Re: [Marketing] Best 3-5 articles to show off Sugar

I've been accumulating some selected highlights in the wiki: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Current_Events#Sugar_in_the_news -walter On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > I'm applying for the Mind Trust fellowship and I'd like to point them to a > bit of our press cove

[Marketing] Best 3-5 articles to show off Sugar

I'm applying for the Mind Trust fellowship and I'd like to point them to a bit of our press coverage. Any advice on which articles to use? Thanks! Caroline -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax __

[Marketing] Reducing Stick Failures - Was Re: press release opportunity...

I have updated the wiki with the latest data and a plan for next steps. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/TODO#Sticks_are_dieing_a_lot_-_Make_sticks_more_robust Basically trying a full install and an OpenSuse stick and seeing if either of those fail as easily. Would anyone like to help

[Marketing] I've fallen, and I can't get up (was: Re: [Sugar-devel] press release opportunity...)

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 09:43:50AM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote: > As I noted in the wiki page about this: > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/TODO#Sticks_are_dieing_a_lot_-_Make_sticks_more_robust > 2GB Sticks are $0.60 more then 1GB sticks. > > If > it improves reliability its definit

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Sean DALY wrote: > OK but I will need to think a little bit about this (and for the > moment no internet access in the house, truck unloaded yesterday & we > are in boxes, internet will take a couple of weeks at least) > > I have promised Tomeu to assist in recruitm

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

As I noted in the wiki page about this: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/TODO#Sticks_are_dieing_a_lot_-_Make_sticks_more_robust 2GB Sticks are $0.60 more then 1GB sticks. If it improves reliability its definitely worth it from a sheer TCO point of view. A full install also makes it p

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

Caroline Meeks wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Gary C Martin > wrote: > > On 29 Jul 2009, at 21:35, Walter Bender wrote: > > Begin handwaving. > > LiveUSB came from the world of LiveCD and with it came an "overlay" > concept to ena

Re: [Marketing] USB stick failures. Some observations.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Thomas C Gilliard wrote: > Caroline: > > I have been using the following USB Sticks extensively in my testing and > have NEVER had a failure with them: ) > *Toshiba (2,4,8,16 GB)- [V fast] > *Lexar firefly (2GB) -[v fast] > *Lexar 2GB (the silver ones with a cap

[Marketing] USB stick failures. Some observations.

Caroline: I have been using the following USB Sticks extensively in my testing and have NEVER had a failure with them: ) *Toshiba (2,4,8,16 GB)- [V fast] *Lexar firefly (2GB) -[v fast] *Lexar 2GB (the silver ones with a capacity indicator on the sides) [fast] *Cruzer micro 2 GB (with the sl

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Sean DALY wrote: > [snip] but this is a tricky one... That's why we pay you the big bucks :) > the "magic" if I may say so is to find an "angle" that is > newsworthy... that will bubble to the top choices a journalist or > blogger will choose to write about. Unfor

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:36, Sean DALY wrote: > OK but I will need to think a little bit about this (and for the > moment no internet access in the house, truck unloaded yesterday & we > are in boxes, internet will take a couple of weeks at least) > > I have promised Tomeu to assist in recruitmen

[Marketing] Fwd: [Grassroots-l] Nokia ad will feature me and my students in a project we call DONATING ONE LAPTOP PER CLASS

crossposting to SL marketing -- Forwarded message -- From: Kyraocity Date: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM Subject: [Grassroots-l] Nokia ad will feature me and my students in a project we call DONATING ONE LAPTOP PER CLASS To: grassro...@lists.laptop.org Last Fall 2008, two of my

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

OK but I will need to think a little bit about this (and for the moment no internet access in the house, truck unloaded yesterday & we are in boxes, internet will take a couple of weeks at least) I have promised Tomeu to assist in recruitment but this is a tricky one... the "magic" if I may say so

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:23, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Gary C Martin wrote: >> >> On 29 Jul 2009, at 21:35, Walter Bender wrote: >> >>> Begin handwaving. >>> >>> LiveUSB came from the world of LiveCD and with it came an "overlay" >>> concept to enable writing i