Blog v Forum
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2004-08-07 07:46:45 - Graham EllisLook around this site and you'll find lots of changing information including a Blog and a Forum. You'll also find a "what's new" page and a library listing that changes with our ever-increasing number of Open Source books.
What are they all for? Why do we have them all? Each has a different purpose!
The Blog - known as "The Horse's Mouth" - gives me an opportunity to write on any and every subject just in case people are interested - almost like an interactive diary. With search technology leaping forward, a diary / daily note needs not be a boring document in which the occasional gem is so well hidden that it will never be found ... rather, the search technology can be used by the visitor to find the gem. Syndication and listing content on search engines can widen the potential readership (or should I say searchership? ) and turn personal ramblings into, potentially, a useful resource.
Our Forum - "Opentalk" - provides help for the community of newcomers to Open Source programming to ask questions and discuss issues with others in a similar position, with some more advanced folks helping along and guiding. It's subject based (as opposed to a Blog, which is Author based) although once again the searchability of the Forum, site and Web make the resource far more valuable than a mere paper publication.
The "What's New" page is a quick update for our busy customers who visit our site to find out what we're doing and don't have the time or inclination to trawl and find out.
Links:
Horse's Mouth (Blog)
Opentalk (Forum)
What's new
Home Page