I can't even post an image here. It's not as if <img src="..."> is particularly novel technology. I'm tired of linking offsite just to show an inheritance hierarchy or a state machine graph.
Of only there were a modern Perl blogging platform
Re:If Only...
Alias on 2009-02-12T00:00:45
... that everyone collectively used.
The value in use.perl is not the blogging platform, it's that a big percentage of everyone is here.
If we had an "official" blog.perl.org I imagine people would mass-migrate fairly quickly.
Re:If Only...
stu42j on 2009-02-12T15:35:40
Perhaps blog.perl.org could be redirected to: perl.groups.vox.com
Re:If Only...
Aristotle on 2009-02-12T23:08:09
I disagree. I think the value of the centralisation lies in one thing and one thing only: centralised commenting.
Otherwise, a Planet would work equally as well.
In fact I would nowadays personally prefer if the people who keep use.perl journals actually all had their own weblogs, resulting in more diverse content. They might individually get link flow for Perl-related but not Perl-centric content that is currently lost to the rest of the world, because the Perl centricity of the typical Perl community venues tends to drive non-Perl people away. I read a lot of webloggers who develop mainly in Ruby – for all their non-Ruby-centric content. The reverse does not happen much because the Perl community tends to publish Perl-related content in Perl-centric venues, projecting an image of an echo chamber with no connection to the other dynamic language communities, whether outside-in or inside-out.
I would be more than willing to exchange some convenience for a stronger public image.
Re:If Only...
hex on 2009-02-17T00:43:10
Otherwise, a Planet would work equally as well.Obligatory plug for Perlsphere!
:)
