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Jan 26, 2010, 10:56:05 AM1/26/10
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Hi - I'll work on #4 in the non-tech list:  Identify the various categories that we want to use when someone adds a story.
Carol
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Nate Aune
    Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:53 PM
    Subject: Re: HaitianStories launched!

    Hi again,

    Now that the site is up and running, here are some things that need to be done, divided into technical tasks and non-technical tasks. I'm hoping that the work that was started on saturday can continue with your help, because I cannot do all of this by myself...

    Technical:
    1. localize all the templates so that we can add Creole French strings. Brad mentioned that the instructions for how to do this are here: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/
    2. move the repository from private subversion repo to public Github. I'd like to do this and preserve all the history, but there's one wrinkle - I don't want to move the settings.py file which has all the secret passwords in it.
    3. upload an audio recording file, not just a video file possibly using drop.io (http://dev.drop.io/getting-started/)
    4. call in to a phone number to submit an audio story. this works on the OurStories.jazkarta.com site.
    5. send a text message to a phone number or short code to submit a text story.
    6. get the audio/video recording via webcam feature working (http://haitianstories.org/story/record/)

    Non-technical:
    1. testing - try out all the site features and try to break the site. report bugs and make suggestions for improvements.
    2. make some large buttons to make it easier for illiterate people to know how to submit their story
    3. make a video that describes the purpose of the site and how to use it to share your story (then translate to Creole)
    4. identify the various categories that we want to use when someone adds a story.
    5. translate the site from English to Creole French (any translators out there?)
    6. promote the site on Twitter via our Twitter account. http://twitter.com/haitianstories
    7. blog about the site
    8. connect with the other CrisisCamp folks who are working on similar projects, and try to find ways to collaborate with them. OpenSolace (mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/open-solace-haiti/) and HaitianVoices.

    Anyone want to step up and take on one or more of these tasks?

    Just a reminder that there is a Haitian Stories google group where we will be moving the conversation (so I don't have to include everyone's email address in the CC field). If you didn't already click on the invite link to join, please go to the site and join the group.

    thanks,
    Nate

    On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM, CNicosia <cnic...@rcn.com> wrote:
    > Hi All, Great job!  I looked at the site and it's amazing what you have all
    > done in such a short amount of time.  This project is absolutely so
    > important and will be meaningful to so many people.
    > Count me in to help in any way!
    > Carol
    > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Aune" <na...@jazkarta.com>
    > To: <se...@isforinsects.com>; <t...@waveplace.com>; <mark....@gmail.com>;
    > <br...@redhat.com>; <dia...@alum.mit.edu>; <cnic...@rcn.com>;
    > <dj6...@gmail.com>; <jacob....@gmail.com>
    > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:38 PM
    > Subject: HaitianStories launched!
    >
    >
    >> hey everyone,
    >>
    >> thanks for all your input and help on saturday at CrisisCamp,
    >> especially Brad and Jacob who helped with the technical tasks. I
    >> continued working yesterday on the server infrastructure to get the
    >> site launched at http://haitianstories.org
    >>
    >> there are still some features that are not fully functional, such as
    >> making a audio/video recording using your webcam. but adding
    >> text-based stories and uploading an existing video is working. any
    >> videos that are uploaded to the site will not only appear on the site,
    >> but also on youtube: http://youtube.com/haitianstories
    >>
    >> i heard back from the HaitianVoices folks and they are interested in
    >> sharing content, although it won't be possible to share code because
    >> they've written their app in Ruby and ours is in Django/Python.
    >>
    >> i also spoke with my friend Jonah Bossewitch who is the lead on the
    >> OpenSolace project. He is very interested to find ways in which we can
    >> collaborate.
    >>
    >> i created a project page on the crisiscommons wiki with some basic
    >> information about the project. this page could be expanded with more
    >> info. http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/HaitianStories
    >>
    >> i've also set up a mailing list on google groups and sent all of you
    >> an invitation. if you wish to continue working on this project, please
    >> accept the invite. there are things for everyone to do, not just
    >> programming tasks.
    >>
    >> i also set up a twitter account, so we can post updates there.
    >> http://twitter.com/haitianvoices
    >>
    >> lastly, for those of you who are helping out with the code and
    >> translating the templates, i'm in the process of moving the codebase
    >> from the current subversion repository to github, which i think will
    >> allow for greater collaboration on this project and cross-pollination
    >> with other projects. so in the meantime you can commit changes to the
    >> svn repo. i'll announce when i'm making the move, so we don't lose any
    >> changes.
    >>
    >> So here are the important links for you to know about:
    >>
    >> project page: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/HaitianStories
    >> mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/haitian-stories/
    >> twitter: http://twitter.com/haitianstories
    >> youtube: http://youtube.com/haitianstories
    >> code repository: coming soon
    >>
    >> I look forward to continuing working with all of you on this exciting
    >> project!
    >>
    >> Nate
    >>
    >> --
    >> Nate Aune - na...@jazkarta.com
    >> http://www.jazkarta.com
    >> http://card.ly/natea
    >> http://tungle.me/natea
    >> +1 (617) 517-4953
    >>
    >
    >



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    Nate Aune

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    Jan 27, 2010, 1:27:39 AM1/27/10
    to Brad Smith, CNicosia, seth, timothy, mark.renouf, dianeew, dj610us, jacob, haitian-stories
    Great, thanks Brad, Diane and Carol for offering to help!  I just found out that Microsoft Translator not supports Creole French, so that might speed up the first-pass of translations. Then we can get a native Creole speaker to proofread the translations to make sure they make sense.
    http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Translator-Now-Supports-Haitian-Creole-133045.shtml

    Nate

    On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Brad Smith <br...@redhat.com> wrote:
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    Thanks for getting everything deployed, Nate!

    I'm willing to help complete the internationalization stuff, but may not
    have time until next week, I'm afraid.

    - --Brad


    On 01/26/2010 10:56 AM, CNicosia wrote:
    > Hi - I'll work on #4 in the non-tech list:  Identify the various
    > categories that we want to use when someone adds a story.
    > Carol
    >
    >       ----- Original Message -----
    >
    >     *From:* Nate Aune <mailto:na...@jazkarta.com>
    >     *To:* CNicosia <mailto:cnic...@rcn.com> ; se...@isforinsects.com
    >     <mailto:se...@isforinsects.com> ; tim...@waveplace.com
    >     <mailto:tim...@waveplace.com> ; mark....@gmail.com
    >     <mailto:mark....@gmail.com> ; br...@redhat.com
    >     <mailto:br...@redhat.com> ; dia...@alum.mit.edu
    >     <mailto:dia...@alum.mit.edu> ; dj6...@gmail.com
    >     <mailto:dj6...@gmail.com> ; ja...@lipcon.org <mailto:ja...@lipcon.org>
    >     *Cc:* haitian...@googlegroups.com
    >     <mailto:haitian...@googlegroups.com>
    >     *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2010 9:53 PM
    >     *Subject:* Re: HaitianStories launched!

    >
    >     Hi again,
    >
    >     Now that the site is up and running, here are some things that need
    >     to be done, divided into technical tasks and non-technical tasks.
    >     I'm hoping that the work that was started on saturday can continue
    >     with your help, because I cannot do all of this by myself...
    >
    >     *Technical:*
    >
    >        1. localize all the templates so that we can add Creole French

    >           strings. Brad mentioned that the instructions for how to do
    >           this are here: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/
    >        2. move the repository from private subversion repo to public

    >           Github. I'd like to do this and preserve all the history, but
    >           there's one wrinkle - I don't want to move the settings.py
    >           file which has all the secret passwords in it.
    >        3. upload an audio recording file, not just a video file possibly
    >           using drop.io <http://drop.io>
    >        4. call in to a phone number to submit an audio story. this works
    >           on the OurStories.jazkarta.com
    >           <http://OurStories.jazkarta.com> site.
    >        5. send a text message to a phone number or short code to submit
    >           a text story.
    >        6. get the audio/video recording via webcam feature working
    >     *Non-technical:*
    >
    >        1. testing - try out all the site features and try to break the

    >           site. report bugs and make suggestions for improvements.
    >        2. make some large buttons to make it easier for illiterate

    >           people to know how to submit their story
    >        3. make a video that describes the purpose of the site and how to

    >           use it to share your story (then translate to Creole)
    >        4. identify the various categories that we want to use when
    >           someone adds a story.
    >        5. translate the site from English to Creole French (any
    >           translators out there?)
    >        6. promote the site on Twitter via our Twitter account.
    >           http://twitter.com/haitianstories
    >        7. blog about the site
    >        8. connect with the other CrisisCamp folks who are working on

    >           similar projects, and try to find ways to collaborate with
    >           them. OpenSolace <http://opensolacehaiti.org> (mailing list:
    >           HaitianVoices <http://haitianvoices.org>.

    >
    >
    >     Anyone want to step up and take on one or more of these tasks?
    >
    >     Just a reminder that there is a Haitian Stories google group
    >     <http://groups.google.com/group/haitian-stories/ > where we will be

    >     moving the conversation (so I don't have to include everyone's email
    >     address in the CC field). If you didn't already click on the invite
    >     link to join, please go to the site and join the group.
    >
    >     thanks,
    >     Nate
    >
    >     On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM, CNicosia <cnic...@rcn.com
    >     <mailto:cnic...@rcn.com>> wrote:
    >     > Hi All, Great job!  I looked at the site and it's amazing what you
    >     have all
    >     > done in such a short amount of time.  This project is absolutely so
    >     > important and will be meaningful to so many people.
    >     > Count me in to help in any way!
    >     > Carol
    >     > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Aune" <na...@jazkarta.com
    >     <mailto:na...@jazkarta.com>>
    >     > To: <se...@isforinsects.com <mailto:se...@isforinsects.com>>;
    >     <t...@waveplace.com <mailto:t...@waveplace.com>>;
    >     <mark....@gmail.com <mailto:mark....@gmail.com>>;
    >     > <br...@redhat.com <mailto:br...@redhat.com>>;
    >     <dia...@alum.mit.edu <mailto:dia...@alum.mit.edu>>;
    >     <cnic...@rcn.com <mailto:cnic...@rcn.com>>;
    >     > <dj6...@gmail.com <mailto:dj6...@gmail.com>>;
    >     <jacob....@gmail.com <mailto:jacob....@gmail.com>>
    >     >> Nate Aune - na...@jazkarta.com <mailto:na...@jazkarta.com>

    >     >> http://www.jazkarta.com
    >     >> http://card.ly/natea
    >     >> http://tungle.me/natea
    >     >> +1 (617) 517-4953
    >     >>
    >     >
    >     >
    >
    >
    >
    >     --
    >     Nate Aune - na...@jazkarta.com <mailto:na...@jazkarta.com>

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