[sdiy] Marketplace Question

[David G Dixon]

Well, it was funny reading WebNote 57, since I was the one who offered to
scan.  I formally retract that offer.
 
The fact is, if Bernie wanted to ensure that Electronotes survived as a web
archive, he could just say the word and a "usable" version of the entire
thing would appear on the internet almost overnight.  Sure, the scans might
not be of the highest quality -- some might be a bit dim, and some might
have some image bleedthrough from the back of the page -- but it would be
available, and the information would be legible and useful.
 
All this would require is the blessing of Bernie.  As far as the legalities
of copyright are concerned, as the owner of said copyright, Bernie could
make all that problem disappear with the proverbial wave of his hand.  Kinda
like when I assign my inventions to my employer for the nominal sum of "one
dollar" (which I never actually see, by the way -- it's a formality).
 
I believe that the real question is simply this: Does Bernie actually
believe that the content of Electronotes is worth saving for posterity or
not?  Based on the available evidence, the answer would appear to be "no."

  _____  

From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] On Behalf Of Jimmy
Moore
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2020 9:39 AM
To: Rob Kam
Cc: SDIY
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Marketplace Question


[CAUTION: Non-UBC Email] 
Circling back on my earlier post, I had a fun morning with Jekyll -- if you
can post on reddit, you can make a website:   

*	Electronote 116 -
<https://electronaught.github.io/blog/1980/08/01/EN116> Filter Banks (Part
2) 

*	WebNote
<https://electronaught.github.io/blog/2019/08/20/Assuming-Winding-Down-Webno
te57> 57 - Winding Down

The source code for these pages is basic
<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/electronaught/electronaught.github.io/mai
n/_posts/2019-20-08-Assuming-Winding-Down-Webnote57.md> markdown, and uses
user-defined
<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/electronaught/electronaught.github.io/mai
n/_layouts/post.html> templates to control how things get rendered.   Anyone
with rudimentary HTML/CSS chops can make this look any way they like.   

The bottom line is that the content is there, and was quite simple to
create.  

If anyone is curious, The Jekyll quickstart guide
<https://jekyllrb.com/docs/> , plus this
<http://jmcglone.com/guides/github-pages/> tutorial offer a very gentle
introduction to spinning up your own website.  This is a nice way to get
online with zero cost.


On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 11:10 AM Jimmy Moore <jamoore84 at gmail.com> wrote:


As much as I like entrusting EN to an established academic institution,
going from one paywall to the next doesn't seem like the right idea.  Use
Gatsby <https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/glossary/static-site-generator/> ,
Jekyll <https://jekyllrb.com/>  (or similar) to spin up a website with
flexible global styling and you have an extensible way to display, search,
and enjoy Electronotes, in perpetuity. Hell, you don't even need to buy a
domain -- use Github pages <https://pages.github.com/>  and enjoy free,
version-controlled hosting, with an established crowd-sourced development
platform as a bonus.

Then go note by note and manually (or automatically) transcribe text.
Screencap the diagrams to start, and then anyone with design chops can
tackle them as necessary.    This also opens so many avenues for integration
with current (or future) interactive diagrams and plotting opportunities,
but I am getting ahead of myself....


Of course, the following valid replies are to be expected:  (A) if it was
this simple someone would have done it already, and/or (B) Sounds great!
When will you do it?

And fair enough.  If no one else has the background or interest, I can try
throwing something together and come back with a proof of concept.
Regardless, this approach can support any number of transient volunteers,
with no wasted effort.


If you build it, they will come, etc.  




On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 10:09 AM Rob Kam <robkam at gmx.com> wrote:


Scanning is a non-issue. There are already scans of EN out there, kept
private out of respect for Bernie.

Rob


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