Alon Altman wrote:
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?
I tried time and again to offer wider use of the dual meaning term "free
software"
I made logos with this term. I offered poster/postcards design with it.
I also generated some (what I thought were) teasing slogens and graphics.
Unfortuntly some people thought pushing the very-well-known name "Linux"
in will do more good.
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 try to judge it from the PC cluless point of view.
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.
I asked Adir which said he emphesized that Linux has a well established
graphic interface.
I hope I emphesized the variety which allows each to choose what he
feels good with. I also hope I managed to pass the idea that it really
is easy to use and that we are always there to help.
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?
First of all HUJI which is close to me and where many non cs-students
come regularly (I'm not even close to be a cs-student as you might
already know) and than the Leyada.
I know of at least two more schools where posters were hanged.
I would love to get suggestion for other options to improve our
targeting next time.
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.
And I unswered "Yes" when you asked if I was addressing "those who
bought a computer ..."
These have high interest in free software (note I'm using the term free
and not FOSS) .... and penguins ;)
Dotan
