[python-advocacy] [PSF-Members] Helping get Python in more publications?

[Michael Foord]

Steve Holden wrote:
> Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:
>   
>> On 5/3/07, A.M. Kuchling <amk at amk.ca> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 08:20:55PM -0400, Steve Holden wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Indeed. And an award for "Best Python-Related Blog" might fit nicely
>>>> into an awards scheme. We can jig the rules so the same person (or at
>>>> least the same blog) isn't eligible to win it each time.
>>>>         
>>> We could do a Python carnival, collecting particularly notable posts,
>>> but that seems to duplicate what the Daily Python-URL does.
>>>
>>> --amk
>>>       
>> Since we are brainstorming, I'll throw this in.  How about a
>> digg/reddit/delicious style web site dedicated solely to python.  The
>> top rated stories would be used in the rss feed.  So you could
>> participate by voting or just by monitoring the rss feed of those
>> stories who were ranked highly by the community?  Then a community
>> could filter spam, give kudos to important news/stories/blog posts,
>> etc.   Most of the python web resources rely on a few people.  If the
>> burden could be shifted and dispersed it would probably be a good
>> thing.
>>
>> As an example, there are quite a few python mail lists and blogs that
>> I would like to keep tabs on, but time doesn't permit.  However, if
>> there was a filtering method that would let the gems bubble up - I
>> would be able.  I would also be willing to rank messages and blog
>> posts that I do read to contribute back.
>>
>> all pie in the sky right now - but an idea.
>>
>>     
> Sort of a private Python slashdot without the lame comments from the 
> know-nothings. That's an interesting idea.
>
> See the "tagged items" in my .sig and compare with the holdenweb.com 
> front page - we could also use such a system for front-page news. It's 
> all pretty easy with AJAX - no site rebuild is required as the news 
> changes. I just run a script and upload a new file.
>
> The voting by "a community" is a most valuable part of this suggestion.
>
>   

I wonder if reddit.com could supply code? It would be good publicity for 
them and a good way of them supporting the Python community...

Alternatively they could just set-up 'python.reddit.com' for us, and we 
could pickup the top entries with some javascript?

Michael Foord


> regards
>   Steve
>