[Cialug] how about a cialug planet?

[David Champion]

That's OK, Dan. We consider you a geek. :p

I'm not really into the whole blogosphere thing as much as others, but 
I'll have to check this thingy out.

-dc

Daniel.Juliano at wellsfargo.com wrote:
> Though I would consider myself a geek, I don't wear the title as a
> badge, so I'd propose more of a 'tech' aggregator.  It's just verbiage,
> but I could see people like myself more easily drawn to such a thing.
> 
> =Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Nathan C. Smith
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:12 PM
> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] how about a cialug planet?
> 
> I would take it a step farther and propose a Des Moines "geek"
> aggregator.
> I'm always amazed by some of the hacks some people are working on.  The
> recent home theater thread as a case in point. 
> 
> -Nate
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Daniel.Juliano at wellsfargo.com
>> [mailto:Daniel.Juliano at wellsfargo.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 4:06 PM
>> To: cialug at cialug.org
>> Subject: RE: [Cialug] how about a cialug planet?
>>
>> Just wanted to chime in, I love the various planets, too.  Ruby, 
>> postgres, openoffice, ubuntu (they're tops!), glassfish.  Having a des
> 
>> moines 'tech' aggregator would be cool.  Wouldn't stick to just linux,
> 
>> as I can't imagine having enough feeds to make it worthwhile.
>>
>> =Dan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Nathan Stien
>> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 12:02 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] how about a cialug planet?
>>
>> On 1/19/07, Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com> wrote:
>>> Planetplanet is an RSS agregator. I really enjoy reading
>> the various
>>> planets because it lets me get insight into the minds of
>> the people I
>>> frequently correspond with and even get to know people who I only 
>>> interact with through others.
>> In order for us to decide if we want an RSS aggregator, we should 
>> probably see how many of us actually blog or otherwise syndicate 
>> content.  There has to be be something to aggregate, right?
>>
>> Does anyone here consistently maintain a linux-related blog?  
>> Or perhaps
>> a general blog that supports per-tag feeds, so we could only grab the 
>> relevant posts?  (Planetplanet readers do not, in general, want to 
>> read about people's cats.)
>>
>> - nps
>>
>> --
>> "Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to 
>> find easier ways to do something." - Robert A. Heinlein