[p2pu-dev] p2pu notifications not being sent

Fri Jun 1 17:48:50 UTC 2012

+1 for hackathons! +1 for weekends being easier. yay :).

wrt grad students i was hoping that they (cough, we/me) might be able to
undertake some code writing under the auspices of "research" by being
principled about it :p. don't have a specific suggestion now but will keep
that in mind moving forward.)

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jos Flores <josmasflores at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would love a Hackathon but it would have to be a weekend. I think
> there was an application for GSoC this year but was not successful,
> right? Just a matter of keep on trying! :)
>
> cheers,
> José
>
>
> On 1 June 2012 08:25, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org> wrote:
> > I like the way this conversation is going! We should definitely have a
> > discussion about the development priorities! As soon as John gets back
> > we'll schedule a time to talk about it, maybe during the weekly tech
> > call that happens on Wednesdays at 14:00 UTC?
> >
> > Maybe we can have a hackathon some time? We can focus on a specific
> > area of functionality like site notifications, CSS or UX for example.
> >
> > The grad student idea is also a good idea! Maybe we can also
> > participate in programs like "Google Summer of Code"?
> >
> > Cheers
> > d
> >
> > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Jessy Kate Schingler
> > <jessy at jessykate.com> wrote:
> >> stian we just talked about your exact points on the community call.
> >>
> >> it's always a longer conversation to set big high level dev priorities
> and i
> >> haven't been involved in that lately myself, but on the call we were
> >> recognizing that a lot of functionality has been discussed and wished
> for
> >> around notifications, that we haven't gotten to yet. and that it would
> be
> >> nice to have a time to discuss and think about what dev priorities
> could be
> >> around notifications and understand what the competiting priorities are
> (as
> >> there are always many).
> >>
> >> i don't know how/where dev priorities are currently being set or when
> jon
> >> gets back from vacation, but perhaps we could set aside a time to
> discuss
> >> this in that context, or on the community call if that is better?
> thoughts?
> >>
> >> on a related note, this also makes me think about what we could do to
> build
> >> up a more active developer community around lernanta, since no matter
> how
> >> heroic dirk might be, there will always be more than he can do just
> himself!
> >> one thing that came to mind is trying to get more researchers and grad
> >> students contributing, which would get them more involved in creating
> >> features that work for them, and they could also do research measuring
> the
> >> effectiveness of the new features (eg. a paper showing participation
> metrics
> >> before and after two-way email integration). just a thought.
> >>
> >> jessy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Alison Cole <alison at p2pu.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> My inbox exploded. I got 79 messages. Today will be a long day of
> catching
> >>> up.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Jessy for catching and Dirk for fixing!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Stian Håklev <shaklev at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ah, that's why I suddenly got lots of notifications, I was wondering
> at
> >>>> the explosion of activity! :)
> >>>>
> >>>> However this raises three other issues, in increasing importance:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. The title of the group is still weirdly formatted: The
> >>>> Researchers' Homestead
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. Could we clean up the formatting? Is there a reason why the
> person's
> >>>> name is not in the "from" field instead of "no-reply"? Do we need all
> the
> >>>> boiler plate at the top of the message:
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> The Researchers' Homestead was updated.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Jennifer Claro posted a new comment at May 26 - June 1
> >>>> Compliance-without-pressure techniques for Online Communities.
> >>>>
> >>>> Comment:
> >>>> ---
> >>>>
> >>>> 3. Can we prioritize up enabling two-way email integration (ie being
> able
> >>>> to reply to messages and have them posted on the forum).
> >>>>
> >>>> To my mind, GitHub issues are great examples of something we should
> >>>> strive towards. They have very nicely formatted subject lines - from
> the
> >>>> person sending it (but the from email address is a reply-to at github),
> the
> >>>> subject line is simply [project shortname] Topic, and when you open
> the
> >>>> message the first thing you see is the actual message, then there are
> two
> >>>> lines at the bottom giving you the option of opening the message in
> GitHub.
> >>>> And of course you can easily reply to the message directly. And they
> thread
> >>>> perfectly in GMail - I have had discussions in GitHub issue messages
> going
> >>>> back and forth for 28 messages, most of them sent from GMail, and it
> works
> >>>> seemlessly - and is also nicely stored for posterity on GitHub.com.
> >>>>
> >>>> I really believe improving on this can have a huge impact on
> >>>> participation in our discussion-based courses!
> >>>>
> >>>> Stian
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When I checked to see if celeryd is running, I noticed that
> >>>>> /etc/init.d wasn't executable. I don't know how that happened? I
> fixed
> >>>>> that, so next time we go down for a reboot everything should be fine.
> >>>>> I guess we'll see a little later today when Linode do their scheduled
> >>>>> maintenance.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'll use the opportunity to make a checklist for system reboot.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Philipp Schmidt <philipp at p2pu.org>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>> > Hm. I suspect it didn't come up when the server rebooted.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Can we add it to the init process so that it comes up
> automatically?
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > (And set up a check list that we verify after each reboot)
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > P
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > On 31 May 2012 10:40, Jos Flores <josmasflores at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> hahaha, I'm getting batches of mails now :)
> >>>>> >> thanks for the quick fix!
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> José
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> On 31 May 2012 09:26, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org> wrote:
> >>>>> >> > Problem sorted, celeryd wasn't running. I hope no ones inbox
> >>>>> >> > explodes
> >>>>> >> > today :)
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > Cheers
> >>>>> >> > d
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org>
> wrote:
> >>>>> >> >> I'll look into it ASAP!
> >>>>> >> >>
> >>>>> >> >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Jessy Kate Schingler
> >>>>> >> >> <jessy at jessykate.com> wrote:
> >>>>> >> >>> hey guys,
> >>>>> >> >>>
> >>>>> >> >>> i just noticed i haven't been receiving email alerts for the
> >>>>> >> >>> researchers'
> >>>>> >> >>> homestead and then another participant mentioned the same.
> this
> >>>>> >> >>> is a
> >>>>> >> >>> kind of
> >>>>> >> >>> a big deal since it's the primary way we know if people are
> >>>>> >> >>> participating
> >>>>> >> >>> and can reward/engage with them :). any idea what's up? are
> >>>>> >> >>> others
> >>>>> >> >>> experiencing this?
> >>>>> >> >>>
> >>>>> >> >>> the last notification i received was may 21.
> >>>>> >> >>> --
> >>>>> >> >>> Jessy
> >>>>> >> >>> http://jessykate.com
> >>>>> >> >>>
> >>>>> >> >>>
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