On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 14:38:31 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> (A slight typo: "2017" in the header)

oops. fixed.


One thing I did this time that I'm not sure if I want to commit to was writing a very brief summary of a couple of the threads. (It had to be very brief tbh because I didn't actually read them all myself, I had just been skimming)

I think it would be too much to do that for everything, but I do like the idea and might do it for at least a few when I can going forward.

One thing I don't want this to ever be is *just* a list of links.

On 26.01.15 14:37, Nick Treleaven wrote:
> On 26/01/2015 05:15, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>> Also available via RSS: http://arsdnet.net/this-week-in-d/twid.rss
> 
> Much appreciated - now works with my Thunderbird, thanks :)

Double :)

On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 14:01:02 UTC, CraigDillabaugh wrote:
> Good luck with the search for your dog!

Thank. I'm especially worried now because the weather took a turn for the worse in Watertown, with sub-zero wind chills and snowfall coming. She's been out since Thursday night, and spotted yesterday morning by someone, so apparently she has made it through the cold nights so far, but it keeps getting worse and she's gotta be wearing down...

with any luck though, she'll stop running from people trying to help her, then she can get inside.

On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 06:47:35 UTC, ketmar wrote:
> great. and i never realised that the trick with

Aye, static imports I think are a bit underused. The tip section (and project spotlight, which takes longer to write but I have a few plans for that too) is something I hope can keep active, experienced users interested in these newsletters each week too.

This one was inspired by a real life problem I helped an emailer though this week, so I was pretty sure it would be worth writing up.

On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 14:48:52 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> One thing I did this time that I'm not sure if I want to commit to was writing a very brief summary of a couple of the threads. (It had to be very brief tbh because I didn't actually read them all myself, I had just been skimming)
>
> I think it would be too much to do that for everything, but I do like the idea and might do it for at least a few when I can going forward.
>
> One thing I don't want this to ever be is *just* a list of links.

Yes, if there is too much trivia on the top of the newsletter people might loose interest and miss out on the "Tip of the week", which could be an important channel for "incremental education".

I guess forum summaries are most interesting if there is:

1. a sense of movement/change of direction

2.  new directions (new framework or compiler)

3. encouragement to participate if there is contention around an important issue before implementation (like before improving the GC).

An acid test would be asking yourself "will this discussion topic be notable after a month?".


I think the usual "hot today" forum topics ought be profiled on dlang.org front page using heuristics. I think dlang.org could list more than 8 threads, with a "more link" that goes to the  forum page. (I doubt most people will use the scroll bar, and it looks ugly :-).

If a forum announcement acts as an "official blog news announcement" then a snippet ought to be present on the front page and in the "This Week in D", with a "read more" link?


Anyway, keep up the good work. I like where you are going with this! :-)

On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 05:42:18 UTC, weaselcat wrote:
> At first I feared there wouldn't be enough content for you to do this weekly but I'm glad I was wrong. D seems more popular than ever.

Yea, and besides, worst case scenario, there's plenty of backlog tips or projects I can talk about to fill it in. A single support email/SO question/IRC comment can lead to enough material to make it look somewhat substantial, even if the forums are pretty dead in a week.

On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 15:07:09 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> Yes, if there is too much trivia on the top of the newsletter people might loose interest and miss out on the "Tip of the week", which could be an important channel for "incremental education".

Right. I thought about putting the tip (etc.) sections on the top too, but then I felt pressured to shorten them so the links aren't too far away and that felt wrong.

This week's turned out pretty good though, I'm happy with this length and order

> I guess forum summaries are most interesting if there is:

Right. Sometimes that is hard to tell though - long threads have often seemed significant, but ended up going nowhere in the past. But that's also the difference between significant threads and major changes - the threads are just talk, the major changes are based on some concrete step.

> If a forum announcement acts as an "official blog news announcement" then a snippet ought to be present on the front page and in the "This Week in D", with a "read more" link?

The subject of announce posts is often pretty good IMO. I haven't felt the need to summarize them much.

> Anyway, keep up the good work. I like where you are going with this! :-)

thanks

On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 15:15:39 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 05:42:18 UTC, weaselcat wrote:
>> At first I feared there wouldn't be enough content for you to do this weekly but I'm glad I was wrong. D seems more popular than ever.
>
> Yea, and besides, worst case scenario, there's plenty of backlog tips or projects I can talk about to fill it in. A single support email/SO question/IRC comment can lead to enough material to make it look somewhat substantial, even if the forums are pretty dead in a week.

I have noticed that email interviews often generate a lot of discussion in programming-oriented social media. I guess there are many people who have used D in a project you could do an email interview with if you feel like having a bit of variety (or someone else could perhaps submit an interview conducted on a meetup?).

Interviews also don´t have to be fresh, they just have to be unpublished so you can "buffer" them as carrots and push it when people have time to read and discuss (easter?)

Did the link disappear from the rust forum? I'm having trouble finding anything but three topics there. Also lots of images are missing.

On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 18:17:39 UTC, Casper Færgemand wrote:
> Did the link disappear from the rust forum?

I don't know, it worked Sunday when I tried it but isn't now for me...