***User submissions on AI? What do you think?
Would you guys be interested in writing and submitting good articles about emerging technologies, beta software, reviews of new software and hardware, to be posted on the AI site?
We'd be looking for cogent, well-written pieces.
Note- this is not a call for submissions- rather a gauging of interest with which we can convince the higher-ups that this is a good step to take.
So, opinions please!
[ 03-09-2002: Message edited by: Jonathan ]</p>
We'd be looking for cogent, well-written pieces.
Note- this is not a call for submissions- rather a gauging of interest with which we can convince the higher-ups that this is a good step to take.
So, opinions please!
[ 03-09-2002: Message edited by: Jonathan ]</p>
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Additionally, this would create new openings for authority figures: I can't review all the submissions and stuff myself. A new submissions/review team (volunteers, of course) would need to be created.
thinking about this more, i was thinking to have several diffferent categories. A section for member-created mockups, a section for editorials, etc.
It's long been said that what makes AI so special is the community- why not tap the greatness of the community to pump a little life back into the main page or whatnot?
Mock-ups and stuff like that: Isn´t enough sites doing that?
I would gladly submit an article about the similarities and differences between the sociology of Luhmann and Object Orientated programming
Put me down for one big YAY!
J :cool:
I like the Mochup idea alot.
Somefresh articles would be a good thing, but a carbon copy of another site would not. (MacRumors) There is nothing at MacRumors for me, but then again. If they had an awesome UBB comunity things might be different around there.
What would cool IMO would be for
AI news to be the first legacy site to break the old Mac mold, and do some reporting on OS 10 UNIX.
Like articles on what developers are sturring up at sorceforge? What are Mac xNix developers working on for us, and what is waiting in the wings. Maybe some Unix Tip's, or what not.
I think you would need much faster servers with a lot more space if you took a leap into the future of the Macintosh platform.
You would get a lot more UBB members also, and would probably have to add a few forums to acomidate.
What ever you do. I've always liked the fact that AI is it's own design much like Apple itself. Don't loose your originalty.
Take all these elements. User Mochups (vote on the mochups that are displayed), Legacy AI Rumors, and inside info - then add the Mac Unix Community news, and you would have an extremely popular site. Not that you don't already.
And that is my input.
<strong>All I can say is I have not seen the front page of AI in a loooong time becase I know there is nothing new out there.
I like the Mochup idea alot.
Somefresh articles would be a good thing, but a carbon copy of another site would not. (MacRumors) There is nothing at MacRumors for me, but then again. If they had an awesome UBB comunity things might be different around there.
What would cool IMO would be for
AI news to be the first legacy site to break the old Mac mold, and do some reporting on OS 10 UNIX.
Like articles on what developers are sturring up at sorceforge? What are Mac xNix developers working on for us, and what is waiting in the wings. Maybe some Unix Tip's, or what not.
I think you would need much faster servers with a lot more space if you took a leap into the future of the Macintosh platform.
You would get a lot more UBB members also, and would probably have to add a few forums to acomidate.
What ever you do. I've always liked the fact that AI is it's own design much like Apple itself. Don't loose your originalty.
Take all these elements. User Mochups (vote on the mochups that are displayed), Legacy AI Rumors, and inside info - then add the Mac Unix Community news, and you would have an extremely popular site. Not that you don't already.
And that is my input.</strong><hr></blockquote>
We've got a plenty fast server. Dual GHZ, 2 gig ram, all the trimmings.
When the new site comes, we'll freshen up the layouts/etc a bit. I've been working on something....
I'm thinking that it's not going to be so focused on the *nix parts of OS X... however, if someone would like to start writing something about that, by all means... they can go right ahead...
The rules are that there are no rules. It goes without saying that we'll edit the stuff a bit, of course.
This is, all, of course, dependent upon how receptive the MacNN people are to this idea...
seeing as they don't particularly like or care about this place too much, it's possible that they won't give this any attention...
i'd think something like the good 'ol <a href="http://commons.ucalgary.ca/king/appleinsider/Forum4/HTML/005430.html"; target="_blank">cookie</a> <a href="http://commons.ucalgary.ca/king/appleinsider/Forum4/HTML/005430-2.html"; target="_blank">sheet</a> thread would be a great start for a first article.
[ 03-09-2002: Message edited by: alcimedes ]</p>
MOSR and especially Think Secret seem to have plenty of material. ATAT is doing fine even if they aren't a pur rumor site.
Is it a problem of lack of info or a lack of interests or something else?
<strong>why have you resorted to this? has all rumor and "inside info" dried up.
MOSR and especially Think Secret seem to have plenty of material. ATAT is doing fine even if they aren't a pur rumor site.
Is it a problem of lack of info or a lack of interests or something else?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I posted an explanation in GD in a thread called 'Someone Had To Do it"... it's pretty detailed and convoluted.
go take a look.
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I posted an explanation in GD in a thread called 'Someone Had To Do it"... it's pretty detailed and convoluted.
go take a look.</strong><hr></blockquote>
was that suppose to be a joke?
<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=000501"; target="_blank">http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=000501</a>;
<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=6&t=000840"; target="_blank">http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=6&t=000840</a>;
edit- realized it's in AO not GD. apologies.
[ 03-10-2002: Message edited by: Jonathan ]</p>
So how about instead of rumors, more background reports like the cookie sheet thread Anders mentioned?
I've always thought the predictions based just on publicly available information, combined with general knowledge of the industry and computer engineering were more plausible than the "leak-from-an-insider" types of rumors.
There are people with lots of different expertise here, and we only usually get to see it in disorganized bits and pieces.
Some ideas off the top of my head:
What is 32-bit vs. 64-bit?
What are Mhz, bus speed, L3 caches, etc.?
Which is really faster, the G4 or the PIV?
What is Carbon vs. Cocoa?
What is Apple's market share?
Analyses of Apple's financials.
I think some well-done analysis articles like this, done as objectively as possible, with links and all, would be much more useful to people than the "I heard from a drunk Apple employee that..." types of articles. They'd be hard to do well, but I think people may do them just for the respect they'd get here.