From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 08:49:44 +0000 From: IainWS Message-ID: <80599021-e890-499d-81a7-36a763ea0b71@s9g2000pbq.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <7e93404c-01f6-419a-9f1a-9aee147d4772@iu9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 85d57798-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On May 9, 2:15=A0am, j...@jfloren.net (John Floren) wrote: > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 2:34 AM, IainWS wrote: > > Hi there! I am trying to get involved more with plan 9 but having some > > trouble finding resources on it that are all in one place. I have > > started a blog so that I can add resources to make things more simple > > for new users, and for the community in general. What do people think > > about this? > > > You can find the link to this here: > > >http://plan9docs.wordpress.com/ > > > Any feedback would be much appreciated. > > Could you elaborate on your choice of using "sam -d"? It does make > things easier to translate into a textual blog format, without having > to worry about the windows. On the other hand, without the graphical > interface, sam is really just a super-enhanced ed(1), which is > certainly useful in itself but (in my opinion) not as convenient. > > You might also consider making some youtube videos if you feel > confident enough; I made a few some years back and they were generally > well-received by the random youtubers who found them. Just please make > sure the things you're talking about are accurate--spreading bad > information about Plan 9 is worse than doing nothing :) > > john Thanks john, I Intend to constantly edit the blog so that information that goes in is accurate and up to date. Please if you notice anything that is incorrect (there is bound to be something) then pointing it out would be really helpful.