blog: add meat to DVC 1.0 docs idea in GSoD 2020 post

based on https://dvc.org/blog/dvc-3-years-and-1-0-release

content/blog/2020-04-30-gsod-ideas-2020.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ description: |
 descriptionLong: |
   DVC is looking for writers to take part in
   [Google Season of Docs 2020](https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs).
+
+  Returning candidates: Skip to [project ideas](#project-ideas)
 picture: 2019-04-23/post-image.png
 pictureComment:
 author: jorge_orpinel
@@ -16,17 +18,17 @@ tags:
   - Mentoring
 ---
 
-Exciting announcement! After a successful experience with
-[Google Season of Docs](https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs) 2019,
-we're putting out a call for writers to apply to work with DVC as part of the
+After a successful experience with **Google Season of Docs**
+[in 2019](/blog/dvc-project-ideas-for-google-summer-of-docs-2019), we're putting
+out a call for writers to apply to work with DVC as part of the
 [2020 edition](https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs). If you want to get
 involved with open source software documentation with mentorship from our team,
 read on.
 
-DVC has a well organized docs team and a
-[well-defined process](https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/contributing/docs) for
-creating and maintaining our documentation, while working closely with the core
-engineering team.
+DVC has a dedicated docs team and a
+[well-defined process](/doc/user-guide/contributing/docs) for creating and
+maintaining our documentation, while working closely with the core engineering
+team.
 
 ## Prerequisites to apply
 
@@ -36,12 +38,12 @@ few skills we look for in applicants.
 1. **Clear English writing.** We strive express the concepts, processes, and
    details around DVC clearly, correctly, and completely. We use general and
    friendly wording as much as possible and pay close attention to consistency
-   in our terminology.
+   in our terminology. Our team will help with copy editing.
 
 1. **Command line experience.** [DVC](/doc/home) is a command line tool that
    builds on top of [Git](https://git-scm.com/), so being able to play with it
    and test the features will be very useful. Creating and managing files,
-   GNU/Linux commands, file and permission admin are desired skills.
+   GNU/Linux commands, file and permission administration are desired skills.
 
 1. **People skills.** We put a high value on communication: the ability to
    discuss ideas, explain your goals, report progress, and work kindly with more
@@ -60,11 +62,21 @@ our ideas. Projects will be primarily mentored by our lead technical writer,
 1. **DVC 1.0 docs.** We are soon to release DVC 1.0.0! This version brings some
    significant changes that for the first time in our
    [release history](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/releases) are not
-   completely backward-compatible. The main change is a multi-stage _pipelines
-   file_ that substitutes
-   [DVC-files](https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format). We expect the
-   process to fully update all our previous docs will take a few months, and you
-   could help us with this!
+   completely backward-compatible. We expect that fully updating all our
+   previous docs will take a few months, and you could help us with this! The
+   main new features are:
+
+   - A
+     [multi-stage _pipelines file_](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/1871)
+     that partially substitutes
+     [DVC-files](https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format);
+   - Separation between
+     [scalar vs. continuous metrics](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/3409),
+     and new commands to visualize them, such as `dvc plot`;
+   - A new [run cache](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/1234) that
+     automatically saves experiment checkpoints between commits;
+   - Major [performance](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/3488)
+     improvements.
 
    _Difficulty rating:_ Beginner-Medium<br/><br/>
 
@@ -79,7 +91,7 @@ our ideas. Projects will be primarily mentored by our lead technical writer,
 
    **Mentor**: [Elle](https://github.com/andronovhopf)
 
-   _Difficulty rating:_ Medium<br/><br/>
+   _Difficulty rating:_ Beginner-Medium<br/><br/>
 
 1. **Interactive guides.** Many of our docs include command line examples to
    illustrate how DVC works. In some cases these are full guides we want people
@@ -103,12 +115,12 @@ our ideas. Projects will be primarily mentored by our lead technical writer,
    developed over the years to host our landing pages, docs, and blog all in a
    high-performance, advanced static site (Node.js, Gatsby, React, Typescript).
    We have several goals to further improve the usability and structure of our
-   site, such as
+   site, such as:
 
-   - creating a
-     [special docs home page](https://github.com/iterative/dvc.org/issues/1073).
-   - improving [mobile menus](https://github.com/iterative/dvc.org/issues/808).
-   - better navigation sidebar
+   - Creating a
+     [special docs home page](https://github.com/iterative/dvc.org/issues/1073);
+   - Improving [mobile menus](https://github.com/iterative/dvc.org/issues/808);
+   - Better navigation sidebar
      [highlighting](https://github.com/iterative/dvc.org/issues/753) and
      [positioning](https://github.com/iterative/dvc.org/issues/1198).