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saar drimer
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Hello comp.arch.fpga,
tl;dr first: I created a proposal for a Stack Exchange site for
"programmable logic and FPGA design"; if you'd like to support it,
(register and then) "follow" it:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/20632/programmable-logic-and-fpga-design?referrer=YmxhQ2OJUo-FAaI1gMp5oQ2
I'm a long time comp.arch.fpga lurker (about 10 years) with a grand
track record of very few actual posts. Over the years, and recently,
alternatives to this place on usenet were discussed. I think it is
fair to say that the "community" can do better than what usenet
currently has to offer compared to community-support sites for other
topics. I've spent quite a few cycles thinking and researching what's
the best way to get a vendor-independent community-based-and-moderated
support site that will bring us to modern times.
The best I could come up with will give us what I think we need --
*but*, it will take some patience and a bit of effort.
"Stack Exchange" (SE; http://stackexchange.com/) is a set of sites
that allow users to ask technical questions and receive answers from
experts, whose only rewards is ranking, not money. The idea in the
open source community is that once you achieve a certain status
(rank), you'd convert it into contracting gigs or a better job;
basically, you become more visible to the people who may want to hire
you. I think this can work for the people on comp.arch.fpga quite
well. Here's one of the sites, Stack Overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/
SE creators have authored a framework that is hard to imitate (there
are OSS clones out there), and they've now chosen an unorthodox usage-
model for it. It's called "area 51":
http://area51.stackexchange.com/
Basically, people propose themes for an SE sites, then in the
"definition" phase people have to "follow" it and define what are good
and bad topics; then in the "commitment" stage people commit to
contribute; then there's a public beta, and then it becomes an
official site that is "forever" hosted by SE. Their FAQ is here:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq
I created a proposal for "programmable logic and FPGA design" SE site
here:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/20632/programmable-logic-and-fpga-design?referrer=YmxhQ2OJUo-FAaI1gMp5oQ2
I want people's feedback, and support if they think this is a good
idea -- just register if you need to, "follow" and suggest questions
if you feel like it. If you have reputation on the SE network your
commitment will eventually count for more (a slight problem of the
scheme, imo). In presentation, the site appears as "question and
answers" place, though there is no reason not to use it for discussion
as well -- I hope that once the site reaches the final stage it could
be customized a little bit.
Just to be absolutely clear, I have no affiliation with SE, and
frankly I don't care much for their usage model, though as community-
based-and-moderated support sites go, I think they have a pretty good
thing going.
cheers,
saar.
http://www.saardrimer.com
tl;dr first: I created a proposal for a Stack Exchange site for
"programmable logic and FPGA design"; if you'd like to support it,
(register and then) "follow" it:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/20632/programmable-logic-and-fpga-design?referrer=YmxhQ2OJUo-FAaI1gMp5oQ2
I'm a long time comp.arch.fpga lurker (about 10 years) with a grand
track record of very few actual posts. Over the years, and recently,
alternatives to this place on usenet were discussed. I think it is
fair to say that the "community" can do better than what usenet
currently has to offer compared to community-support sites for other
topics. I've spent quite a few cycles thinking and researching what's
the best way to get a vendor-independent community-based-and-moderated
support site that will bring us to modern times.
The best I could come up with will give us what I think we need --
*but*, it will take some patience and a bit of effort.
"Stack Exchange" (SE; http://stackexchange.com/) is a set of sites
that allow users to ask technical questions and receive answers from
experts, whose only rewards is ranking, not money. The idea in the
open source community is that once you achieve a certain status
(rank), you'd convert it into contracting gigs or a better job;
basically, you become more visible to the people who may want to hire
you. I think this can work for the people on comp.arch.fpga quite
well. Here's one of the sites, Stack Overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/
SE creators have authored a framework that is hard to imitate (there
are OSS clones out there), and they've now chosen an unorthodox usage-
model for it. It's called "area 51":
http://area51.stackexchange.com/
Basically, people propose themes for an SE sites, then in the
"definition" phase people have to "follow" it and define what are good
and bad topics; then in the "commitment" stage people commit to
contribute; then there's a public beta, and then it becomes an
official site that is "forever" hosted by SE. Their FAQ is here:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq
I created a proposal for "programmable logic and FPGA design" SE site
here:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/20632/programmable-logic-and-fpga-design?referrer=YmxhQ2OJUo-FAaI1gMp5oQ2
I want people's feedback, and support if they think this is a good
idea -- just register if you need to, "follow" and suggest questions
if you feel like it. If you have reputation on the SE network your
commitment will eventually count for more (a slight problem of the
scheme, imo). In presentation, the site appears as "question and
answers" place, though there is no reason not to use it for discussion
as well -- I hope that once the site reaches the final stage it could
be customized a little bit.
Just to be absolutely clear, I have no affiliation with SE, and
frankly I don't care much for their usage model, though as community-
based-and-moderated support sites go, I think they have a pretty good
thing going.
cheers,
saar.
http://www.saardrimer.com