From: pat eyler Date: 2005-05-25T07:05:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Writing about Ruby (Re: new article) On 5/24/05, James Britt wrote: > My own experience in writing abut Ruby, especially in the common case > where the audience is largely unfamiliar with Ruby, is that practices > and procedures tend to get a bit skewed for reason of discourse. > > Code is often not as compact is a it might otherwise be because that > tends to require more background explanation. It's also hard to create > good demo cases, to find the balance between a compelling problem and a > 7-page discussion limit. > > Has anybody collected tips and guidelines for writing about Ruby? It > would be good to see more Ruby articles in high profile places (i.e. > sites outside the Ruby community circle, or in widely-circulated > magazines such as Linux Journal), but I wonder if people with good ideas > and useful knowledge hold off because they don't know where to start or > how to construct a well-organized, (reasonably) self-contained article. I'm also very interested in this, as (I think) are several other people. I don't want to bore the rest of the list though. Would there be any interest starting a list for Ruby related 'riting where we could collect tips and guidelines, pass along leads/prospects, etc.? > > James Britt > > -- thanks, -pate ------------------------- We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore only misunderstand what we said - the Raven (George MacDonald, Lilith)