Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 20:12:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Christopher G Mann <r3cgm@cdrom.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), jkh@time.cdrom.com, chat@freebsd.org, jfieber@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Walnut Creek CDROM has a new look! Message-ID: <199610100212.UAA13718@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199610100014.RAA19734@pooh.cdrom.com> References: <199610092333.RAA12961@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199610100014.RAA19734@pooh.cdrom.com>
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> > What's missing is 'Whois WC' stuff, staff, job openings, etc... I find > > them a nice touch that gives a 'human' feel to the company. > > > OK, I will systematically code scripts to automate generation of > Walnut Creek CDROM staff pages, giving the pages a warm and wholesome > "family" atmosphere. 8-) Gotta have those 'family values'. *grin* > Seriously though, I'll see if I can get some pickies of people at the > company. "Here's Jordan... click on the picture of his cat to see a > LIVE VIDEO FEED from his Quickcam at home". Even a brief overview of WC would be nice. Something like "Walnut Creek is in beatiful downtown Concord, and has the title of the company with the largest # of cats/employee of any fortune 1000 company." > > Also, there's no obvious way to see that WC is 'Powered by FreeBSD', > > which would be nice, plus the pointer to the hardware might be good, but > > maybe that's more relevant to ftp.cdrom.com. > > > Where is the suggested place to put this? Bottom of the page? > > Also, FreeBSD is now a 2nd class citizen to Linux. Any chance of doing > > columns so that folks don't have to scroll down just to see the FreeBSD > > stuff? > > > Columns would create an inconsistent look with the other categories of CDROMs. > > Another alternative also creates a confusing look: > > Linux > FreeBSD > Linux Complete Reference > Installing and Running FreeBSD > Linux Toolkit > FreeBSD Snapshot > > The ordering _does_ give equal priority to both Linux and FreeBSD though. :) Hey, I just call 'em as I see 'em. Nate
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