"I'm a programmer Jim, not a graphic artist"
Seriously though, thanks for all the comments! This is exactly
the sort of feedback I was looking for. I'm going to go through
your and some other people's comments and totally redo the flyer.
As for the purpose/intended audience, it's the atendents of Linux World
Expo, so we are trying to grab attention of:
a) LUG members
b) Potential Sponsors
c) General audience
How does the following sound:
Instead of having all this information on the flyer, we have an easel
that has has large piece of cardboard with a summary of the project goals
printed on it. The flyer just has our logo, project title, dates,
web site, and a bulleted list of the project highlights such as:
- A world wide celebration of Linux!
- Over 75 participating Linux User Groups!
- More than 10 countries represented!
- A great opportunity to reach new Linux users!
- Etc, etc, etc...
Jim, when you get the exhibitor's guide, find out if we need to get
special permission to have an easel in our booth?
Also, I think that the flyers will end up being grayscale due to
cost constraints. The easel and our banner can attract attention. We
just need something that people can take with them to help them remember
the project.
The "One day, ... army of geeks" will go. It had gone away a long
time ago on our webpage, but I thought I'd try it on the flyer.
I will have redone flyer tommorrow night.
- Deepak
On Jul 20 1999, at 17:14, Luke Opperman was caught saying:
> >This means that I need to have the flier done in the next
> few
> > days, so I ask that anyone who has ten minutes to spare
> please take a
> > look at it and give me your comments.
> >
> > http://www.linuxdemo.org/docs/lwce-flier.doc
> > http://www.linuxdemo.org/docs/lwce-flier.ps
> >
> > - Deepak
>
> Well, i'm finally taking a look at this (the server was
> down last time i tried), and i'm thinking that i have no
> idea of the purpose of this document. So...
>
> Who is the audience of this? Seems to be a press release,
> not a flyer. Tons of information, aimed at everyone from
> potential sponsors to current linux users to potential
> attendees. I thought this was being mailed out to LUGs?
> When will this is supposed to be posted around the world
> on telephone poles? In short, it seems to be trying to be
> all things for all people, and in doing so it fails to
> catch the attention of anyone.
>
> Visually, I don't like it being split evenly into two
> columns all the way down. The logo looks good, though it
> isn't balanced by anything (no other color, and everything
> is just a bunch of similar text). The slogan is perhaps
> the worst part in my mind. There is a .sig on Slashdot
> which compares Hitler's "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein
> something" quote with a microsoft ad about One World, One
> Internet, etc. Or something like that. My point is that
> I'm not sure that that is what Linux is about. The "Army
> of Geeks" thing seems to reinforce the negative
> connotations of the slogan. Visually, the words seem
> unbalanced as they almost look pyramidal, but "one
> operating system" breaks that.
>
> So here are my suggestions, which call for some major
> revisions. :)
>
> First, decide who this is for. If it is a generic flyer
> for LUGs to post, make it focused for newcomers to linux,
> simplify it greatly, and leave a space for LUGs to put in
> information on who to contact and where it is locally. If
> it is for sponsors (isn't it a little late for that?) then
> focus the writing towards them. Perhaps multiple flyers
> are needed for multiple purposes, i think that would have
> a much better impact than this.
>
> Second, rethink the slogan and heading. Break up the
> column look. Make the slogan to appeal to the audience,
> not to us, and be less inflammatory. :)
>
> Those are my thoughts right now, just my opinions so by
> definition they can be argued with. :)
>
> Luke
>
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