This is a great idea. Sugar faces two huge barriers to adoption: the installation barrier and the unfamiliarity barrier.
A kit which lowers both of these barriers, even somewhat, will make a difference. A one or two page PDF explaining how to get started with be a big step forward. Sean. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Sebastian Dziallas <sebast...@when.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > I'm sorry for the late reply - I've been traveling these days... > > Yeah, so I'd be really happy to see the Creation Kit (which isn't much > more than an early draft for now) to evolve. I guess it'd make sense to > have mainly instructions on how to put SoaS on a USB key - but probably > also hints to the FLOSS Manuals guide and James' book on writing activities. > > For the distribution, I guess it'd be indeed good to compile a kind of > "kit" that would contain all the files needed. And the kit's .pdf file > could also be used as our instructions online... > > I'm really looking forward to getting this done! > > --Sebastian > > John Tierney wrote: >> Hi Sebastian, >> >> I would like to start a conversation around what will be included in the >> Sugar on a Stick Creation Kit along with ideas around how we will get >> Creation Kits into the hands of Teachers and Professors at the University >> level. >> >> In past marketing meetings I put forth the Sugar on a Stick Baton Approach. >> Basically the idea would be to send a Creation Kit Stick to a Professor >> asking >> that they create 5-10 SoaS to hand out to colleagues. Having Downloaded >> Creation >> Kit files to their own computer they then pass along Creation >> Kit Stick to another-and so on-and so on. >> >> Having links-How to PDF's-Along with other pertinent information would be a >> great step forward. >> >> Would like to know what you had in mind and what others believe would be >> helpful. >> >> Please link to other lists where you believe we should lokk for feedback. >> >> Thanks! >> >> John Tierney >> = > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing