From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
Date: 2005-02-18T00:09:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Visual Identity Team


On Feb 17, 2005, at 9:49 AM, benny wrote:

> Francis Hwang wrote:
>
>> The problem with
>> Ruby's online presence is much more about functionality. For example,
>> when I look at ruby-lang.org my first thought is not that the site has
>> the wrong colors or fonts, but that the last post to the front page 
>> was
>> in December ... which would make a newcomer think that Ruby is sleepy
>> little language, and nothing of interest has happened to it in the 
>> last
>> two months.
> maybe we could reuse the Ruby�Weekly�News as news items on 
> ruby-lang.org
>

That'd be a start. My gut feeling, though, is that something that big 
and clumpy isn't the usable or linkable as web content. Far better to 
model a new blog after, say, RedHanded. (Of course, we can't all write 
like Why, but it's good to dream.)

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/