[OH-Publicity] "Infrequently Asked Questions" post

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Thanks for the feedback, Mike - these are all great suggestions.  The post
has been updated to incorporate them.


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Mike Linksvayer <ml at gondwanaland.com>wrote:

> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I've got a new post draft up:
> >
> > https://openhatch.org/blog/?p=1757&preview=1&_ppp=bcccc66bfb
>
>
> Great post!
>
> So many great pictures, but all below the fold. Maybe a small version
> of each, all arranged horizontally before the first question?
>

That's a great suggestion!  Thanks.


>
>    "At each event, we’ve noticed a number of unique, thought-provoking
> questions."
>
> I'd go with something more lively:
>
>    "At each Open Source Comes to Campus event, participants ask
> unique, thought-provoking questions."
>

Changed.


>
> The title says Wellesley, but this isn't mentioned in the post. I'd
> say questions are from there if they are and link to
> https://openhatch.org/blog/2013/wellesley/


Changed.


>
>
>    "If they want to use a feature of an IDE, they can usually find
> some other way to get it."
>
> I think it would read better with "you" instead of "they".
>
>
The whole paragraph uses "they", so I'm wary of changing just that line.
 I'm going to keep it at "they" but am happy to change it if anyone chimes
in to agree with you and tiebreaks.  :)




>    "There’s no obvious answers here."
>
> Maybe "There are"?
>
>
Changed.



>    "Over the summers, you can apply for"
>
> You actually apply in the northern spring. :) Maybe  skip before the
> comma, as Summer is in the program name. Oh, and doesn't the GNOME
> program run both hemispheric summers?
>
>     ‘students for free culture’
>
> Could probably be an active link rather than enclosed with single quotes.
>

Changed and changed.


>    Why are CS programs so theoretical?  Does it really help with
> practical programming work?


>
> "it" might read better as "they" or "theory" depending what is meant.
>
>
Yup.



>
>    "As two examples:"
>
> I'd probably tack that on the previous paragraph -- "feasible, as two
> examples show:"
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