Alon Altman wrote:
On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Dotan wrote:
I strongly disagree. The series in all clubs is aimed at the general
population who are advanced computer users (by "advanced" I mean
know how
to install and manage a home Windows computer). Students are of
course a
subset
We don't have prerequisites from the participants and students are
much above the targeted audiance.
Who are you targeting then? People who have never used a computer?
People
who bought a computer with windows preinstalled and think IE is "The
Internet".
Yes.
Your "basic steps" lecture seems to cover mail and lynx. How
could a computer-illterate person use those? How could someone who
doesn't
know how to install a program on Windows will be able to use a
professional
3D graphics package such as Blender you present in your Multimedia
lecture?
I'm glad to say both lectures were presented very fine.
Blender for example was presented by a person who knew only how to
launch it and explained the idea and abilities of this app shortly.
Other then the technical problems it was a very good lecture and the
games presentation at the end was great.
I undersatnd thet Adir made use of my colorfull and pretty childish
slides in Haifux and I'm sure he did that emphesising different things
then I did in the JLC.
According to registration data, 78% of the people who registered for
JLC
W2L series define themselves as "advanced users" or above, and 55% of the
people have at least tried Linux. Maybe you don't know who your audience
are?
Maybe I got the posters a week before the lectures started. Maybe you
invested in advertising on Google for those who look for linux on the
web (that's pretty much defines an advanced user profile). Maybe you
don't count those who register on the JLC site. Maybe some are HUJIs CS
students which are welcome fall out of the target audiance. And maybe I
missed and I should try different methods to reach the audiance I'm
looking for.
of this population, but certainly not the primary target. We tried
various
forms of advertising. In Haifux we had several high school students,
adults,
and also some university students.
One major effort for pushing the series was in a Sci-Fi
convention. We
urged the community to invite their family and friends.
The only club I know of that decided to ignore the rest of the
activity
and publicize only its own lectures was JLC, and that's a shame.
Instead of
assuming your target audience is different, you could have tried to
cooperate.
Apparently my "assumption" was true - you target advanced users, we
don't.
Now if you'll excuse me I'll go and be ashamed of trying to reach the
audiance I was looking for without frightening them with topics like
"development tools" as integrated part of the series (you may not the
JLC has an IDE lecture at the end of the series which specificaly
goes for CS- students and thus captures the last place).
"development tools" is an integrated part only of the Telux W2L series
(and
JLC, where it is at the end of the series). In Haifux there is no
development tools lecutre as part of W2L. We do, however, give a special
lecture geared towards Technion students about development tools for
their
coursework. This lecture is not part of W2L, but a special lecture with a
specified purpose.
Like in any lecture, the future lectures are of coruse
mentioned in the lecture and the audience is invited to the W2L lecture.
Shlomi has made a mistake puting this lecture as part of the W2L series,
because it isn't.
Alon
