New: Monthly Asterisk Update Newsletter
ssokol March 1st, 2010
Last time I talked about the welcome wagon we’re rolling out for new users. Today I’ve got a treat for everybody. Starting this month, Asterisk has its very own monthly newsletter, the Asterisk Update. Each month we will cover new releases, new features, major updates and the latest news from the world of open source telephony. We will also take time to get to know some of the people who make the Asterisk community an interesting place to hang out.
Perhaps a newsletter sounds quaint in this age of instantaneous (if questionable) content. Well, call us old fashioned but there’s nothing quite like having the digital paperboy toss a tightly rolled bundle of bits through your living room window early on a chilly morning. More importantly, not everyone can keep up with the breakneck pace of innovation here in the world of Asterisk. Giving our community easy access to current issues and upcoming changes will help keep everyone in sync.
Our first issue should be on the newsstands (actually in your inbox) now. If you didn’t get a copy, check out the on-line version. The premier issue covers highlights from the 1.6.2 release, a new versioning system that should help users find the “right” version of Asterisk, and an interview with Terry Wilson, creator of the new calendaring interface that’s scheduled to appear in Asterisk 1.8 some time this summer.
In this age of blogs and tweets and status updates we would be remiss if we didn’t open up the virtual pages of our publication to community input. If you have news, ideas, rants or raves that you think should be included, please send them to ssokol@asterisk.org.
About the Author
Steven Sokol is the Asterisk Marketing Director at Digium. He joined the firm in the summer of 2007 when his company, Sokol & Associates, was acquired. While at Sokol & Associates he developed and marketed the Asterisk Bootcamp, a highly successful training program for Asterisk users and administrators and managed a staff of Asterisk consul… more about ssokol
