is not it. Not that that need stop us (and indeed, it
>>>>>> hasn't)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> n message <4A30B00A.6040806 at oucs.ox.ac.uk> James Cummings
>>>>>> <James.Cummings at oucs.ox.ac.uk> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Daniel Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've just passed this on to the board.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Seriously, this is a pretty big honour. In addition to being proud of
>>>>>>>> ourselves, we should be thinking about what to do about it. Is the
>>>>>>>> thinking we should use the viral video? It is a pretty neat idea.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think the viral video doesn't really explain what TEI is very well.
>>>>>>> If I watched it I would assume it was some XML thing for music videos at
>>>>>>> best.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think we should do something like the excellent
>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
>>>>>>> "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us" by Mike Wesch. (That I'm sure
>>>>>>> you've all seen, or should have seen.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -James
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -dan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> see below
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> its probably a non-happening, but
>>>>>>>>> the point about the video is interesting.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> who'd like to produce, direct and star in a quick
>>>>>>>>> promo on you tube?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Community Choice Awards: Finalist Notification
>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:39:59 -0700
>>>>>>>>> From: Ross Turk <rturk at corp.sourceforge.com>
>>>>>>>>> To: Ross David Turk <rturk at corp.sourceforge.com>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi! We have just finished tallying the nominations for our fourth
>>>>>>>>> annual SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards, and I have some news
>>>>>>>>> for you.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Your project, Text Encoding Initiative, has been selected as an
>>>>>>>>> alternate finalist in Best Project for Academia.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Being an alternate means that you didn't have enough nominations to be
>>>>>>>>> a finalist, but you were really, *really* close. If one of our
>>>>>>>>> finalists declines to accept their nomination, we may need you to fill
>>>>>>>>> in!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This year, we want our voters to know as much as possible about your
>>>>>>>>> project...but we need your help! Please respond to this email with the
>>>>>>>>> following info before June 17th:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 4. This one is optional, but it could make a big difference. We'd like
>>>>>>>>> to show our voters a video that introduces them to the core members of
>>>>>>>>> your team. Send along the URL (on YouTube) and we'll make sure they
>>>>>>>>> see it!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 6. Our finalists are usually pretty interesting people. Are you
>>>>>>>>> willing to be contacted by our public relations team about interviews
>>>>>>>>> with the press?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your responses. It's very important that we
>>>>>>>>> receive this information by June 17th - we'll be kicking off the final
>>>>>>>>> vote on the 22nd, and we have to have time to put everything together.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Congratulations on having such a dedicated community, and best of luck!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ross Turk
>>>>>>>>> Director of Community, SourceForge
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (P.S. - Sorry if you've received more than one copy of this email. My
>>>>>>>>> outgoing SMTP server has been acting a bit strange.)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Dr James Cummings, Research Technologies Service, University of Oxford
>>>>>>> James dot Cummings at oucs dot ox dot ac dot uk
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>>>>>>>
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>>>> Dr Gabriel BODARD
>>>> (Epigrapher & Digital Classicist)
>>>>
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>
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Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Associate Professor of English
University of Lethbridge
Chair and CEO, Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org/)
Founding Director, Digital Medievalist Project (http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/)
Chair, Electronic Editions Advisory Board, Medieval Academy of America
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