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digitalmars.D.announce - On the Blog: DLang News for September/October 2021

reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
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.
Oct 29 2021
next sibling parent reply Imperatorn <johan_forsberg_86 hotmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 15:03:46 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 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.

 [...]


👏
Oct 30 2021
parent reply Brian Callahan <bcallah openbsd.org> writes:
On Saturday, 30 October 2021 at 15:19:26 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

 On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 15:03:46 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 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.

 [...]


 👏


Agreed. And thank you for the shoutout in the blog post. Quite 
unexpected but quite nice.

~Brian
Oct 30 2021
parent Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 30 October 2021 at 15:41:21 UTC, Brian Callahan 
wrote:

 Agreed. And thank you for the shoutout in the blog post. Quite 
 unexpected but quite nice.

 ~Brian


Thanks, Brian! And thank *you* for your work on OpenBSD.
Oct 31 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 15:03:46 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 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.


The video version is done and is available here:

https://youtu.be/jX9grHMTGAU

I really want this to be a regular thing every two months, for 
both a news blog post and video. My request from you: share, 
share, share!
Oct 31 2021
next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
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
Oct 31 2021
parent Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
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 :-)
Oct 31 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply bachmeier <no spam.net> writes:
On Sunday, 31 October 2021 at 19:26:24 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 15:03:46 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 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.


 The video version is done and is available here:

 https://youtu.be/jX9grHMTGAU

 I really want this to be a regular thing every two months, for 
 both a news blog post and video. My request from you: share, 
 share, share!


Good video. Makes the language feel exciting.
Oct 31 2021
parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 1 November 2021 at 04:01:51 UTC, bachmeier wrote:


 Good video. Makes the language feel exciting.


Thanks! I've long wanted to do something like this, but it took 
me a while to get settled into a video editor.

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. 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.
Oct 31 2021
parent reply bachmeier <no spam.net> writes:
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.
Nov 01 2021
parent Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 1 November 2021 at 13:22:11 UTC, bachmeier wrote:


 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.


There's a rather significant segment of younger programmers who 
prefer videos over text even for explaining technical material. 
But the main point for me is that YouTube is always working for 
us to get our videos in front of new eyes, even when we aren't 
posting new content.

We've been pulling in a nice, steady rate of views and 
subscribers to our channel since we got all of the DConf Videos 
uploaded. Contrast that with the blog, where traffic dips very 
low and stays there, only spiking when we post new content. To 
keep that level high, we have to regularly publish blog posts.


 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.


Thanks, I'll check it out.
Nov 02 2021
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Matheus <matheus gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 31 October 2021 at 19:26:24 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 The video version is done and is available here:

 https://youtu.be/jX9grHMTGAU


Great and I hope you do more of these videos.

Just one tip, in this video you're talking and highlighting some 
texts, could you please increase the size of the fonts or zoom in 
next time?

Thanks,

Matheus.
Nov 01 2021
parent Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 1 November 2021 at 13:33:29 UTC, Matheus wrote:


 Just one tip, in this video you're talking and highlighting 
 some texts, could you please increase the size of the fonts or 
 zoom in next time?


Sure thing. I'll zoom in, and I'll do one better. Rather than 
highlighting with my mouse, I'll blur out the rest of the screen 
to focus on the zoomed in text.

Thanks!
Nov 02 2021
prev sibling parent James Blachly <james.blachly gmail.com> writes:
On 10/31/21 3:26 PM, Mike Parker wrote:

 On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 15:03:46 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 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.


 
 The video version is done and is available here:
 
 https://youtu.be/jX9grHMTGAU
 
 I really want this to be a regular thing every two months, for both a 
 news blog post and video. My request from you: share, share, share!


"Stick around for the D-tails"

*rofl*

Nice, I love it
Nov 01 2021
prev sibling parent Dukc <ajieskola gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 15:03:46 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

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


What Razvan mentioned about old PRs is similar to my experience. 
I have pinged or reviewed a few old PRs and surprisingly often 
that wakes the PR up. It's a very powerful way to contribute. 
Starting a forum discussion about some specific ambiguity also 
works fairly well, assuming you provide good examples and 
constructively ask questions instead of just ranting.

And having a PR manager has been a great boon IMO, both when 
Nicholas was the manager, and now.
Nov 02 2021