New website files
Howdy, I am flying out to Japan this Saturday for my new job, and before I sign out of this list I wanted to post for the record that all the new website data (DB and Drupal files) have been sent to Scott with CC to Cory. Thank you all for your support during the short time that I participated in the discussions, and good luck with the success of UbuntuStudio. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: meeting logs
Howdy, On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Mike Holstein wrote: > for those who like to follow along at home, here are the minutes from the > contributors meeting from this past sunday... > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2011June5 > thanks to all who participated... As mentioned in the meeting (log), I recently landed a job in Japan. First I thought I had 2 - 3 of months for the transition, but the whole process has accelerated and I am flying to Tokyo in less than two weeks. This means that I really have no spare time left, and I do not expect that to change anytime soon, so consider me inactive at least for the foreseeable future. The good news is that the new website is pretty usable even as is. So if you think you would like to use the new website, I can provide all the files and a database dump for you to have. Let me know. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio 11.10 Oneiric artwork brainstorming/discussion
Howdy, On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:45 PM, C K wrote: > How's 20:00GMT for that meeting on Sunday? Scott? I am afraid I will not be able to make it this Sunday. Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio 11.10 Oneiric artwork brainstorming/discussion
Howdy, On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Scott Lavender wrote: > I like the simplicity and the etch design. I like the etched concept, > especially when I think of it in stone or granite, it gives a sense of > stability, strength, and vast, earthshaking power just under the surface. > Some potent undercurrent waiting to be tapped. > > Kokito, would that be something we could incorporate into the banner for the > website? The words "Ubuntu Studio" etched into granite or similar instead > of the "blob" image, I've never liked any of the blob images. I am not sure I understand what you mean by "the blob image". Can you be specific? Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Artwork FYI
Howdy, On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Scott Lavender wrote: > I'm glad to see that you are working this out. No hard feelings here; just making myself heard. :) > Jorge, I think you can see that Cory is very results driven and prefers to > keep involvement at a minimum in order to maximum results. I feel that it > is this "force of will" created Ubuntu Studio and afforded it the latitude > to grow as far as it has. I can see and do appreciate the results driven-approach. It's just that the later in game one gets in the loop, the harder it becomes, both from a practical as well as a motivation POV. Cheers! Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Artwork FYI
Howdy, On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 4:04 AM, C K wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Jorge G. Mare > wrote: >> I appreciate your candidness. In the same spirit of candidness, I will >> have to say that if this is the case, then my interest and with it my >> motivation dwindles. > > I know that my approach to this is opaque at the moment. It isn't > meant as a snub. It's to simply cut down on the signal to noise. > > I want to take us from having no direction, to a general heading. I'm > hoping to get a couple of options from Izo then bring in a few others > to get opinions then. There's 1 art director, me. I take many steps to > build consensus but ultimately I'll make the call. > > Here's what I'll do. Right now our list is pretty low-traffic and art > focused anyway so I'll ask Izo to join. It's a 50/50 shot. > > If he joins I'll start a new thread for intros and to bring everyone > up to speed. If not, I'll be CC'ing Jorge and Scott once there's > something to look at. Fair enough. But considering how important communication is to art direction and openness to a volunteer-based initiative, an ubuntu-studio-design mailing list may be a better approach for something like this. This would keep the noise out of the development list and would give those of us specifically interested in the creative aspect of US a place to freely discuss/brainstorm things without fear of producing unwanted noise. Food for thought. Cheers! Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Artwork FYI
Hi Cory, On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:43 PM, C K wrote: > I am currently in the very early stages (like 2 or 3 emails worth) of > working out thematic ideas. > > Once there's something to show, I'll CC some folks. (as said in my 1st email) > > I would ask them to join our list but the past has shown me that it's > never as useful as hoped and they never want our other email. Most > folks I've asked don't want to be bothered. > > The GTK and XFWM/Metacity themes I will be taking care of with the > Shimmer folks without input from others. > > The wallpaper, LightDM, Plymouth and images for the website will all > have a consistent message and will come from Izo. Once he and I have > some sort of a direction I'll CC Scott and Jorge. Being that I will be in charge of creating the website theme, I was expecting that I could be involved at this very early stage of the creative process, both to have a better understanding of drives the designs and also as a means to be able to provide some input. > @Jorge: Honestly, I'm not looking for many opinions as to the thematic > elements that will represent Ubuntu Studio so my plan is to bring you > in once we have some images. I know you'll need particular sizes for > things, as well as come up with ideas after seeing some early images. > Things won't be set in stone but somewhat of a path will be chosen by > Scott and I once Izo has had some time to be creative. I appreciate your candidness. In the same spirit of candidness, I will have to say that if this is the case, then my interest and with it my motivation dwindles. Cheers! Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Artwork FYI
Hi Cory, On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:42 PM, C K wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Jorge G. Mare wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:25 PM, C K wrote: >>> I am currently working with guys at The Shimmer project >>> (http://shimmerproject.org) and Izo (www.design-by-izo.com) for our >>> new art. >>> >>> I will CC the relevant folks once more info/ideas start to com into >>> focus. (it will most likely be for website stuff as the GTK theme work >>> will be more of a refresh/update of the current theme) >> >> It is great to see creative and apparently very talented people >> involved in this. But, can you please make this process more open and >> inclusive, so that those of us who will be affected by this initiative >> (i.e., myself with regards to the new website) can have a chance to >> provide input and influence the outcome before the fact? > > Hmm... Well, that's what I felt I said by sending this email in the > 1st place. :( Your message indicates that you are already working on the new art elsewhere with this other people, and that the rest of us will be informed at some point in the future. But if I misread your email, my apologies. :) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Artwork FYI
Howdy, On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:25 PM, C K wrote: > I am currently working with guys at The Shimmer project > (http://shimmerproject.org) and Izo (www.design-by-izo.com) for our > new art. > > I will CC the relevant folks once more info/ideas start to com into > focus. (it will most likely be for website stuff as the GTK theme work > will be more of a refresh/update of the current theme) It is great to see creative and apparently very talented people involved in this. But, can you please make this process more open and inclusive, so that those of us who will be affected by this initiative (i.e., myself with regards to the new website) can have a chance to provide input and influence the outcome before the fact? Thanks! Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: New icon set to use?
Howdy, On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:26 AM, C K wrote: > So with the new UI we'll be using a new icon set. Suggestions? It must > already be packaged. > > I'm leaning toward Forenza (sp?) if its packaged. It's nice and > orderly. Once a base set is picked, we'll develop our own add-on > icons. (folders and such) +1 for Faenza. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Social Media Team
Howdy, Having worked in marketing communications for many years, this sounds interesting. :) Not sure how much time I would be able to dedicate to this team, but count me in anyway. A couple of observations to your post follow below. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:08 PM, wrote: > What I like to do for my clients is to first build the foundation for our > strategy, and that foundation is based upon the age group of who we are > trying to attract. > > I'm going to safely assume that we will mainly be targeting males between the > ages of 18 and 35. Among these people, I'm also assuming that those who use > ubuntu (and ubuntu studio or other distros) are tech saavy. Furthermore, our > audience does not have a set location they can be from anywhere in the world > (which is actually quite an advantage for us). > > Now that we have an audience specified, we should select what kind of social > media websites would be best for not only attracting users of US but also > other linux enthusiasts/musicians and potentially new users. I am under the impression that US suffers from a shortage of resources. If that is the case (those in the know, please confirm or deny), besides end users which are of course a natural goal, the strategy should also take into account both technical and non-technical potential contributors as a target, End users and contributors may not always be mutually exclusive, but they do require different message platforms and possibly even communication channels. > The two services that immediately come to mind are facebook and twitter, but > I'd also be open to incorporating soundcloud or vimeo into our strategy to > showcase the work done with ubuntu studio. > > Ultimately it depends on how many people are dedicated to joining this team. > If we had 10 people, we could allocate responsibilities so not just one > person is doing all of the work. Ideally what we should do in this case is > make a master username/email and password for our social media sites, > allowing us to sign into any service and make small changes, updates, posts, > etc. We could also have someone dedicated to promoting ubuntu studio to blogs > and other tech sites. > +1 for administration redundancy. It is good practice to avoid the bottleneck that can happen over time when the only person with admin rights gets busy with real life or goes MIA for whatever reason. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Developer Meeting
Howdy, On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:03 AM, ailo wrote: > Some of us have been discussing if not to use a new time for these > meetings. At UTC 17.00 all participants would be able to attend. > > Any objections? UTC 17:00 would be 10:00AM in my time zone, which means I would be awake. Definitely better than 7:00AM US PST, especially on a Sunday. ;) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Social Media Team
Howdy, On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Scott Lavender wrote: > There has been some very general talk about integrating some social media > into the new website, but it has been very short on specifics. Here are some specifics that I had in mind: * Automagically share new website content (i.e., news, blogs, perhaps even wiki pages) on US FB/Twitter/etc. account(s), so that it is easy for anyone to follow website activity through their social networking service of choice. * Make it easy for people to share website content nodes (pages, blogs, doc pages, etc.) on their FB/Twitter/etc. accounts. This is good for general awareness and can potentially help reach out to the target audience beyond the existing US-specific ecosystem. * Allow people to create website account, login and comment on the US website using their social network service account (i.e., FB, Twitter, etc.) to lower the participation barrier. Luis, I would like to hear from you what specific recommendations you would have for a project like US, and how we could benefit from it. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Benjamin Turner wrote: > On a first walkthrough I found that I wanted to navigate the homepage's info > carousel by clicking on the images below the text held in the unordered list > with id="flowtabs". > > To a certain extent this section of the page feels like an accordion > interaction, so when I couldn't click on the images I had to find out *how* > to interact with it - ie. click the text. > > In the grand scheme of things, not to big, just something that *feels* like > it should be interactive. Yes, I am using sliding tabs in what looks like an accordion. So while I like the way the front page preface area looks, I am not completely happy with the user interaction. I will see if I can come up with some visual cues as to how to interact with the sliding tabs (don't really know how, though); if that does not work, I may just replace the script to a standard accordion script. > Text looks awesome! I like the line spacing, and the subtle grey border > below the h2 tags. There is only one thing I might play with in regards to > text, and that is the post's meta content. The way it is currently looks > beautiful, but the content isn't as *scan-able* By that I mean that when I > scroll down the page the individual post titles (h2) stand out, but the > content of the post doesn't stand out from the meta - ie. author, post date, > etc... > > In terms of a solution - Hmmm... the quick thing would be to make the meta > smaller. Another possible solution would be to not have it on the home page, > or to have a limited amount showing, when the viewer clicks through to the > single post they would get more details. I'm not as thrilled with that > solution, but it could work. I agree with your observation. However, I am pretty sure that the content that will in the end be shown in the front page underneath the preface area will change quite a bit from what you see now, so I will not bother with this for now. I will keep it in mind for when the time comes, though. ;) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 4:23 PM, C K wrote: > A few questions. On the logo text, are you using the ubuntu font or > our SVG logo? Reason I ask is because the kerning is different between > the two, Its tighter on the SVG. > > Also, the tagline under the logo is > not our official "Let Your Creativity Fly" or "..." damn there was > another. :P Anyway, a new tagline is totally up for discussion. :) I just followed the original tagline and "let my creativity fly" :) Consider both the logo and tagline as placeholders. They can eventually be replaced with whatever is decided to be the official logo and/or tagline for the next release (just FYI, the current logo is a combination of the US graphic signature -- which tbh I don't remember where I got from -- with text using the Ubuntu font; the text is not an image, so the kerning may not be exact and I suppose it may even render differently depending on the browser/resolution/etc.; eventually, we will have to use an image for the logo). Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 3:48 PM, wrote: > On a more unrelated note is there anyone on us's team dedicated to social > media? I work as a social media consultant at webconnection (a small web > development firm in baltimore), and would be willing to do some complementary > social media work for ubuntu. I think it will be very helpful, especially > with the launching of the new site. >From the POV of the website itself, it is in the scope of my intentions to social network-enable the site in such a way that new content (automagically or selectively) propagates through specific services like FB, Twitter, etc., and by making it dead easy for anyone to share/like/etc. any website content on FB/Twitter/etc.. While I'm not an expert in social networking, I can definitely see the value in US having a Twitter account and/or FB page (or group?). I suppose it would be nice to have someone handle this, so perhaps you could start a separate thread to discuss the specifics with the team. :) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, Although this is still very much work in progress, I thought I would put the new website in it's current state on a staging URL so that you guys can play with it: http://www.myhaiku.org There is still quite a bit left to wrap up the theme, so I will continue to work on my local copy as it is much faster. Feel free to use the staging site online and provide feedback on this thread, but please do not expect changes to it right away; instead, I will upload updated iterations of the site periodically so that you can see the progress. Long story short, this is still very much work in progress, so be nice. ;) Enjoy! Jorge On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:49 AM, C K wrote: > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:04 AM, Jorge G. Mare wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> Just wanted to let you know that I have not vanished from the map. :) >> Real life (mostly work) has been hectic lately, but I hope to have >> some time to resume work on the new website theme towards the end of >> this coming week. Keep you guys posted. > > Thanx Jorge. I think we all know you have other things to do as well. :) > > I personally feel that things will be slow until the 11.10 repo opens > up. I'm doing mostly investigative work 'till then. My plan is slowly > taking shape. :) > > -- > -Cory K. > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Developer Meeting
Howdy, On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:27 AM, wrote: > So, please join us this Sunday, May 8th @ 14:00 UTC for a Ubuntu Studio > developer meeting. You can use the linked time zone convertor [1] to find a > city/state/province near your to understand the local time. > > We will be meeting in the #ubuntustudio-devel channel on freenode.net for > your IRC client. Alternately, you can join us via web browser using > webchat.freenode.net [2]. Although I am not a developer ( ;) ), I will try to attend. Although if I were any of you, I would not expect much from me on a Sunday at 7AM. :) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Studio's 11.10 Roadmap
Howdy, On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Mike Holstein wrote: > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 7:54 AM, C K wrote: >> >> So, nobody can get something together? We have no new person on this >> list who wants to jump on this? Such a low entry barrier. It's just a >> wiki page and maybe some basic formatting. Just copy some other page >> layouts. >> >> I came back to help for this release but can't nor won't do it all. >> >> (note im looking for someone new to step upon this) >> > just look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Oneiric/Timeline and > comment here... i can keep the dates updated as we negotiate them (or add > items)... FYI, I have expanded on the website section of the above page. /me wonders if the Ubuntu wiki has a "watch this page" feature... Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Updating the current website to 11.04 release
Howdy, As noted on this bug report... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774607 ...the website has not been updated to reflect that fact that a new version of US has been released, and the download page is still pointing to all the 10.10 downloads. Which is a bit of a shame... ;) To try to remedy this, I volunteer to make the changes necessary to show the new release and point users to the 11.04 downloads. I am very familiar with Drupal, so this should be very quick and easy. To that effect, I have created a new account on the website which is now pending admin approval. I would also need editing rights in order to be able to make changes to the content, but I don't know who grants those rights nor how one acquires the necessary permissions. Which is why I am sending this email. :) Those in the know, please advise. Cheers, Jorge M. -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, Just wanted to let you know that I have not vanished from the map. :) Real life (mostly work) has been hectic lately, but I hope to have some time to resume work on the new website theme towards the end of this coming week. Keep you guys posted. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Studio's 11.10 Roadmap
Howdy, On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 8:04 AM, C K wrote: > I feel we need to set some development milestones. > > While I could start a wiki page with some basic structure I'd like to > get some others involved. Not sure if you are looking for this kind of help, but you can count on me for the following: - Website updates for release - New release announcement (I can put press release on the wire if desired) - Spread the word in general (FB/Twitter/OSNews/other appropriate channels) Cheers, -- Jorge G. Mare jorge.g.m...@gmail.com -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Brian David wrote: > It might not be too bad. I would assume (though obviously I can't say > for certain) that Canonical has already approved the most commonly > used modules i.e. CCK, Views, and so on. It might only be a severe > issue if you are using something out of the ordinary. Fortunately, no custom modules are being used. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Hi Eric, On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Eric Hedekar wrote: [snip] > 1) The admin link should not be anywhere on the > site. All the people who have access to the admin of the site, know how to > get there without the clickable link. This just encourages attempted > security intrusions. Only users with the "admin" role will see the links to the administration area, so no worries. > 2) Is there a usecase for a user profile page? i.e. > who will have authority to create content on the site? Permissions are fine-grained and can be based on user role and content type; moderation can also be used if desired (i.e., an anonymous user submits an article, it goes into a queue and it is published only after revision by a trusted member). Long story short, pretty much any desired scenario can be achieved. This can be discussed (perhaps on a separate thread?) at a later date, though. Right now I am trying to get the looks right. :) > 3) Can we see a few > screenshots outside of the admin login (i.e. a new blog post or story > without the edit links above)? This coming weekend or early next week I will have something online for everyone to play with. > And one not-so nitpicky thing that could be a major thorn for us eventually; > the twitter feed - which is a great idea (I'm fine with just grabbing any > #ubuntustudio hashtag post) - inherently relies on a new drupal module being > loaded to the site. Any new drupal module will need to undergo a full > scrutiny by Cannonical's web security team before their admins okay its > upload. This means we need to decide upon which modules we'll need for this > web update/revamp sooner rather than later and get that process underway. Although at this point in time I do not know with certainty which modules I will be using, I do expect to end up using multiple modules in addition to Drupal core, so this requirement may become a real challenge. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
"Making Music with FOSS" webcast tomorrow
Howdy, I just came across the following tweet and thought I would share it with the Ubuntu Studio community: http://twitter.com/#!/JustMeAmber/status/60406017237856256 It's a call to all Ubuntu Studio users to join the upcoming "Making Music with FOSS" webcast to be broadcast tomorrow Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Broadcast time is: 11am PDT (GMT-7) / 2pm EDT (GMT-4) / 18:00 UTC. The presenter is Adam Drew, Technical Support Engineer, Global Support Services at Red Hat. For more information about the website, check out: http://opensource.com/webcast Nice to see Ubuntu Studio covered. Enjoy! Jorge PS: Not sure if it's OK to cross-post. If there is a problem, please let me know. -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
SupperHappyDevHouse 44 on May 7th in Mountain View, CA
Howdyt, The next monthly SuperHappyDevHouse (SHDH) will be held on May 7th at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, CA. The event starts 3:00 pm and ends at 6:00 am the following day (Sunday). I am not really sure where the were the UbuntuStudio users/developers are based, but if anyone in the Bay Area who would like to get together at this event, it should be fund to have an UbuntuStudio table where we can get to meet face to face, chat, talk about what matters to each of us and enjoy the overall geek atmosphere. I have attended several SHDH in the past, and it's a lot of fun. You can find more info about SHDH at: http://superhappydevhouse.org/w/page/16345504/FrontPage Anyone interested? Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Scott Lavender wrote: > This is amazing. I am very impressed with the improvement. Glad you like it. I am more and more satisified with the looks and overall theme and colors. The slideshow navigation is still a bit weird, though. but I will fix it. > I really look forward to building the content for this :) I would like to do more work on the theme before putting it online on an staging URL. Hopefully next weekend or the week after that. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Louie Queral wrote: > this is stunning, tremendous job. > i think this does a great job showing the different applications of US > (music, film, graphics). And all created using open source software (mainly Inskscape and GIMP). :) > curious, is there an actual ubuntu studio twitter or are we going to rely on > compiling hashtags? I don't know. Those tweets that you see in the screen are capture using a module to that effect that is triggered when running a cron job (currently set at 1 hour in my development machine, but can be configured to any desired frequency). Cheers, Jorge PS: Where I wrote "I got a bit created" I actually meant to say "I got a bit creative". -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, I got a bit created and come up with another iteration for the front page: https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5596292342587151458 https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5596292345587801058 Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Advertisement
Howdy, On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Scott Lavender wrote: > Unless someone feel strongly otherwise I am going to contact ginger at Libre > Graphics and see if we can defer the full page ad until closer to the 11.10 > release. An ad that conveys a well formulated overall theme and message platform, and that targets a clearly defined audience is easier to create and much more likely to produce the desired effect. This requires plenty of thought, so putting time on your side would be a good thing IMO. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Brian David wrote: > Third, I like the designs, Jorge, and thanks for jumping in and doing > all this great work. Thanks Brian! :) Please do feel free to provide feedback as time permits. Sometimes other people's input helps me see things that I would not see otherwise, so there is value in making yourself heard. Cheers! Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Benjamin Turner wrote: > I think that this theme is coming along wonderfully. There are a few things > that you may still be working on, but I thought I would give my 2 cents. The > main elements of page adhere to a pretty good grid system (the green lines > in the link below). There are some things that don't really follow the grid > that you are beginning to establish (red lines). > It seems that perhaps these elements are part of the 'main content' or > something like that, and that they are structured more like a directory tree > - great for viewing files - but somewhat breaking from your design grid. > > Overall, I think that your font choices are doing their jobs - I can tell > that 'UbuntuStudio Live Recording' is the title of the article, and that the > 'view edit unpublish' are navigational. However the 'Home' from the main > menu and the 'home' in the content area feels a little redundant, or perhaps > unclear as to what each instance does. Perhaps if you are trying to > establish where the user is, you could hi-light the 'home' in the menu area? > > I've uploaded a screenshot with a few annotations to hopefully clarify what > I mean: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9k0EVSEZ-UoHpjegBBjN-iHR1PMKhI6HfAFTAPr0k3A?feat=directlink > > Thanks for all the great work you're doing! Thanks for the nice words and the feedback. Yes, I agree that the HOME menu entry is redundant. Once I get the breadcrumbs properly setup and working for each content type (pages, news, blog, forum, etc.) then I will remove it. With regards to the alignment to grid, I have it in mind, but I am still moving things around, so fine adjustments will come later. That being said, I do have a tendency to "break the rules" for the sake of playfulness and visual liveliness, so don't be surprised if not everything is meticulously aligned. :) By the way, I worked a bit on the front page slider today; here is a screenshot: https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5595645470727783042 I am still not totally happy with the visuals, but the under the hood stuff (templates and CSS) are more or less in place, so it's another small step forward. I will be busy the next several days, so things are going to stall a bit, but I will pick up again next week. If possible, I would like to put the site online on a staging URL for you guys to play with towards the end of next week. We'll see if I can. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Louie Queral > wrote: >> This is fabulous, great job! >> Curious though, what are your plans for the header? I feel like we've had >> some Ubuntu Studio logo work done before, and we could possibly resurrect >> that unless you have the logo under control. >> Again, this is awesome. Glad you like the direction of the new website theme. :) On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:11 AM, C K wrote: > Yes. The new logo will be used. I'm sure the website will change a bit > once we flesh the art direction. Yes, the website theme will evolve as required to fit into whatever overall theme is decided upon. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, I did a few more tweaks here and there, plus added and themed user profiles. Here are a few mandatory screenshots: News post https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5595278554459506242 User profile https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5595278554875022562 Blog post https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5595284881897234786 I think the theme is evolving nicely, but there are some things that I am not still happy with. Tomorrow if I have some time I will try to work on the front page slideshow. Speaking of which, I could really use some screenshots of US in action. If you have any, please send them over this way. ;) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Advertisement
Howdy, On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Scott Lavender wrote: > I *think* Cory is suggesting that we schedule to roll the website out in > time for 11.10. I am quite confident that I can have the Drupal 6 website and theme ready in a month or two. Personally, I would prefer to deploy the Drupal 6 version with the new theme and the basic content first, and then add features & content gradually as time permits. This way you can expect to have a pretty decent site by 11.10 release time frame. > I had originally hoped to draw some attention to Ubuntu Studio and solicit > some graphical design work flows from professional graphic artists who use > open source tools with the advertisement. If we have a definitive, > exciting, and revolutionary plan for the 11.10 release (XFCE, new UI, etc) > we might want to see if we can "hold" the ad to coincide with 11.10 and > create some excitement. Question: is US released at the same time as Ubuntu core? Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
US website theme RFC & request for screenshots
Howdy, As mentioned in another message today, I have posted some screenshots of the Drupal 6 theme that I am developing for the US website. You can see the images here: https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork# Input/feedback is welcome, but please note that this is still at a very early stage, so be nice and ignore the rough edges (which there are many). Also, please ignore the wording; I am using mostly borrowed text as placeholders. Now I have a request. I would like to have screenshots of US in action, particularly in the application space and user cases that US specifically caters to, to use as artwork in the front page and also as part of the Screenshot section that will be added later. So I am asking you, US users, to send me your screenies. Assuming this list does not accept attachments, feel free to email them to me privately. Thanks! Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Advertisement
Hola, On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:06 PM, wrote: > Jorge can you cc me too? I am interested in the site progress as well I will be posting a few screenshots on the web later today. Will post the URL on this list when I do. Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Advertisement
Howdy, On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:54 PM, C K wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Jorge G. Mare wrote: >> Once you confirm the actual deadline I will let you know if I can >> produce something or not. > > Dude, I love that you use the word "howdy". :) :) > Anyway, I think the deadline would be quite a ways off. Say, a month > or so before 11.10's release. But don't make it live 'till release. In that case, you can count on me. > Along with a deadline, you'll need to be in on the theming chat that > we hopefully get together w/the Libre graphics guys as per Ricardo's > suggestion. We'll need to have a overarching concept/direction that is > cohesive. > > @Scott - Can you head up scheduling a meeting with these guys on IRC? > Just something to brainstorm on concepts. Hell, we still need to find > out if they are even interested. Yes, I need to understand the theme and message platform, so it would be helpful to attend any meeting that can give me context and direction. Just try to avoid early Sundays. ;) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Advertisement
Howdy, On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Scott Lavender wrote: > If we intend to submit an advertisement for May I believe the deadline is > April 22nd, but I can confirm that as well as the technical specifications. Once you confirm the actual deadline I will let you know if I can produce something or not. > By the way, have you made any progress on the website? Yes, I have made some progress. In fact, yesterday I sent out an email with a couple of screenshots and I thought I had copied you, but it looks like I did not. I have just resent the message, so it should be in your mailbox by now. :) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Ubuntu Studio Advertisement
Howdy, On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Scott Lavender wrote: > Hello All, > > Recently, I have been having some talks with the editors of Libre Graphics > Magazine [1] about helping Ubuntu Studio developing a more comprehensive and > documented graphical applications set. A side result was that we were > generously offered a full-page (A4) advertisement for Ubuntu Studio :) > > I would expect that Mr. MacInnis would be involved in this, but is anyone > interested in helping develop an ad? > > We will need to develop a concept for the ad and also create the graphics > for it. I don't know any requirements from the Libre Graphics folks at this > time, I am aware that they work with .svg files so I would expect Inkscape > to be a perfectly acceptable medium to create the artwork. I have created ads professionally, so I could do this. However, I do not have a lot of spare time these days. What sort of time frames are we talking (ie., when is the artwork submission deadline)? Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: MEETING this sunday
Howdy, On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Mike Holstein wrote: > ALL ARE WELCOME to attend the meeting this sunday, april 3rd, @ 10am, easter > standard time. PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you have trouble finding out what time > this is in your local time zone... eastern standard time is US/new york.. > for example: > 10:00:00 a.m. Sunday March 6, 2011 in America/New_York converts to I will try to participate. Although being Sunday @ 7:00AM here in California, I cannot guarantee. :) If possible, I would like to discuss the new website (mainly trying to get better insight of what the goals are). Cheers! Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Kokito and Ubuntu Studio Website Update
Howdy, On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Brian David wrote: > Hey, Jorge, glad to see you're interested in helping! > > First, I'm sorry I haven't had any website updates for the last few > weeks. Real life has swamped me, and I haven't had much time to do > any work. I'm hoping to get some time in over the next few days. > > Jorge, right now the very basic aspects of the theme are in place (you > can see it in action here: http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio/). > I would say that what we need to do next is get the back end and > initial content of the site organized, and then we will know precisely > what CSS remains to be done. I'll send out a more detailed e-mail > about how I think this stuff should be implemented in Drupal (i.e. > what modules to use and with what settings, content types, user roles, > etc) the next time I get the chance. If you have ideas on these > things as well, definitely let us know! I look forward to the more detailed email. I am quite familiar with Drupal, so will provide my feedback where it may (hopefully) help. ;) I have a question about the status of the theme that you linked to: is this considered to be finalized? If not, do you have a mockup showing what you are shooting for design and color-wise? Trying to get a clearer image of what the site is expected to look like. One last question: does UbuntuStudio have an (official?) logo, and if so, where can I find it? Cheers! -- Jorge G. Mare jorge.g.m...@gmail.com -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Kokito and Ubuntu Studio Website Update
Howdy, On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:57 AM, wrote: > I saw your comments in IRC this weekend and wanted to contact you about > helping. Just as a little background relevant to the topic of this thread, I am the creator of the theme currently being used in the Haiku project website at http://haiku-os.org. I created this for the first official alpha release of Haiku, back in late 2009. I have also created a couple of derivative themes that are currently being used by a few Haiku community websites, such as http://haiku-es.org (Haiku Iberoamérica), http://haiku-cn.org (Haiku China) and http://haiku-jp.org (Haiku Japan). You can also see most of the artwork that I created for Haiku over the years here: https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/MyHaikuArtwork# > I have CC'd the person who created the theme we are going with currently and > who is currently developing it. Hopefully the two of you can work together > to help further this along. Thank you! Will try to work with him. Is it OK to have exchanges on this list, or is private communication preferred? > You can find an email thread the current theme here: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-devel/2011-March/002977.html > > Additionally, you can find more information about the website update at: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/TaskWebRevamp Will take a look at both. I see that the mailing list post that you refer me to has a link to an Impact theme package. I downloaded it and will try to set up a fresh Drupal 6 install to see what it looks like. > Lastly, I am CC'ing Stochastic as he has committed to being the person to > actually put the files onto the hosting site, just to keep him in the loop. > > Very glad to have you offering help :) My pleasure. Hopefully I can help make the new UbuntuStudio website really whizz-bang. ;) Cheers, Jorge -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
