Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Hey Rob; The screenshots were taken on my Dell Mimi at about 1024x600, so scaling them up may not cause too much disorientation. As for what you said about the logo bieng too dark, you were right. I printed one off and the logo is too dark on the background. As for the screenshots, they look fine on print. Liam On 31 January 2010 15:51, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 31/01/2010 15:17, Liam Wilson wrote: Hey Rob, I used GIMP, and got the ubuntu and canonical logos off the internet, and took the screenshots myself. You can download all the images and things i used here: http://mehall.co.cc/Poster.tar.gz As for scaling it up to A3, it could probably be done, albeit with a loss of quality, but you're welcome to try :D It's also probably worth noting that if you are going to use a border printer, to try keep all the borders around the image the same size, so it doesn't become disoriented. Liam. Cool I'll have a look when I have time. I've found in the past when doing things like this, if you use Inkscape it does scale up fairly well, well if you use SVG images such as the logo and create the text in Inkscape. Screenshots don't scale up as well unless they're high resolution to start with, but I'd guess if you're using images with a resolution of say 1024x768 and scaling them down to fit then they'd probably be okay scaling up to A3 size too, at least if the images are going to be printed at a small size. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Liam Wilson wrote: As for the TV advert, should we like, have a meeting or something so we can throw ideas around and such? Personally, I think it'd be a good idea is the video didn't put other OS' down, but rather, put Linux/Ubuntu Up, say show easy it is to contribute and customise Ubuntu, etc. Say, show off a few compiz shots here and there... I agree, absolutely. No point running a negative ad - as much as I'd love to do a comparison and put Windows down, this kind of commercial has to be much more sophisticated to be convincing - lets stick to positive, and keep it simple... It's been almost 18 years since I last worked on a movie set, but I'd be happy to contribute whatever I can to this project. -- Cheers, Dave replace .bug.invalid with .com to email me -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Hey everyone, I finished the poster, and I've put it on my Ubuntu one, as I can't find anywhere else that I can upload it to, so let me know if you want it, and I'll share it with you. Liam. On 30 January 2010 23:44, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Aye, t'is the default background from 9.04; I like it because it's simple, and the stripes give it a feeling of elegance, I think! :) On 30 January 2010 23:35, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:23:59 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. There are various ways round it,such as testing the colour laser printer at work :) anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I do like that orangey/brown colour, that’s what attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place. So far so good. On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Liam, share me the file and I'll up it to my VPS, with a link from my frontpage ( http://mehall.co.cc ) meaning people can just share that link to access it. - Michael On 31/01/2010 11:41, Liam Wilson wrote: Hey everyone, I finished the poster, and I've put it on my Ubuntu one, as I can't find anywhere else that I can upload it to, so let me know if you want it, and I'll share it with you. Liam. On 30 January 2010 23:44, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com mailto:liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Aye, t'is the default background from 9.04; I like it because it's simple, and the stripes give it a feeling of elegance, I think! :) On 30 January 2010 23:35, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com mailto:yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:23:59 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com mailto:liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. There are various ways round it,such as testing the colour laser printer at work :) anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I do like that orangey/brown colour, that’s what attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place. So far so good. On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com mailto:yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net mailto:zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Absolutely agreed. It's a constant pleasure to behold. And the superior applications adopt it too. The inferior ones do not. I have noticed this with video editors (amongst which, for me, neither superior nor inferior actually work, however). On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 11:43, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com Aye, t'is the default background from 9.04; I like it because it's simple, and the stripes give it a feeling of elegance, I think! :) On 30 January 2010 23:35, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: I do like that orangey/brown colour, that's what attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Michael; I can't connect to U1 for whatever reason, so I'll email you the .tar.gz if that's alright. Liam On 31 January 2010 11:43, Michael Douglas meh...@mehall.co.cc wrote: Liam, share me the file and I'll up it to my VPS, with a link from my frontpage ( http://mehall.co.cc ) meaning people can just share that link to access it. - Michael On 31/01/2010 11:41, Liam Wilson wrote: Hey everyone, I finished the poster, and I've put it on my Ubuntu one, as I can't find anywhere else that I can upload it to, so let me know if you want it, and I'll share it with you. Liam. On 30 January 2010 23:44, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Aye, t'is the default background from 9.04; I like it because it's simple, and the stripes give it a feeling of elegance, I think! :) On 30 January 2010 23:35, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:23:59 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. There are various ways round it,such as testing the colour laser printer at work :) anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I do like that orangey/brown colour, that’s what attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place. So far so good. On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Sent! Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? Liam On 31 January 2010 12:12, Michael Douglas meh...@mehall.co.cc wrote: That's fine. I'm also having U1 issues atm. On 31/01/2010 12:10, Liam Wilson wrote: Michael; I can't connect to U1 for whatever reason, so I'll email you the .tar.gz if that's alright. Liam On 31 January 2010 11:43, Michael Douglas meh...@mehall.co.cc wrote: Liam, share me the file and I'll up it to my VPS, with a link from my frontpage ( http://mehall.co.cc ) meaning people can just share that link to access it. - Michael On 31/01/2010 11:41, Liam Wilson wrote: Hey everyone, I finished the poster, and I've put it on my Ubuntu one, as I can't find anywhere else that I can upload it to, so let me know if you want it, and I'll share it with you. Liam. On 30 January 2010 23:44, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Aye, t'is the default background from 9.04; I like it because it's simple, and the stripes give it a feeling of elegance, I think! :) On 30 January 2010 23:35, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:23:59 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. There are various ways round it,such as testing the colour laser printer at work :) anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I do like that orangey/brown colour, that’s what attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place. So far so good. On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:42 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Sent! Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? Liam Don’t see why not. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:42 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Sent! Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? Liam Don’t see why not. As a suggestion (My video editing skills certainly arn't up to par, and I'm not exactly rolling in money) we could get a TV advert. Looking at this page, http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/cost-of-advertising a regional advert can cost as little as £30, Granted the £30 is an 11am slot on border and only regional, but an adverts an advert. There are also total network slots from about £3,829 but I assume that's beyond our finances. Maybe other networks offer better deals too. We could even possibly target some online tech podcasts (although unless we chose carefully we may well be preaching to the choir). Personally I think some adverts showing off compiz would be killer for marketing lucid, heck it was a compiz video that attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On 31/01/2010 13:16, CShadowRun wrote: Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:42 -, Liam Wilsonliamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Sent! Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? Liam Don’t see why not. As a suggestion (My video editing skills certainly arn't up to par, and I'm not exactly rolling in money) we could get a TV advert. Looking at this page, http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/cost-of-advertising a regional advert can cost as little as £30, Granted the £30 is an 11am slot on border and only regional, but an adverts an advert. There are also total network slots from about £3,829 but I assume that's beyond our finances. Maybe other networks offer better deals too. We could even possibly target some online tech podcasts (although unless we chose carefully we may well be preaching to the choir). Personally I think some adverts showing off compiz would be killer for marketing lucid, heck it was a compiz video that attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place :) I like the ad idea. Don't want to be seen to be 'advertising' but if anybody wants anything filming, I'm actually a cameraman with my own kit. Anyone in the North West/Manchester fancy doing some filming? Probably best to talk off-list if so. James Milligan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we could all make one video, then show it in all our regions, if that makes any sense... But how would we go about making the video, like a screencast sort of progect? On 31 January 2010 13:23, James Milligan li...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:16, CShadowRun wrote: Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:42 -, Liam Wilsonliamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Sent! Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? Liam Don’t see why not. As a suggestion (My video editing skills certainly arn't up to par, and I'm not exactly rolling in money) we could get a TV advert. Looking at this page, http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/cost-of-advertising a regional advert can cost as little as £30, Granted the £30 is an 11am slot on border and only regional, but an adverts an advert. There are also total network slots from about £3,829 but I assume that's beyond our finances. Maybe other networks offer better deals too. We could even possibly target some online tech podcasts (although unless we chose carefully we may well be preaching to the choir). Personally I think some adverts showing off compiz would be killer for marketing lucid, heck it was a compiz video that attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place :) I like the ad idea. Don't want to be seen to be 'advertising' but if anybody wants anything filming, I'm actually a cameraman with my own kit. Anyone in the North West/Manchester fancy doing some filming? Probably best to talk off-list if so. James Milligan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we could all make one video, then show it in all our regions, if that makes any sense... But how would we go about making the video, like a screencast sort of progect? On 31 January 2010 13:23, James Milligan li...@lake54.com mailto:li...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:16, CShadowRun wrote: Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:42 -, Liam Wilsonliamwilso...@gmail.com mailto:liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Sent! Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? Liam Don’t see why not. As a suggestion (My video editing skills certainly arn't up to par, and I'm not exactly rolling in money) we could get a TV advert. Looking at this page, http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/cost-of-advertising a regional advert can cost as little as £30, Granted the £30 is an 11am slot on border and only regional, but an adverts an advert. There are also total network slots from about £3,829 but I assume that's beyond our finances. Maybe other networks offer better deals too. We could even possibly target some online tech podcasts (although unless we chose carefully we may well be preaching to the choir). Personally I think some adverts showing off compiz would be killer for marketing lucid, heck it was a compiz video that attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place :) I like the ad idea. Don't want to be seen to be 'advertising' but if anybody wants anything filming, I'm actually a cameraman with my own kit. Anyone in the North West/Manchester fancy doing some filming? Probably best to talk off-list if so. James Milligan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I guess depending on what sort of quality etc everything was filmed in, it could be uploaded 'somewhere', then someone could edit it all together, and send the finished product to the person dealing with ITV (or whoever). The theme or look I had in my mind could be a 5-10 second clip showing someone using a mockup of Windows (I doubt they'd let us use the real one!), and getting annoyed, then the same person perhaps doing the same sort of thing with Ubuntu, and just 'happier'. Then the last clip zooms out to a square/rectangle of 4 videos, which zoom out to 9 etc etc etc, showing the scale of the 'product'. Ends with the logo/background/web address etc. If it's regional and the LoCo team have a URL, show that too. Alternatively, we could come at it from a more community-based approach, and have a couple of 5-10 second clips showing people use Ubuntu, and going along the square 'image' I described above, choosing random ones to show 'full size'. A third idea I've just had is possibly to feature the forum support - show someone with 'Windows' calling a helpdesk of some sort, then cut to an Ubuntu set-up, where the actor/actress is posting on the forum, and 'within minutes/seconds' has an answer. There's loads more ideas, such as adding software - could show someone going to 'PC World' (again a mockup), buying expensive software etc etc etc, then with Ubuntu it's a simple addition, and free - etc. I've never actually done adverts before, I'm more of an event videographer, but they're not vastly different, certainly when it comes to tech. James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Poster, and the tarball, is now accessible from my site, http://mehall.co.cc , I'm going to add citations to Ubuntu/Canonical/this LoCo, and to Liam for making the poster. - Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:59 -, James Milligan li...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we could all make one video, then show it in all our regions, if that makes any sense... But how would we go about making the video, like a screencast sort of progect? snip I guess depending on what sort of quality etc everything was filmed in, it could be uploaded 'somewhere', then someone could edit it all together, and send the finished product to the person dealing with ITV (or whoever). The theme or look I had in my mind could be a 5-10 second clip showing someone using a mockup of Windows (I doubt they'd let us use the real one!), and getting annoyed, then the same person perhaps doing the same sort of thing with Ubuntu, and just 'happier'. Then the last clip zooms out to a square/rectangle of 4 videos, which zoom out to 9 etc etc etc, showing the scale of the 'product'. Ends with the logo/background/web address etc. If it's regional and the LoCo team have a URL, show that too. Alternatively, we could come at it from a more community-based approach, and have a couple of 5-10 second clips showing people use Ubuntu, and going along the square 'image' I described above, choosing random ones to show 'full size'. A third idea I've just had is possibly to feature the forum support - show someone with 'Windows' calling a helpdesk of some sort, then cut to an Ubuntu set-up, where the actor/actress is posting on the forum, and 'within minutes/seconds' has an answer. There's loads more ideas, such as adding software - could show someone going to 'PC World' (again a mockup), buying expensive software etc etc etc, then with Ubuntu it's a simple addition, and free - etc. I've never actually done adverts before, I'm more of an event videographer, but they're not vastly different, certainly when it comes to tech. Dibs on director. ACTION! CUT! :D Seriously this could be a rather large and, possibly expensive, undertaking but well worth considering. I have to admit, beyond 'filming' the cat I have no experience or knowledge of this sort of thing. I am, howevr, willing to help. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 31 January 2010 14:01, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:59 -, James Milligan li...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: But how would we go about making the video, like a screencast sort of progect? This sounds like an excellent crowd-sourcing project, a la Firefox Flicks. Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 31/01/2010 14:01, Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:59 -, James Milliganli...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we could all make one video, then show it in all our regions, if that makes any sense... But how would we go about making the video, like a screencast sort of progect? snip I guess depending on what sort of quality etc everything was filmed in, it could be uploaded 'somewhere', then someone could edit it all together, and send the finished product to the person dealing with ITV (or whoever). The theme or look I had in my mind could be a 5-10 second clip showing someone using a mockup of Windows (I doubt they'd let us use the real one!), and getting annoyed, then the same person perhaps doing the same sort of thing with Ubuntu, and just 'happier'. Then the last clip zooms out to a square/rectangle of 4 videos, which zoom out to 9 etc etc etc, showing the scale of the 'product'. Ends with the logo/background/web address etc. If it's regional and the LoCo team have a URL, show that too. Alternatively, we could come at it from a more community-based approach, and have a couple of 5-10 second clips showing people use Ubuntu, and going along the square 'image' I described above, choosing random ones to show 'full size'. A third idea I've just had is possibly to feature the forum support - show someone with 'Windows' calling a helpdesk of some sort, then cut to an Ubuntu set-up, where the actor/actress is posting on the forum, and 'within minutes/seconds' has an answer. There's loads more ideas, such as adding software - could show someone going to 'PC World' (again a mockup), buying expensive software etc etc etc, then with Ubuntu it's a simple addition, and free - etc. I've never actually done adverts before, I'm more of an event videographer, but they're not vastly different, certainly when it comes to tech. Dibs on director. ACTION! CUT! :D Seriously this could be a rather large and, possibly expensive, undertaking but well worth considering. I have to admit, beyond 'filming' the cat I have no experience or knowledge of this sort of thing. I am, howevr, willing to help. If we're taking dibs, I'll be Director of Photography :-) Anyway... I would agree that certain aspects may be expensive, however, like you say it's well worth considering - perhaps a well presented, coordinated TV advert to coincide with the launch of the next version could do wonders for Linux as a whole. People will 'see' it, and learn more about etc - the usual marketing stuff :-) In terms of production, if we're doing a coordinated advert, I'd be happy to do it for free (the filming, at least). The only cost then would be the advertising costs. I'm sure someone would want to edit the footage - perhaps we could shoot different 'things', and ask people to edit it all together in their own way, the winner gets it put on TV? Pretty cool competition! James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Yaaay! Thanks Michael! Please do put it (the poster) around your local community, as it'll be a great way to introduce people to ubuntu. On 31 January 2010 14:12, James Milligan li...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 14:01, Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:59 -, James Milliganli...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we could all make one video, then show it in all our regions, if that makes any sense... But how would we go about making the video, like a screencast sort of progect? snip I guess depending on what sort of quality etc everything was filmed in, it could be uploaded 'somewhere', then someone could edit it all together, and send the finished product to the person dealing with ITV (or whoever). The theme or look I had in my mind could be a 5-10 second clip showing someone using a mockup of Windows (I doubt they'd let us use the real one!), and getting annoyed, then the same person perhaps doing the same sort of thing with Ubuntu, and just 'happier'. Then the last clip zooms out to a square/rectangle of 4 videos, which zoom out to 9 etc etc etc, showing the scale of the 'product'. Ends with the logo/background/web address etc. If it's regional and the LoCo team have a URL, show that too. Alternatively, we could come at it from a more community-based approach, and have a couple of 5-10 second clips showing people use Ubuntu, and going along the square 'image' I described above, choosing random ones to show 'full size'. A third idea I've just had is possibly to feature the forum support - show someone with 'Windows' calling a helpdesk of some sort, then cut to an Ubuntu set-up, where the actor/actress is posting on the forum, and 'within minutes/seconds' has an answer. There's loads more ideas, such as adding software - could show someone going to 'PC World' (again a mockup), buying expensive software etc etc etc, then with Ubuntu it's a simple addition, and free - etc. I've never actually done adverts before, I'm more of an event videographer, but they're not vastly different, certainly when it comes to tech. Dibs on director. ACTION! CUT! :D Seriously this could be a rather large and, possibly expensive, undertaking but well worth considering. I have to admit, beyond 'filming' the cat I have no experience or knowledge of this sort of thing. I am, howevr, willing to help. If we're taking dibs, I'll be Director of Photography :-) Anyway... I would agree that certain aspects may be expensive, however, like you say it's well worth considering - perhaps a well presented, coordinated TV advert to coincide with the launch of the next version could do wonders for Linux as a whole. People will 'see' it, and learn more about etc - the usual marketing stuff :-) In terms of production, if we're doing a coordinated advert, I'd be happy to do it for free (the filming, at least). The only cost then would be the advertising costs. I'm sure someone would want to edit the footage - perhaps we could shoot different 'things', and ask people to edit it all together in their own way, the winner gets it put on TV? Pretty cool competition! James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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As for the TV advert, should we like, have a meeting or something so we can throw ideas around and such? Personally, I think it'd be a good idea is the video didn't put other OS' down, but rather, put Linux/Ubuntu Up, say show easy it is to contribute and customise Ubuntu, etc. Say, show off a few compiz shots here and there... On 31 January 2010 14:25, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Yaaay! Thanks Michael! Please do put it (the poster) around your local community, as it'll be a great way to introduce people to ubuntu. On 31 January 2010 14:12, James Milligan li...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 14:01, Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:59 -, James Milliganli...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we could all make one video, then show it in all our regions, if that makes any sense... But how would we go about making the video, like a screencast sort of progect? snip I guess depending on what sort of quality etc everything was filmed in, it could be uploaded 'somewhere', then someone could edit it all together, and send the finished product to the person dealing with ITV (or whoever). The theme or look I had in my mind could be a 5-10 second clip showing someone using a mockup of Windows (I doubt they'd let us use the real one!), and getting annoyed, then the same person perhaps doing the same sort of thing with Ubuntu, and just 'happier'. Then the last clip zooms out to a square/rectangle of 4 videos, which zoom out to 9 etc etc etc, showing the scale of the 'product'. Ends with the logo/background/web address etc. If it's regional and the LoCo team have a URL, show that too. Alternatively, we could come at it from a more community-based approach, and have a couple of 5-10 second clips showing people use Ubuntu, and going along the square 'image' I described above, choosing random ones to show 'full size'. A third idea I've just had is possibly to feature the forum support - show someone with 'Windows' calling a helpdesk of some sort, then cut to an Ubuntu set-up, where the actor/actress is posting on the forum, and 'within minutes/seconds' has an answer. There's loads more ideas, such as adding software - could show someone going to 'PC World' (again a mockup), buying expensive software etc etc etc, then with Ubuntu it's a simple addition, and free - etc. I've never actually done adverts before, I'm more of an event videographer, but they're not vastly different, certainly when it comes to tech. Dibs on director. ACTION! CUT! :D Seriously this could be a rather large and, possibly expensive, undertaking but well worth considering. I have to admit, beyond 'filming' the cat I have no experience or knowledge of this sort of thing. I am, howevr, willing to help. If we're taking dibs, I'll be Director of Photography :-) Anyway... I would agree that certain aspects may be expensive, however, like you say it's well worth considering - perhaps a well presented, coordinated TV advert to coincide with the launch of the next version could do wonders for Linux as a whole. People will 'see' it, and learn more about etc - the usual marketing stuff :-) In terms of production, if we're doing a coordinated advert, I'd be happy to do it for free (the filming, at least). The only cost then would be the advertising costs. I'm sure someone would want to edit the footage - perhaps we could shoot different 'things', and ask people to edit it all together in their own way, the winner gets it put on TV? Pretty cool competition! James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:28:33 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: As for the TV advert, should we like, have a meeting or something so we can throw ideas around and such? Personally, I think it'd be a good idea is the video didn't put other OS' down, but rather, put Linux/Ubuntu Up, say show easy it is to contribute and customise Ubuntu, etc. Say, show off a few compiz shots here and there... On 31 January 2010 14:25, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Yaaay! Thanks Michael! Please do put it (the poster) around your local community, as it'll be a great way to introduce people to ubuntu. I’ve taken the liberty of starting two new threads. One for the poster and one for the advert. In order to make things easier to follow as this thread seems to be swapping between the two. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 31 January 2010 12:27, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? It would be better to put it in a central location so that anyone can use it. There are to commonly used places in the Ubuntu project for this. http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DIYMarketing/ Please consider uploading marketing material sources to spread ubuntu. Thanks, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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I'll do that then. Just gonna see what it looks like with totally-equal screenshots... Liam On 31 January 2010 14:36, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 31 January 2010 12:27, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either as a project, or just he image, that the team and other Ubuntu users can download to spam their local areas with? It would be better to put it in a central location so that anyone can use it. There are to commonly used places in the Ubuntu project for this. http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DIYMarketing/ Please consider uploading marketing material sources to spread ubuntu. Thanks, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 31 January 2010 13:16, CShadowRun li...@cshadowrun.com wrote: As a suggestion (My video editing skills certainly arn't up to par, and I'm not exactly rolling in money) we could get a TV advert. Looking at this page, http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/cost-of-advertising a regional advert can cost as little as £30, Granted the £30 is an 11am slot on border and only regional, but an adverts an advert. Cheap slots are cheap for a reason, nobody watches them. Spending money to make an advert that nobody watches is an easy lesson in futility. The idea of making a TV advert has been discussed many times on the Ubuntu marketing lists over the years. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2007-October/008596.html Nothing has changed since then. It's still prohibitively expensive to make them and show them to people. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 31 January 2010 14:43, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 31 January 2010 13:16, CShadowRun li...@cshadowrun.com wrote: As a suggestion (My video editing skills certainly arn't up to par, and I'm not exactly rolling in money) we could get a TV advert. Looking at this page, http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/cost-of-advertising a regional advert can cost as little as £30, Granted the £30 is an 11am slot on border and only regional, but an adverts an advert. Cheap slots are cheap for a reason, nobody watches them. Spending money to make an advert that nobody watches is an easy lesson in futility. The idea of making a TV advert has been discussed many times on the Ubuntu marketing lists over the years. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2007-October/008596.html Nothing has changed since then. It's still prohibitively expensive to make them and show them to people. What about advertising on one of the Freeview SciFi channels (e.g Virgin 1) that have a lot less viewers, more relevant ones (I'm guessing here, but I imagine the frequent watchers of SciFi channels would be more technically able than the average ITV watcher)? -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com http://oftle.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 30/01/2010 23:23, Liam Wilson wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I like that too although the Ubuntu logo looks a little dark against the browny orange background, I'd say it either could do with maybe a white shadow, or change the text to white, possibly with a black shadow (or maybe a black slightly transparent shadow). I'd also say if you're doing it as a full A4 page, those of us who have access to borderless printers can print them out without borders, and those of us who don't have borderless printers can probably print it to shrink slightly to the page and trim the borders off so it's slightly smaller than A4. Out of interest, what are you using to create the poster? I'm just wondering if it can be scaled up to A3 size? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Hey Rob, I used GIMP, and got the ubuntu and canonical logos off the internet, and took the screenshots myself. You can download all the images and things i used here: http://mehall.co.cc/Poster.tar.gz As for scaling it up to A3, it could probably be done, albeit with a loss of quality, but you're welcome to try :D It's also probably worth noting that if you are going to use a border printer, to try keep all the borders around the image the same size, so it doesn't become disoriented. Liam. On 31 January 2010 15:04, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 30/01/2010 23:23, Liam Wilson wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I like that too although the Ubuntu logo looks a little dark against the browny orange background, I'd say it either could do with maybe a white shadow, or change the text to white, possibly with a black shadow (or maybe a black slightly transparent shadow). I'd also say if you're doing it as a full A4 page, those of us who have access to borderless printers can print them out without borders, and those of us who don't have borderless printers can probably print it to shrink slightly to the page and trim the borders off so it's slightly smaller than A4. Out of interest, what are you using to create the poster? I'm just wondering if it can be scaled up to A3 size? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 31/01/2010 15:17, Liam Wilson wrote: Hey Rob, I used GIMP, and got the ubuntu and canonical logos off the internet, and took the screenshots myself. You can download all the images and things i used here: http://mehall.co.cc/Poster.tar.gz As for scaling it up to A3, it could probably be done, albeit with a loss of quality, but you're welcome to try :D It's also probably worth noting that if you are going to use a border printer, to try keep all the borders around the image the same size, so it doesn't become disoriented. Liam. Cool I'll have a look when I have time. I've found in the past when doing things like this, if you use Inkscape it does scale up fairly well, well if you use SVG images such as the logo and create the text in Inkscape. Screenshots don't scale up as well unless they're high resolution to start with, but I'd guess if you're using images with a resolution of say 1024x768 and scaling them down to fit then they'd probably be okay scaling up to A3 size too, at least if the images are going to be printed at a small size. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 31 Jan 2010 at 14:58, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi It's got to be a good thing to spread the word about Ubuntu 10.4 as far and wide as is possible, especially since it is an LTS version. I do think, however, that the message needs to be targeted. I often go to meetings where I am the only self-employed contractor in attendance, which means I am the only person taking notes on a laptop running Linux. The other attendees are usually computer-literate types working for a number of big companies and government organisations. Although my impromptu demos of Linux (in my case Xubuntu) regularly generate a lot of interest, especially when I explain that the OS and applications can be obtained free of charge, the response I get time and time again is that the IT decision makers are so Microsoft-centric that no amount of pressure from individuals is going to make any difference. A marketing campaign should be targeted specifically at those decision makers, showing all the benefits to the bottom line of running Ubuntu, and taking care to point out that it can be professionally supported. Otherwise, there is a real danger of largely preaching to the converted. Regards Nige I'm right with you on this, Nigel. Add to this the fact that ordinary people don't buy operating systems - they buy PCs and laptops from vendors who put Windows on them (Apple MAC excepted, of course), and you are left with only two groups to target if you want Ubuntu to have widespread use. These are corporate IT and OEM vendors. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Hey all; Seeing as April (And therefore Lucid) are not too far away, I thought it would be a good idea for us to create some sort of Marketing Campaign to celebrate the release of the next LTS release, possibly by creating posters/flyers/leaflets of some sort to possibly put around our local communities? Anyone have any good ideas? Liam I have put some posters on my website at www.zleap.net under portfolio, the latest ubuntu poster is for 9.10. I am working on a simpler pre-launch poster for 10.04 that will be uploaded shortly, Feel free to grab what I have so far and use / modify. I agree lets get the name out there, perhaps a simpler poster can be combined with a launch party details etc, or ubuntu hour, so it gives a proper event to go for. We also need to see if we can get the bbc to announce on the text service that 10.04 is out. they do it for windows and apple stuff so why not ubuntu. Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktkcXMACgkQaggq1k2FJq2jzQCeJCO13+ipyjejJZh3XjE6dOAG 0CcAn1Gu90QxgEc3RVXKGD8zLhIlLS9l =Filz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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That's quite cool. I was thinking of something in a similar layout to thishttp://ipodtoucher.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/1197924509.jpg, only showing how easy it is to install an application in Ubuntu. I'll make a sort of mockup within the next 30 minutes... On 30 January 2010 17:50, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Hey all; Seeing as April (And therefore Lucid) are not too far away, I thought it would be a good idea for us to create some sort of Marketing Campaign to celebrate the release of the next LTS release, possibly by creating posters/flyers/leaflets of some sort to possibly put around our local communities? Anyone have any good ideas? Liam I have put some posters on my website at www.zleap.net under portfolio, the latest ubuntu poster is for 9.10. I am working on a simpler pre-launch poster for 10.04 that will be uploaded shortly, Feel free to grab what I have so far and use / modify. I agree lets get the name out there, perhaps a simpler poster can be combined with a launch party details etc, or ubuntu hour, so it gives a proper event to go for. We also need to see if we can get the bbc to announce on the text service that 10.04 is out. they do it for windows and apple stuff so why not ubuntu. Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktkcXMACgkQaggq1k2FJq2jzQCeJCO13+ipyjejJZh3XjE6dOAG 0CcAn1Gu90QxgEc3RVXKGD8zLhIlLS9l =Filz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Evening chaps; Here's a 1st draft of the Ubuntu poster I'm planning to make, showing the simplicity of installing software via the software centre. What do you guys think? http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx2x3zP2rd1qai2mzo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264973503Signature=ubjfyJcDFpk7W3Xxp0wq2cY8f7w%3D P.S: Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, It's my scanners fault, honest! On 30 January 2010 18:11, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: That's quite cool. I was thinking of something in a similar layout to thishttp://ipodtoucher.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/1197924509.jpg, only showing how easy it is to install an application in Ubuntu. I'll make a sort of mockup within the next 30 minutes... On 30 January 2010 17:50, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Hey all; Seeing as April (And therefore Lucid) are not too far away, I thought it would be a good idea for us to create some sort of Marketing Campaign to celebrate the release of the next LTS release, possibly by creating posters/flyers/leaflets of some sort to possibly put around our local communities? Anyone have any good ideas? Liam I have put some posters on my website at www.zleap.net under portfolio, the latest ubuntu poster is for 9.10. I am working on a simpler pre-launch poster for 10.04 that will be uploaded shortly, Feel free to grab what I have so far and use / modify. I agree lets get the name out there, perhaps a simpler poster can be combined with a launch party details etc, or ubuntu hour, so it gives a proper event to go for. We also need to see if we can get the bbc to announce on the text service that 10.04 is out. they do it for windows and apple stuff so why not ubuntu. Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktkcXMACgkQaggq1k2FJq2jzQCeJCO13+ipyjejJZh3XjE6dOAG 0CcAn1Gu90QxgEc3RVXKGD8zLhIlLS9l =Filz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:16 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Evening chaps; Here's a 1st draft of the Ubuntu poster I'm planning to make, showing the simplicity of installing software via the software centre. What do you guys think? http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx2x3zP2rd1qai2mzo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264973503Signature=ubjfyJcDFpk7W3Xxp0wq2cY8f7w%3D P.S: Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, It's my scanners fault, honest! Hmmm. How big is this going to be? -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Pixel-wise? I'm working on 1290x1440 at the moment. (The page I used to scan was only A4) Is that too big/too small do you think? It'll probably be scalable, too. Liam On 30 January 2010 21:50, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:16 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Evening chaps; Here's a 1st draft of the Ubuntu poster I'm planning to make, showing the simplicity of installing software via the software centre. What do you guys think? http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx2x3zP2rd1qai2mzo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264973503Signature=ubjfyJcDFpk7W3Xxp0wq2cY8f7w%3D P.S: Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, It's my scanners fault, honest! Hmmm. How big is this going to be? -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:46 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Pixel-wise? I'm working on 1290x1440 at the moment. (The page I used to scan was only A4) Is that too big/too small do you think? It'll probably be scalable, too. Liam Just wondering how much detail is going to be in the screen shots. If it’s printed on A4 they’re only going to be about 2 wide at the most. On 30 January 2010 21:50, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:16 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Evening chaps; Here's a 1st draft of the Ubuntu poster I'm planning to make, showing the simplicity of installing software via the software centre. What do you guys think? http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx2x3zP2rd1qai2mzo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264973503Signature=ubjfyJcDFpk7W3Xxp0wq2cY8f7w%3D P.S: Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, It's my scanners fault, honest! Hmmm. How big is this going to be? -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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I think only 1-2 of the screenshots are going to be actual full screen. If they don't look clear enough at print, I'll reduce the amount visible in the screenshots (Zoom in, so to speak), or give those screenshots more space on the page. I'll just see how it goes for now. Right now, I'm just taking the screenshots themselves. On 30 January 2010 22:13, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:46 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Pixel-wise? I'm working on 1290x1440 at the moment. (The page I used to scan was only A4) Is that too big/too small do you think? It'll probably be scalable, too. Liam Just wondering how much detail is going to be in the screen shots. If it’s printed on A4 they’re only going to be about 2 wide at the most. On 30 January 2010 21:50, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:16 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Evening chaps; Here's a 1st draft of the Ubuntu poster I'm planning to make, showing the simplicity of installing software via the software centre. What do you guys think? http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx2x3zP2rd1qai2mzo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264973503Signature=ubjfyJcDFpk7W3Xxp0wq2cY8f7w%3D P.S: Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, It's my scanners fault, honest! Hmmm. How big is this going to be? -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:32:07 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: I think only 1-2 of the screenshots are going to be actual full screen. If they don't look clear enough at print, I'll reduce the amount visible in the screenshots (Zoom in, so to speak), or give those screenshots more space on the page. I'll just see how it goes for now. Right now, I'm just taking the screenshots themselves. It was just a thought. I like the basic concept. Probably get a lot more idea when you’ve got the screen shots and we get to see something closer to the intention. Keep up the good work and I’ll try to maintain a high standard of criticism :D On 30 January 2010 22:13, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:46 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Pixel-wise? I'm working on 1290x1440 at the moment. (The page I used to scan was only A4) Is that too big/too small do you think? It'll probably be scalable, too. Liam Just wondering how much detail is going to be in the screen shots. If it’s printed on A4 they’re only going to be about 2 wide at the most. On 30 January 2010 21:50, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:16 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Evening chaps; Here's a 1st draft of the Ubuntu poster I'm planning to make, showing the simplicity of installing software via the software centre. What do you guys think? http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx2x3zP2rd1qai2mzo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264973503Signature=ubjfyJcDFpk7W3Xxp0wq2cY8f7w%3D P.S: Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, It's my scanners fault, honest! Hmmm. How big is this going to be? -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktku+wACgkQaggq1k2FJq2zuQCfbczV8Qil4gP/EWiQOe3fWenv tOIAniB4Dto0eoQnPVuBoyfDikfCUAas =cltk -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:23:59 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. There are various ways round it,such as testing the colour laser printer at work :) anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I do like that orangey/brown colour, that’s what attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place. So far so good. On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing
Aye, t'is the default background from 9.04; I like it because it's simple, and the stripes give it a feeling of elegance, I think! :) On 30 January 2010 23:35, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:23:59 -, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: aah, so I'll have to put margins on it before its printed. But i think you can do that on the CUPS dialogue on printing preferences. There are various ways round it,such as testing the colour laser printer at work :) anyway, here's what I've done so far: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx328km8DI1qai2mzo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2Expires=1264980138Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D I do like that orangey/brown colour, that’s what attracted me to Ubuntu in the first place. So far so good. On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam At least on A4 we can all print it, that way the poster should reach more people. Don't forget to put the ubuntu website address on it :) Unless you’ve got a HP printer like mine that cant print a full A4 image as it requires margins top and bottom where it grips the paper. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
