Re: [Marketing] Who killed the netbook? (misinformed IT World article concerning OLPC/Sugar)

2011-06-23 Thread Tim McNamara
Thanks Sean :) On 23 June 2011 21:25, Sean DALY wrote: > http://www.itworld.com/hardware/176841/who-killed-netbook?page=0,0 > > Although this article makes some good points as an industry analysis, > most mentions of OLPC ("a dead project") and the single mention of > Sugar (link to an obsolete

Re: [Marketing] Invitation: Sugar Labs Marketing Meeting @ Tue Feb 15 4pm - 5pm (marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org)

2011-02-08 Thread Tim McNamara
Hi Sean I wont be able to attend the meeting, TZ is a bit blah. But, here's something to discuss. - approach Humble Indy Bundle (HIB) to be one of their charities The HIB is a 'pay what you want' gig where independent software development shops let people purchase their apps. Purchasers can als

Re: [Marketing] Soft release - Sugar Labs swag available - contributions welcome

2010-10-28 Thread Tim McNamara
wrote: > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Tim McNamara > wrote: > > I've been testing out Zazzle.com as a platform to produce and > > distribute Sugar Labs swag: http://zazzle.com/sugarlabs. > > > > I welcome contributions of more interesting designs before n

[Marketing] Soft release - Sugar Labs swag available - contributions welcome

2010-10-27 Thread Tim McNamara
I've been testing out Zazzle.com as a platform to produce and distribute Sugar Labs swag: http://zazzle.com/sugarlabs. I welcome contributions of more interesting designs before news of the site becomes general knowledge.  If you would like to add your thoughts, please feel free to contact me dire

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] OLPC rules out Windows for XO-3

2010-06-03 Thread Tim McNamara
On 4 June 2010 09:07, Chris Ball wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > As soon as I heard that OLPC was moving to ARM, I winced > > slightly. This is going to make life much more difficult, because > > of our longstanding Linux, Python and recent GNOME heritage. What > > is Sugar Labs' role with the XO-

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] OLPC rules out Windows for XO-3

2010-06-03 Thread Tim McNamara
On 4 June 2010 06:21, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: > On 06/03/2010 01:45 PM, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > > > My suggestion would be to first convene a "ground up rethink" of what > > a touch-based Sugar could be. > ... > > The result should be a > > *book*, which describes the ideal UI. That will

Re: [Marketing] Linuxtag Berlin 2010

2010-03-24 Thread Tim McNamara
Viel Glück! On 24 March 2010 11:48, Simon Schampijer wrote: > Hi, > > I submitted the application for this years Sugar Labs booth at Linuxtag > Berlin 2010 [1] today! I hope everything works out well. > > Would be nice if people that plan to attend would add their name at the > wiki page. > > I

[Marketing] Sugar Labs GSoC 2010 Flyer - please review

2010-03-16 Thread Tim McNamara
Hi all, If you have 30 seconds free, please review http://issuu.com/timclicks/docs/sugarlabs_gsoc_2010. I've gone for simplicity over . My main consideration was tying together growth & children's learning. I think you'll smile when you see the result. If people are relatively happy with it, we c

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

2010-03-09 Thread Tim McNamara
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? Tim. ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/ma

[Marketing] Copy writing assistance request

2010-03-09 Thread Tim McNamara
Looking to generate a viral email campaign. Thoughts & assistance always welcome, Tim McNamara @timClicks Sugar Labs GSoc 2010 Coordinator ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Please help suggest illustrated eBooks for Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry launch

2009-11-26 Thread Tim McNamara
Max & Moritz is in the public domain. It would be a wonderful addition to the collection, if possible. Does anyone know whether it is available? 2009/11/26 Sean DALY > Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry will be launched at the Netbook World > Summit in Paris on December 8th and Walter will open the s

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

2009-11-22 Thread Tim McNamara
Hi all, Sorry to wander into this thread late. 2009/11/23 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.twit

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Splash screen

2009-10-16 Thread Tim McNamara
2009/10/16 Sean DALY > cc'ing marketing, since this is a vital branding issue. > > Tim - be sure to look at this page: > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Boot_Logo > and read through this discussion thread: > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-May/001184.html > > concern

[Marketing] Competition for the XO

2009-10-09 Thread Tim McNamara
Hi all, While we're on the subject of competition, here is a list of low powered machines produced by the World Bank: http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.107.html Perhaps the marketing team could think of a strategy to approach some of these vendors? Or perhaps even the World Bank, itself. I'm s

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Fwd: 2009 Free Software Awards

2009-10-08 Thread Tim McNamara
2009/10/9 Aleksey Lim > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:17:00AM +1300, Tim McNamara wrote: > > 2009/10/8 Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero > > > fyi ..Sugar or it's representative should be nominated :). > > > http://www.fsf.org/news/2009FSAwardsCall > > > >

Re: [Marketing] Competitive lanscape: $100 DMP Edubook

2009-10-07 Thread Tim McNamara
2009/10/8 Sean DALY > http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091007PD223.html > > http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=67846&ctNode=413 > > > http://noticias.com.gt/economia/20090821-taiwan-propone-instalar-ensambladora-computadoras-guatemala.html > > > * Claim: $100 per unit (unassembled components,