Old screenshots hanging around?

Valorie Zimmerman valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com
Tue Sep 7 09:36:46 CEST 2010


On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Abhishek Rane <abhishekrane at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:49 AM, Valorie Zimmerman
> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Abhishek Rane <abhishekrane at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Valorie Zimmerman
>>> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I just looked at our top-level Screenshots page:
>>>> http://amarok.kde.org/en/screenshots
>>>>
>>>> and it is shockingly out of date! Last version with a screenshot is
>>>> 2.1! I don't have the authority to edit that page, but if you have
>>>> screenshots on your hard drive or posted somewhere, please ping us,
>>>> and let's get that page looking better.
>>>>
>>>> Valorie
>>
>>> Amarok has a Flickr account too, which sadly, hasn't been in use for a
>>> while. If we're to crowd source the screenshots, then why not ask
>>> people to mail screenies to Lydia or me, so that we'll upload them to
>>> Flickr, thus giving credit to that Amarok fan(in the description). A
>>> good way to promote this screenshot campaign would be to ask users to
>>> send us a picture of "their Amarok", and we'll upload it to our
>>> 'official' Flickr account. A similar campaign could be launched for
>>> screencasts, as I've run out of ideas. If any of the rokymoters needs
>>> the password for the Flickr account please contact me at
>>> abhishektux at gmail.com .
>>>  Amarok Studios on Flickr.
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarokstudios/
>>> http://www.flickr.com/people/amarokstudios/
>>>
>>> -Abhishek
>>
>> Nice idea, Abhishek! Please turn your request above into a little
>> article for the Insider, and add it:
>>
>> http://rokymotion.pwsp.net/wiki/Articles/Amarok_Insider_15
>>
>> I trust you have all heard that we have another week to get the
>> Insider in shape.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Valorie
>>
>> PS: I'll be offline for a couple of days; hopefully will be back and
>> catching up by Sunday night. -v

>
> I've added the article to the Insider, but I feel we need to promote
> this campaign on a.k.o too(as a blog post). Basically, as part of the
> campaign we ask users to send us their screenshots and screencasts,
> and we'll upload them to Amarok's Flickr and Youtube accounts, also
> giving them appropriate credit. A few more things that need to be done
> :
> 1) In the screenshots section on ako, post a link to the official
> Flickr account.

Please do this!

> 2) Add a new section on a.k.o by the name screencasts, so that users
> can discover more features in amarok when they visit the site for the
> first time.

More than one screenshot area? I think we need to pay attention to the
one we HAVE at http://amarok.kde.org/en/screenshots

> 3) Create a new section on a.k.o, which includes links to Amarok's
> twitter, facebook, and, other social profiles.

Agreed. http://amarok.kde.org/en/socialmedia , perhaps? Link to the
Amarok planet, too.

Valorie
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