Re: [Marketing] Sugar Labs e-mail

2011-03-28 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Raffael! On 28 Mar 2011, at 04:33, Frederick Grose wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Raffael.reichelt > wrote: > Hello Frederick! > > I am actually trying to compile some print material for linuxtag 2011 - do > you have the color palette in cmyk too? I could not find it. Thanks fo

[Marketing] Possible style for upstream/downstream diagram

2010-06-02 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi folks, Spotted this info-graphic style a while back and thought it could be an ideal style for a diagram clarifying upstream/downstream relationships. Would likely switch it to a vertical portrait orientation, and be more 'watery' in metaphor than 'foodie', but I think you'll get the gist:

Re: [Marketing] [Systems] Mirabelle logos

2010-05-24 Thread Gary C Martin
ave access to the software to support our >> graphics needs? >>--Fred FWIW: I picked up a 5 seat license for VAG Rounded last year for the Sugar Labs banner work. Four of the five seats are currently allocated to: - Sean Daly - Simon Schampijer - Tim McNamara - Gary C Martin

Re: [Marketing] Source SVGs for Getting Started wiki page - any ideas?

2010-03-10 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Tim, On 10 Mar 2010, at 11:09, Gary C Martin wrote: > On 10 Mar 2010, at 07:47, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 04:38, Tim McNamara >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> Further to my request a few hours ago - does anyone know where the source >&

Re: [Marketing] Source SVGs for Getting Started wiki page - any ideas?

2010-03-10 Thread Gary C Martin
On 10 Mar 2010, at 07:47, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 04:38, Tim McNamara > wrote: >> Hi all, >> Further to my request a few hours ago - does anyone know where the source >> SVGs for http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved are? > > Nope, but they were taken fr

Re: [Marketing] Copy writing assistance request

2010-03-09 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Tim, Shout if you need some specific visual content, I'll try to help if I can. Not strong on text content, other than as an extra pair of eyes. Regards, --G On 9 Mar 2010, at 21:07, Tim McNamara wrote: > Hi all, > > Is anyone willing and able to spend a while over the next 2-3 days on som

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Ad Design for StackOverflow

2009-12-20 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Tomeu, On 20 Dec 2009, at 19:31, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 17:54, Sean DALY wrote: >> Many thanks Luke, a good catch as developers are difficult to reach >> >> in fact I've been thinking of placing such an ad with the Ad Bard >> network after our December free run for Blu

Re: [Marketing] do you have 1 or 2 or more hi-res screenshots of Sugar v0.84?

2009-12-16 Thread Gary C Martin
l send resolution independent pdfs of each later today. Regards, --Gary > Gary C Martin wrote: >> Hi Adam, >> >> On 15 Dec 2009, at 17:39, Holt wrote: >> >> >> >>> Mike? Sean? Gary? >>> >>> I could use these today (if possib

Re: [Marketing] do you have 1 or 2 or more hi-res screenshots of Sugar v0.84?

2009-12-15 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Adam, On 15 Dec 2009, at 17:39, Holt wrote: > Mike? Sean? Gary? > > I could use these today (if possible, or soon!) to print up some very > large posters -- 1024x768 resolution would probably be absolute very > bare minimum in acceptable resolution -- and if this really doesn't > exist for

Re: [Marketing] Twitter, facebook etc...

2009-11-22 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Christian, On 22 Nov 2009, at 12:07, Christian Vanizette wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I've try to open a twitter account for Sugarlabs, however it seems that > there's already one existing ( http://www.twitter.com/sugarlabs ) but it is > not very active. I'm volunteer to actively use this

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] AP: Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it

2009-11-11 Thread Gary C Martin
On 11 Nov 2009, at 18:44, Luke Faraone wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 13:35, Edward Cherlin > wrote: > So, no text-to-speech on Kindle? Very silly. The blind will have to > wait for the mp3 versions of books, then. > > The Kindle has text to speech, but they allow it to be disabled on a > b

Re: [Marketing] NYT: Nonprofit Laptops: A Dream Not Yet Over

2009-11-08 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Sean, On 8 Nov 2009, at 16:54, Sean DALY wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/arts/09iht-design9.html?_r=1 Not too bad an article for OLPC (but no mention of Sugar or educational content). One hugely inaccurate, frustrating, and grating statement: "Yet lots of people seem to want

[Marketing] IBM: 10 important Linux developments everyone should know about

2009-10-08 Thread Gary C Martin
10 important Linux developments everyone should know about, celebrating 10 years of Linux accomplishments. OLPC & Sugar make it into the list (item 10): http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-10th-anniversary/index.html Regards, --Gary ___

Re: [Marketing] Teleread.org: 2 posts about OLPC and Sugar; reader Activities under discussion

2009-09-25 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Sean, On 25 Sep 2009, at 21:27, Sean DALY wrote: > http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/25/e-reading-still-neglected-by-the-olpc-laptop-folks-yep-at-least-for-now-but-the-future-may-be-brighter/ > http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/25/olpc-e-reading-software-the-choices-available/ > > I was disappoint

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar on a Stick v2 Release Naming

2009-09-12 Thread Gary C Martin
On 12 Sep 2009, at 21:40, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > Martin Dengler wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 05:30:30PM +0200, Sean DALY wrote: >>> re marketing course: in fact I have accepted Mel's invitation to >>> do a >>> classroom for Fedora. >> >> Congratulations. >> >>> re logos: Strawberry=6,

[Marketing] "undispatch blog" negative (OLPC) article

2009-09-10 Thread Gary C Martin
FWIW Blog post: http://undispatch.com/node/8859 Response from NN: http://undispatch.com/node/8867 --Gary ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

2009-07-29 Thread Gary C Martin
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 in what had been a read-only world. It is > not clear that the approach was intended for more than demonstration > purposes, in ord

Re: [Marketing] press release opportunity...

2009-07-29 Thread Gary C Martin
On 29 Jul 2009, at 04:10, Caroline Meeks wrote: > This is a good idea! > > Can I also ask you and Tomeu to help me with another, complimentary > approach? > > As I hiked up the mountain on the weekend I got a lecture from one > of my friends on different file system options and journaling. He

[Marketing] SL at NECC 2010

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 27 Jul 2009, at 17:15, Mel Chua wrote: > * I don't know what big developments are likely to hit in the near > future, but if the "use Activities online, in browsers!" thing works, > then we have a *huge* winner to demo. Just wanted to ping on this item. I don't see "Activities online, in bro

Re: [Marketing] Fwd: NexCopy Drive order

2009-07-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 27 Jul 2009, at 13:15, Caroline Meeks wrote: > What do you guys think? do you wnat to make any adjustments to the > logo? > > Should I switch to white? Sorry wasn't following the thread, but oh my that is some colour clash going on :-) From a personal eyeball point of view, I'd go for whit

Re: [Marketing] Netbooks on bbc Click online

2009-07-19 Thread Gary C Martin
again later' I did get it to play through earlier: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8156799.stm Regards, --Gary > Sean > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Gary C Martin > wrote: >> Hi Sean, >> >> Another one worth watching if

[Marketing] Netbooks on bbc Click online

2009-07-18 Thread Gary C Martin
Hi Sean, Another one worth watching if you can, this week the full program is about netbooks and their drift away from lowcost. Some coverage (lots of smiling 3rd world kids with green hardware) for OLPC and XO (given credit for starting what is now the netbook market), but no mention of S

Re: [Marketing] Marketing Digest, Vol 9, Issue 9

2009-07-07 Thread Gary C Martin
On 7 Jul 2009, at 09:02, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 02:10, Jim Simmons wrote: >> Edward, >> >> I guess we have a Bible reading Activity (Sword?) and a Qur'an >> reading >> Activity somewhere, and while it would make sense to get these on >> ASLO >> I don't see that they belong

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] USA PTA Study: Dads sig nificantly more engaged in child’s education

2009-06-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 27 Jun 2009, at 22:27, Walter Bender wrote: > There are a few pix in Simon's blog (in the Planet). Fab, thanks of the pointer Walter my feeds hadn't caught up, looks great! So, those balloons, they are from the standard set of XO colours, right? /me ducks and runs for cover ;-) Regards, -

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] USA PTA Study: Dads sig nificantly more engaged in child’s education

2009-06-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 27 Jun 2009, at 19:10, Caroline Meeks wrote: > Oddly I can't find the website for the National PTA. I did google > around and every state PTA has a website and I think a conference. > > Your booth looks so awesome at Linuxtag. We should try to empower > people to create booths like that a