[IAEP] Fwd: Sugar Digest 2009-11-02

[David Farning]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:41 AM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I think there are more "recommended" activities than fit at any one
>>> time. They are chosen randomly from the list. As to how the list is
>>> compiled, I do not know, but I believe that Etoys is already a
>>> recommended activity. I'll double-check.
>>
>> Currently there is not a formal "recommended" policy.  Basically,
>> whenever I see a cool new activity I add it to the recommend list and
>> remove an activity that has been around for awhile.  I think Aleksey
>> does the same.
>>
>> If anyone would like to create and maintain more formal "recommended"
>> list it is very easy to create an activities.sl.o editor's account for
>> them.
>>
>> david
>>
>
> I had written about this a long time ago. My approach was to rank
> activities based on a list of attributes (weighted scoring). The
> activities with the highest attributes would be the ones installed.
> The same approach could be used for "Recommended" activities. The
> thread is at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/grassroots/2008-September/000707.html
> . The GoogleDocs spreadsheet is at
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_Xhb6KcXLyEViA50CnCaDg&hl=en

If you are interested, the job of recommend list[1] maintainer is
open.  ASLO is getting 100,000 visits a month, doubling every three
months, so the effect of your work would be rather widespread.

david

1. http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/recommended

> Sameer
>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Rita Freudenberg <rita at squeakland.org> wrote:
>>>> Walter Bender wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. Thanks to the efforts of Josh Williams, Aleksey Lim, and David
>>>>> Farning, the new http://activities.sugarlabs.org site went on-line
>>>>> over the weekend. The new look is clean and also in compliance with
>>>>> Mozilla copy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know how the activities on the starting page are chosen.
>>>> What does it require from an activity to be "recommended"?
>>>> My question is not just out of curiosity, I would like to see Etoys there.
>>>> So I would like to know if we could do anything to be considered a
>>>> recommended activity?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rita
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Rita Freudenberg
>>>> Squeakland Foundation
>>>> http://www.squeakland.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter Bender
>>> Sugar Labs
>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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