On the Blog: DLang News for September/October 2021

For those of you who haven't been keeping up, a summary of the latest goings on in DLand over the past two months is now up on the blog. I've also included a message that's more forward-looking.

The blog:
https://dlang.org/blog/2021/10/29/dlang-news-september-october-2021-d-2-098-0-openbsd-saoc-dconf-online-swag/

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/qie7t5/dlang_20980_released_now_available_on_openbsd/

I'll be putting together a video version this weekend for the foundation's YouTube channel that I should be able to publish by Sunday.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has subscribed there already. We've surpassed 1000 subscribers! With that milestone and our 5,400+ total valid watch hours in the past 12 months, we now qualify for the YT Partner Program. That means we can start using our channel as a low-friction means of raising money for the foundation. We'll apply after DConf Online. That's also when I'll start publishing the Learning D video tutorials I'd originally planned to create a new channel for (which would have been a silly thing to do).

I'm also going to start actively looking for people interested in creating quality content for a new playlist, content that the foundation will pay for. So if you have an idea you'd like to turn into a D-centric video, please don't hesitate to let me know.

On Sunday, 31 October 2021 at 19:31:38 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: > On 10/31/21 12:26 PM, Mike Parker wrote: > >> The video version is done and is available here: >> >> https://youtu.be/jX9grHMTGAU >> > > WOW! That's amazing! :) > > Ali Thanks, Ali :-)

On Monday, 1 November 2021 at 04:08:00 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

I think the YouTube channel is a better vector to spread the Good Word about D than the blog, and I really want to make more use of it.

The blog is good for explaining technical material, and has a lot of value because of Google, but I agree YouTube is better for evangelizing.

Time is always the downer, though. So I'll be begging for contributed content (like I used to beg for guest posts on the blog) after DConf Online.

One suggestion I have is that the format of PLTalk by Jean Yang might be a good fit when you want to get others involved. If you're not familiar with it, she has a Zoom chat with someone, that person demos whatever they're talking about, and she asks clarifying questions. She records the talk and uploads it to YouTube. Here's an example that would work well for short demos of changes to the language/new libraries/whatever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kylAbEPcadw&t=712s

You might have other plans, but it's one way to reduce the cost for yourself and for others.

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