RE: [PHP-DB] Re: The PHP Developer Registry

Erich: On the whole I reckon it's a good idea and I wish you luck. However I have one or two comments: I agree with Justin French concerning the inclusion of privacy policy. I would also like to add: * What links do you have with industry and potential employers? * How do you propose to disseminate the data in your database to employers? * Indeed; how will you judge these employers as trustworthy recipients of this data? Keep us all up to date with what happens with "The PHP Developer Registry" and if you can satisfy some the comments and criticisms you've taken and are yet to take, then you can count me in. As of September 7, I'm out of a job! ;-) Cheers Russ -----Original Message----- From: Justin French [mailto:justin@indent.com.au] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:52 AM To: Erich Kolb; php-announce@lists.php.net; php-db@lists.php.net; php-evangelism@lists.php.net; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: The PHP Developer Registry on 08/08/02 12:58 PM, Erich Kolb (ekolb@kolbsoft.com) wrote: > I have started a new project called "The PHP Developer Registry". The goal > is to create a repository of PHP developers, attempting to find out how many > people are actually using PHP as well as some minor demograpical > information. I'd say that's an unrealistic goal, given that there is no possible way that even half of the world's PHP developers will register with you. > There is also an option to make your name and resume available > to prospective clients and employers once everything is finalized. This is a more realistic aim... although there are already sites doing this. > I am not > planning on making any money for this site, and I am also looking for > suggestions on improvement and other developers who are willing to help out. You have not included a privacy policy or statement at all. I'd be looking for reassurance that you: - will not sell or make available your database to others - will not sell, use or make available your database for marketing purposes I don't intend to sound sceptical at all, and your intentions are probably quite pure, but the result of such a database will be a goldmine of opportunity for you, or others to use this database as a well refined, very focused marketing tool to a very niche target market WITH demographic information. I already get enough spam. You need to form a policy on privacy, and take every reasonable measure to make sure the information you keep is secure, or if your intentions aren't quite so pure, you need to tell us what your intentions are. Once again, I'm not implying that you ARE evil, only that you could be :) The tick box "Would you like to receive email from The PHP Registry?" is SOOOO non-descriptive, so I'd leave unchecked. May I suggest: - "Would you like to receive email from us in regards to what's happening on The PHP Registry Site?" - "Would you like to receive email from us in regards to PHP products and PHP related projects?" - "Would you like to receive about our hot live webcom?" (joke :) The only other comment I'll make is that the option of uploading a PDF or .doc resume would be a lot better than a text-based resume. If you must just keep it all in text, I hope you're using wrap="virtual" in the text area, so that the minimalist formatting we can do with raw text is preserved. Good luck, Justin French -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php