Comments on: Booksprints: Notes from #dev8ed session on authoring books in a short time

By: Digital infrastructure for learning materials: update July 2012 : Digital Infrastructure Team

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:46:35 +0000

[...] by the booksprint session at Dev8ED, in August I will be working with Lorna Campbell, Phil Barker and Martin Hawskey on our ebook. Our [...]

By: Martin Hawksey

Martin Hawksey — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:26:45 +0000

Hi Sheila – I agree there’s a lot of overlap with other types of events. Given this particular technique comes from the world of open source software I imagine in this particular example ‘code sprints’ were a source of influence. It’s probably worth remembering that regardless of what you call it, it’s going to take a lot of effort to do.

By: Sheila MacNeill (@sheilmcn)

Sheila MacNeill (@sheilmcn) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:49:48 +0000

Hi Martin

Thanks for the summary. It sounds a lot like a number of creative/academic writing “events” for want of a better word. I know a number of colleagues who run/attend writing retreats, which have a similar timetable to what you’ve outlined. The key is to get people together and concentrate on writing and not anything else:-)