Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCEMENT] IRC meeting for Ubuntu - UK 5th August HAS MOVED TO THE 12th August
Joined. Is everyone else a member of the much larger, global Ubuntu group? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2205498133 On 7/16/07, Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Anyone else want to come join us? There's an Ubuntu-UK group that needs > > filling... > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2387304172 > > -- > > > I'll be joining that when I get home, due to the network overlords facebook > is banned here :) > > Andrew Williams > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCEMENT] IRC meeting for Ubuntu - UK 5th August HAS MOVED TO THE 12th August
Anyone else want to come join us? There's an Ubuntu-UK group that needs filling... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2387304172 -- I'll be joining that when I get home, due to the network overlords facebook is banned here :) Andrew Williams -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCEMENT] IRC meeting for Ubuntu - UK 5th August HAS MOVED TO THE 12th August
On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 12:07 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > I've taken the dive and joined facebook - my profile looks sad with > only one friend which is you Nik lol ! Well you've got one more now! Anyone else want to come join us? There's an Ubuntu-UK group that needs filling... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2387304172 -- Dave Murphy - http://www.schwuk.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCEMENT] IRC meeting for Ubuntu - UK 5th August HAS MOVED TO THE 12th August
> if you need to get a hold of me privately im usually easier to grab on > facebook/pownce/twitter or skype since email is getting to be more > notification based than communication based for me > > > facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=638696866 > pownce http://pownce.com/nikbutler > twitter http://twitter.com/loudmouthman > skypethebutlershouse I've taken the dive and joined facebook - my profile looks sad with only one friend which is you Nik lol ! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCEMENT] IRC meeting for Ubuntu - UK 5th August HAS MOVED TO THE 12th August
if this was DIGG I would say , title says it all, however this is Ubuntu UK and I wanted to grab everyones attention to this, you can see notes from previous meeting and conversations. its open to all in the list and forums for the ubuntu uk community https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes sorry about missing notes I am playing the catch up game with my own admin. ps. if you need to get a hold of me privately im usually easier to grab on facebook/pownce/twitter or skype since email is getting to be more notification based than communication based for me facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=638696866 pownce http://pownce.com/nikbutler twitter http://twitter.com/loudmouthman skypethebutlershouse Cheers Nik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag
> I've had a few articles published in "special interest" magazines (no, > not that sort!) - not Linux-related but related to my own area of > investment specialism - and I currently have an agency running a > national PR campaign for me in the "day job", so have a bit of > experience in getting ideas into traditional media. > > What I've found is that magazines tend to like articles that: > > - Are bang on target for their content area > - Are well-written, in the sense of readability (relatively short > sentence construction, no plosives next to fricassives, and so on) > - Are free (in the sense of pizza) > - Don't come over as if they were written by a religious nutcase (place > the following in order of importance, 1: ending world poverty, 2: curing > cancer, 3: ensuring programmers have a legal right to modify sourcecode, > then work out what the order of importance is for the magazine readership!) > > > - Many of them also seem to like articles that appear to interview other > sources (There is one particular freelance journalist who phones me up > for a soundbite every few months when he's pitching for a particular > magazine.) If you are an IT consultant, don't hesitate to get > sound-bites from your clients about their use of Ubuntu - the angle of > "local firm XXX switched and" > > - More and more local magazines have realised that they can't compete as > an aggregator of generic news, so are pushing the "local angle" more and > more... so by all means write for the East Riding of Yorkshire, if you > live there, or can interview a local firm / celebrity, and make the > article about THEM. > Thanks for the advice Mark - that gives me a new angle to look at this from. Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag
Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checked the info, and this parish encompasses 17,200 people! > (2001 census) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingham%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire > Not bad eh! > > Although I don't know about the magazine circulation, I think that > concentrating on smaller areas individually (but with one and others > support) gives us greater chance of success ;-) > > Chris I've had a few articles published in "special interest" magazines (no, not that sort!) - not Linux-related but related to my own area of investment specialism - and I currently have an agency running a national PR campaign for me in the "day job", so have a bit of experience in getting ideas into traditional media. What I've found is that magazines tend to like articles that: - Are bang on target for their content area - Are well-written, in the sense of readability (relatively short sentence construction, no plosives next to fricassives, and so on) - Are free (in the sense of pizza) - Don't come over as if they were written by a religious nutcase (place the following in order of importance, 1: ending world poverty, 2: curing cancer, 3: ensuring programmers have a legal right to modify sourcecode, then work out what the order of importance is for the magazine readership!) - Many of them also seem to like articles that appear to interview other sources (There is one particular freelance journalist who phones me up for a soundbite every few months when he's pitching for a particular magazine.) If you are an IT consultant, don't hesitate to get sound-bites from your clients about their use of Ubuntu - the angle of "local firm XXX switched and" - More and more local magazines have realised that they can't compete as an aggregator of generic news, so are pushing the "local angle" more and more... so by all means write for the East Riding of Yorkshire, if you live there, or can interview a local firm / celebrity, and make the article about THEM. Regards, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
