[ocaml-infra] blog.ocaml.org

[Malcolm Matalka]

Python not having success stories on it's front page is fairly new. They
had that NASA thing on their for ages.

FWIW, I think success stories are fine, I just ignore them.
On Jan 8, 2013 10:03 PM, "Leo White" <lpw25 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> I think that both those examples would be better posted on someone's blog
> and fed through the Planet. And I think the same could probably be said of
> anything that might go on blog.ocaml.org.
>
> If something is important then it should have its own page, but if it is
> just something interesting that you would like to share with people then it
> is probably better to put it on a personal blog.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Regards,
>
> Leo
>
> P.S. I also think that those kind of "see, people do use our language"
> pages seem a bit desparate on an official website. You don't see a "Python
> success stories" page on www.python.org.
>
>
>
> On Jan 8 2013, Ashish Agarwal wrote:
>
>  On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> What would be the intended content for the blog?
>>
>>
>> Mainly I wanted it because there are items that make sense to go on the
>> ocaml.org website, but which become slowly less relevant over time. It's
>> awkward to keep these as normal html files. A few examples:
>>
>> * Serious Contender page [1]. It's nice, but where to put it? It would be
>> perfect as a blog post (backdated in this case) because it was relevant at
>> the time the page was made, and we don't want to claim this as a recent
>> news item (since the information in it is old).
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/ocaml/**ocaml.org/issues/34<https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml.org/issues/34>
>>
>>
>> * Success Stories [2] might make more sense as blog posts. Some of the
>> current ones are kind of outdated. Making each of these a blog post would
>> automatically make them less relevant over time (and presumably we'll have
>> new success stories being added over the years). The current page could be
>> a filter on blog posts tagged "Success Story".
>>
>> [2] http://ocaml.org/success.html
>>
>>
>> * Semi-official announcements, e.g.
>> - a new release of OCaml (but this would overlap with Inria's blog, so
>> should be coordinated with them)
>> - "Real World OCaml in print". This would be a result of wide spread
>> importance to the community.
>>
>> I think it should be limited in use. Opening it up more widely seems
>> unnecessary. You can easily make your own blog, and subscribe it to the
>> Planet.
>>
>> -Ashish
>>
>>
>
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