2011/3/17 Ricardo Chung <amon0.tho...@gmail.com>: > On Thursday, March 17, 2011 01:42:53 PM Kim Leyendecker wrote: >> 11.4 is out, and I think it´s time for post-release marketing now! Maybe >> with this idea: >> >> We can ask our users, to make a screenshot of their desktops and load up >> it to Facebook, Flickr or their server and send us the link. We can >> collect the photos and create a little "our user´s desktop show" with >> the screenshots. >> >> *What´s the sense of this idea?* >> We will see, how many are using 11.4 already. And we will show our >> users, that openSUSE is _their_ distro too. It´s a good chance to make >> openSUSE more personal to our users. >> >> *How we want to collect the pictures?* >> As I think today, we can use Facebook. The user upload the photo and >> post it to our profile. Also we can use planet openSUSE for that. >> Somebody blog about it, and the user post their desktops as a comment.
Can we use something that everyone can have access, I don't have and don't plan on having a facebook profile, if we end up somewhere lets write articles about it and let people sending us their Screenshots. >> >> *What the f*ck to do with the pictures?* >> At first, we have to make clear, that the project is allowed to use the >> pics for marketing. We´ve got the advantage, that we have _free_ >> marketing stuff. But the real thing behind this is that we have a >> (hopefully huge) gallery with our user´s desktop. >> >> *Why that all?* >> Because the user will think: openSUSE is my Linux! It makes the distro >> more personal (User: Darling, look, their´s my desktop! And their´s the >> desktop of our neighbours. And look their! Their´s the desktop of uncle >> Ronald from Alabama!) >> Another aspect is, that the user maybe see some nice desktops and get >> ideas of style his own. >> >> Hope you will like it! If you still have some questions, don´t be afraid >> to ask ;) >> >> thanks > > > I like this idea. Maybe it's possible to make a collage at the end to show > everybody desktops (collection). A wall including a favorite selection. > > Could this give us (as alive community) some visibility on Internet ? > > I will come back with my screenshots. > > -- > Ricardo Chung | openSUSE Linux Ambassador > Panama > > openSUSE 11.4 | KDE 4.6.00 release 6 | > Mesa 3D-Nouveau Gallium 7.10 video drivers > High Performance > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org > > Later Kostas -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org
