Updated Why choose GNOME leaflet
Andreas and I have been working on improving the Why choose GNOME leaflet for the upcoming LinuxWorld Expo in London, UK. So far, we have come up with the following draft: http://ramnet.se/~nisse/diverse/temp/whygnome.pdf. We're now looking for comments on the text to make it more fun and interesting. It's probably worth noting the prospective audience will probably be IT managers and small developers. -Thomas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Updated Why choose GNOME leaflet
Joachim Noreiko wrote: --- Thomas Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andreas and I have been working on improving the Why choose GNOME leaflet for the upcoming LinuxWorld Expo in London, UK. So far, we have come up with the following draft: http://ramnet.se/~nisse/diverse/temp/whygnome.pdf. We're now looking for comments on the text to make it more fun and interesting. It's probably worth noting the prospective audience will probably be IT managers and small developers. for end-users, users, ? (first para) I'd indent the paragraphs with smaller icons so the left margin of all text lines up. That's the proofreading. Not sure about the fun part. You mean line up with the logo? - Andreas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Updated Why choose GNOME leaflet
quote who=Thomas Wood We're now looking for comments on the text to make it more fun and interesting. It's probably worth noting the prospective audience will probably be IT managers and small developers. Suggestions: * Why Choose GNOME? - Put your foot down: Demand GNOME. (semi-joking; this heading would be better off as a statement rather than a question). * Use the new foot device and logotype. The spacing of the logo and first two paragraphs looks awkward. Too much on the left and top, too little on the right and bottom. * desktop for end-users, users - desktop for users/ * Change IBM, HP and Sun to focus on the major distributors, who we can clearly associate with GNOME: Red Hat, Novell, Sun, Canonical. * Gtk+ - GTK+ * choose from a dozen - choose from many * and of course plain old C and C++ - C and C++. Don't sap the strength of a message with a joke like this. :-) Good stuff! Have you considered different formats, such as single or triple fold A4? - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ I must be getting old... Buying toothpaste with gel in it is no longer an Absolute Necessity. -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Updated Why choose GNOME leaflet
Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Thomas Wood We're now looking for comments on the text to make it more fun and interesting. It's probably worth noting the prospective audience will probably be IT managers and small developers. Suggestions: * Why Choose GNOME? - Put your foot down: Demand GNOME. (semi-joking; this heading would be better off as a statement rather than a question). * Use the new foot device and logotype. The spacing of the logo and first two paragraphs looks awkward. Too much on the left and top, too little on the right and bottom. Máiríns new stuff in the gnome wiki, right? * desktop for end-users, users - desktop for users/ Or perhaps for people that needs to get stuff done :) * Change IBM, HP and Sun to focus on the major distributors, who we can clearly associate with GNOME: Red Hat, Novell, Sun, Canonical. * Gtk+ - GTK+ The text mentions that it runs on Unix, Linux and even Windows. Does it run on OSX these days? * choose from a dozen - choose from many * and of course plain old C and C++ - C and C++. Don't sap the strength of a message with a joke like this. :-) Good stuff! Have you considered different formats, such as single or triple fold A4? I'm thinking of putting some page on gnome.org (with roughly the same text, maybe a link or two) and link it with a banner so that when the dude who was at LinuxWorld gets home he can just send the url to his boss about it, as he only took one leaflet at LinuxWorld. Didn't considerate other designs much, as we mostly wanted to spice up the current one a bit. I guess we need to produce some better stuff later on, with really good copywriting and kickass design, more than just Get the Techy Facts about this Desktop of Ours. ;) - Andreas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Updated Why choose GNOME leaflet
quote who=Andreas Nilsson * Use the new foot device and logotype. The spacing of the logo and first two paragraphs looks awkward. Too much on the left and top, too little on the right and bottom. Máiríns new stuff in the gnome wiki, right? Yep. The text mentions that it runs on Unix, Linux and even Windows. Does it run on OSX these days? I'm not sure claims about Windows and OS X are actually useful to us at this point, at least if we're talking about the desktop. We can go a bit further for the platform, but it's still a big claim. I'm thinking of putting some page on gnome.org (with roughly the same text, maybe a link or two) and link it with a banner so that when the dude who was at LinuxWorld gets home he can just send the url to his boss about it, as he only took one leaflet at LinuxWorld. http://www.gnome.org/about/ - and some of the subpages. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ Money can't buy me grok. -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
