Willy's Disconnected Thoughts on RandomnessI recently had an idea for improving the forum system. Many websites have forums where conversation can take place. The problem is, many times the same question is repeatedly asked and the forum is generally hard to search. My idea transitions forum content to a more concise reference format, the wiki. For the most part, this only applies to forums trying to solve a problem or address an objective fact.
b. Discussion
c. Question Solved (when marked “solved” a summary of the original question and solution is provided for Q&A)
b. Contributors for the wiki can mark a Q&A relevant or not to the wiki page, after reading it. If not relevant, the Q&A is no longer associated with that article. If relevant the Q&A moves up in the queue for that page.
c. The Q&A can be marked “included” for the wiki. It then ceases to be part of the queue, and becomes part of a source material list.
d. All changes and processes kept in a page history so other contributors can have oversight, just like in Wikipedia.
The discussion has become a document
Try it out using the “Register” and “Login” links at the right. Currently it looks like it only works for registered users. I’m working on making it possible for users to register using OpenID. Any usability thoughts, let me know.
As of today all the layout kinks should be ironed out of this blog. In the comments, let me know if you see anything acting as it should not.
Let the games begin! Best of luck to everyone competeing in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.
Here is the video for this year’s game. FRC is a competition where teams across the nation make a robot and compete against other teams in the “game” for that year (the game changes every year). The beginning half is a teaser, then comes the game animation, and then an FAQ. This is what I get to mentor.
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Until I get time to edit down the video on the FIRST Robotics Game, here is something to pass the time. This is a trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s film Comedian.
What have I embarked on? Today marks the kickoff for teams across the United States, and scattered in a few other countries, to race in building a robot in 6 weeks. The goal is to win the year’s “game.” Coming soon will be a better description and a video featuring this year’s game.
