By tim.bonnemann on February 2, 2009 11:32 AM
One of the things a lot of people have asked for on Oracle Mix is the ability to somehow share and discuss content (e.g. videos, presentations, documents etc.).
While we won't be able to add file upload anytime soon, we're looking into enabling content embedding.
This morning, we had a first conference call with our colleagues from Legal, whose job it is to make sure that everything we do on Mix complies with Oracle policy and regulations. To be sure, there's a lot of things that need to be considered before allowing this kind of web 2.0 collaboration. To name a few:
- Security: risks of embedding malicious code
- Content: risks of copyright or SEC violations
- Brand: risks of being associated with unofficial or non-Oracle content
As we're preparing some mockups of what this new feature could look like, here's what's on our list so far in terms of services we'd like to support:
- Video: Youtube
- Presentations: Slideshare
- Images: Flickr
- PDFs and other documents: to be determined
Which content types would you like to embed on Oracle Mix? Let us know in the comments. Thanks!
By tim.bonnemann on February 9, 2009 9:41 AM
This is almost not worth mentioning, but for the sake of completeness, here are the changes that went out with our release on Friday:
- Added a link to the FAQ to our feedback form.
- Made one of the RSS icons larger (will do the same across the entire site eventually in an effort to make RSS much more obvious).
- Added a tweak to the last login timestamp.
More than anything, this was yet another test run to allow our development team to acquaint themselves with the deployment infrastructure. Everything worked as expected, so it's not entirely unlikely that this week we shall see the first meaningful upgrade to Mix.
By tim.bonnemann on February 9, 2009 10:09 AM
A few numbers for the Oracle Mix Blog for January:
- We got a total of 592 page views according to one of the monthly reports here (I know it's only our first month, but still... that number seems a bit on the low end)
- 9 posts
- We also saw 21 comments (10 of which were not from the Mix team). Very good input for us, so thanks to all who shared their thoughts!
We plan to install Feedburner over the coming weeks to get a better view into our subscriber usage (hopefully, this will show a little better adoption already).
If you like to read here, please feel free to spread the word and help others find us. Thanks!
