[Swansea Hackspace] Creating a newsletter/ Showcasing what we work on

[Matthew Daubney]

Being a nice friendly sort, they've published their source code
https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/weeknote-generator so that makes it a bit
easier.

On 13 Feb 2018 15:26, "Sophia Komninou" <sophia.komninou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> So during the AGM we discussed a bit about how we showcase what we do in a
> collective manner.
>
> Here is an example of how DoES Liverpool does it
> https://doesliverpool.com/category/weeknotes/
>
> Basically, they have a dedicated hashtag (in our case this could be
> #SwanHack for example) and then someone who is a bit more competent than me
> in programming (that isn't difficult, I can't code) make some kind of
> program that collects the posts with this hashtag from all social media and
> puts them together in a newsletter, or a blog post or something. (I try to
> post a few things on Mondays or on events on Instagram, but if people want
> to use their personal accounts they could just use the hashtag in their
> posts)
>
> They do have some other stuff in their "weeknotes" like upcoming events. I
> am wondering whether this can be an automated newsletter for everyone in
> the mailing list so they are updated without having to check the website
> for new events (because, in reality, who really does that???).
>
> I have no idea how easy or difficult this is but I am sure there are
> people who can gauge how doable it is.
>
> Sophia
>
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