[LRUG] [HELP NEEDED] LRUG Gazette - a physical newspaper!!?!

[Tom Stuart]

Dear lrug,

It is also apparently a long time since I interacted with this mailing
list, and I forgot that the reply-to address would be the list. Sorry about
that, and hi.

T

On Sun, 26 May 2024, 11:58 Tom Stuart, <tom at tomstuart.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Murray!
>
> Long time no speak! How are you doing? Two things:
>
> 1. I'd love to contribute to this. Do you already have someone for the
> crossword? I'm thinking it would be fun to do a dual-clue puzzle, where
> both sets of clues lead to the same answers, but one set is cryptic clues
> and the other set is Ruby code.
> 2. After 12 years in Berlin, I'm moving back to the UK with my little
> family. Who are the companies I should be talking to? I can do up to two
> days a week in a London office and I'm looking for management roles (open
> to staff IC roles in backend/infra, but I think I'm a bit out of date there
> to be honest.)
>
> Tom
>
> On Sat, 18 May 2024, 11:17 Murray Steele, <murray.steele at lrug.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If you were at our May meeting last Monday (13th) you’ll have heard me
>> talk about wanting to put together a physical newspaper for the LRUG
>> community.
>>
>> https://lrug.org/gazette/
>>
>> I don’t really know what might be in there, but I came up with a
>> masthead, tweaked the LRUG logo, and put it on a webpage, so I guess that
>> means it has to exist!
>>
>> I’m looking for ruby-themed classic newspaper content like:
>>
>> * A crossword
>> * A 3-panel gag strip
>> * 100 word micro articles on favourite LRUG talks from the past
>> * Long form opinion pieces about the ruby ecosystem
>> * Reviews of new gem releases as if they were albums or movies
>> * Advice columns
>> * Competitions
>> * Travel advice for the summer conference season
>> * Sensational headlines
>> * ...
>> * <%= your_ideas %>
>>
>> I think this would be fun and I’d love to see what kinds of things we can
>> fill it with.  Get in touch if you have ideas or would like to volunteer to
>> produce something.
>>
>> I’m also keen to hear from anyone who has any print industry experience
>> and can help me with using the tools.  The service I’m looking at using (
>> https://www.newspaperclub.com/) to produce the newspaper has templates
>> for indesign, canva, and scribus.  I don’t have indesign money, so I’m
>> struggling through with scribus.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Murray
>> Editor-in-chief, Publisher, Designer - The LRUG Gazette
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