I am working on popularizing Apache Solr search engine: http://www.solr-start.com/ . It's a couple of books, a website, a mailing list and a bunch of connected Open Source projects, all having the focus on making it easier for people to learn Solr.
The fun part is that doing this for/by myself, I can scratch any itch I want, as long as it's around the core theme. The extra interesting - and challenging - part is to ensure there is a positive-feedback and self-fulfilling prophecy across those products.
This looks like a great idea! Some feedback: for a site named 'solr start', I was hoping the first thing I see would be something named 'start here' which explains what solr is, what to use it for, how to get started, etc. Instead, the 1st thing is something arcane called 'UpdateRequestProcessors'!
The fun part is that doing this for/by myself, I can scratch any itch I want, as long as it's around the core theme. The extra interesting - and challenging - part is to ensure there is a positive-feedback and self-fulfilling prophecy across those products.