Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-04 Thread alan c
Jono Bacon wrote: > Hi all, > > I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some > ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting way. > The idea is that the community could do something interesting, attention > grabbing and potentially wacky that will no

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-03 Thread Melissa Draper
Jono Bacon wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 08:27 +, Nicholas Castilla wrote: > >> I would definetly support the idea of placing Ubuntu in PC's in a >> store, this wouldn't cost to much money eiether. >> > > I think its an interesting advocacy approach, slightly guerilla, but it > does no

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-02 Thread Adam
On 3/2/07, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jono, If you're thinking "big splash" then why not make one? There are plenty of sites that receive a lot of traffic that would be willing to post about this. Basic "ad campaign" material could be made available for the community to distribu

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-02 Thread Jono Bacon
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 08:27 +, Nicholas Castilla wrote: > I would definetly support the idea of placing Ubuntu in PC's in a > store, this wouldn't cost to much money eiether. I think its an interesting advocacy approach, slightly guerilla, but it does not turn heads for a new release. I am mai

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-02 Thread Jono Bacon
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 19:24 +, Nicholas Castilla wrote: > Hi, > > Maybe a "Look what Ubuntu did for me" competition will be interesting, > Jono i think your ideas anyway are very good. I would like to see > though a bit of press action, especially with CNET. I think much of the aim of this i

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-02 Thread Nicholas Castilla
I would definetly support the idea of placing Ubuntu in PC's in a store, this wouldn't cost to much money eiether. Nick. On 01/03/07, Anthony Yarusso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jono Bacon wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I was involved in some discu

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Anthony Yarusso
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jono Bacon wrote: > Hi all, > > I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some > ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting way. > The idea is that the community could do something interesting, attention

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Nicholas Castilla
Hi, Maybe a "Look what Ubuntu did for me" competition will be interesting, Jono i think your ideas anyway are very good. I would like to see though a bit of press action, especially with CNET. Nick Castilla. On 01/03/07, Jono Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I was involved in some di

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Richard Houston
> On 3/1/07, Jono Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> >> I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some >> ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting >> way. The idea is that the community could do something interesting, >> attenti

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Corey Burger
On 3/1/07, Jono Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some > ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting way. > The idea is that the community could do something interesting, attention > grabbing and

[ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Jono Bacon
Hi all, I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting way. The idea is that the community could do something interesting, attention grabbing and potentially wacky that will not only show off the community