On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Dotan wrote:
who bought a computer with windows preinstalled and think IE is "The
Internet".
Yes.
How would you motivate a person who isn't interested in computers at all
to come hear a lecture about something he knows nothing about?
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.
Sure, because you got an audience of advanced users, just like all other
clubs did.
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.
Why do you think that? What did you emphasize? Adir more or less explained
why Linux is not different than Windows. I stuck to your slides more
strictly.
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.
Where did you hang these posters to get the basic user profile you were
looking for?
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).
Linux is mentioned on an again in the media. I didn't advertise only on
the keyword "linux". I also tried keywords such as "virus", "popup", etc.
but the click-through and subscription rates for these keywords were
dramatically lower.
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.
The problem is you won't reach this audience unless you come to them.
People who are not interested in computers won't come to a lecture about
computers. It's as simple as that.
Alon
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