Re: [ubuntu-us] Ubuntu Global Jam
On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 00:58 -0400, dan wrote: Yes, but what about the other 46 states? Probably in a similar position, lack of man power, organisational skill and tools. But mostly man-power. Martin, -- Ubuntu-us mailing list Ubuntu-us@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us
Re: [ubuntu-us] Ubuntu Global Jam
I dont think this has to be a big production. I'll quote Jorge from the last Global Jam meeting[1]: [19:17] jcastro so even if your event ends up being 2 people in a pub because you live in the middle of nowhere (ie. Canada), then that's ok too If you *want* to participate, surely the opportunity is there. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam/Irc20090716 Dan --- Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Open Standards! Sent from Gainesville, FL, United States On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Charles Profittindigo...@rochester.rr.com wrote: Dan: I can not speak 100% for the New York Team - I am just the Vice-President - but we may still be able to work this in to our plans. The largest issue is that October was already schedule for us before this was announced. I have one date open in the fall -- November 5th and will start working on my spring scheduling by next month. Here is the Rochester area NY State Ubuntu LoCo and LUGOR schedule. LUGOR is the third Thursday and NY State LoCo is first Thursday. On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 00:15 -0400, dan wrote: So does everyone know about the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam? I only see 3 US teams listed so far! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam/Events Dan --- Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Open Standards! Sent from Gainesville, FL, United States -- Ubuntu-us mailing list Ubuntu-us@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us -- Ubuntu-us mailing list Ubuntu-us@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ooooops, sent the last message prematurely
I was probably rambling anyway... My observations about people and computers are thus: People generally have a good idea on what they want to *do* with a computer and discussions about the Operating System of a computer are as exciting to them as watching paint dry. It's how you frame your sales pitch about Ubuntu. Telling someone that is complaining about their Windows PC getting trashed by a virus that Computer viruses are not an issue for me, I'm immune, I run Linux and then just dropping it always gets them curious and they sometimes ask YOU for more. Ubuntu, for example, has an on-line Help forum that in my experience is better than Micro$hafts. I know this because with Micro$haft it's a long wait on hold even with a premium service account. At least that was what it was like a decade ago when I was working in IT What most people want most is Internet browsing. YouTube. Facebook. Twitter. Internet Radio Etc. Ubuntu with Firefox and the Ubuntu Restricted Extras delivers that. Plus that little immunity from malware thing ... How about those Windows programs that you can't do without? For me it's Photoshop and the BlackBerry Desktop software. The answer is simple: a dual boot Ubuntu/Windows PC. Now all we have to do is translate that from Geekonics to human language. An operating system is a very personal choice, but most people don't know they have a choice. Computers, in all their experience, work in a certain way and that way is Micro$hafts way. But telling them about Ubuntu in Geekonics will probably get that glazed look and get you a bit of social avoidance. Missouri is the Show Me state. I have found that something someone is shown leaves a much deeper impression than even the most eloquent lecture. After tweaking someone's curiousity about Ubuntu I suggest that they testdrive Ubuntu on my laptop. They get to see how FireFox does everything, get to see what a dual boot PC is, and when I patiently walk them through creating a new user accout in their name they generally are impressed. Then I SHOW them Ubuntu's support forum, all the software availiable, and answer any questions (those I have answers for) If they choose to Go Ubuntu or not is something I leave up to them. There is an investment required on my part, though. I usually need to walk them through the install and getting it set uo, but I'm usually amazed at how fast an Ubuntu N00b leaves the nest Anyway, those are just a few ramblings I have Sincerely Frank Harris-Smith Emailed from Verizon Blackberry 8703e -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Keysigning at OSCON: HOWTO, suggestions for locations?
Good, very imformative post. I'll have to see if there is any PGP software for my BlackBerry. Sincerely Frank Harris-Smith Emailed from Verizon Blackberry 8703e -Original Message- From: Robert Wall robertlikesturt...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:56:20 To: Ubuntu US Californiaubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Keysigning at OSCON: HOWTO, suggestions for locations? -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
