Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-12 Thread Matt Daubney
Replies inline (sorry for the lateness, just catching up!) On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:23:08AM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Philip Newborough > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Philip Newborough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Ciaran Mooney > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I don't think it would be too difficul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-11 Thread Philip Newborough
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Ciaran Mooney > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I don't think it would be too difficult to set up a temporary set of >> Ubuntu machines in a local library, and ask the public to do a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-11 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Ciaran Mooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't think it would be too difficult to set up a temporary set of > Ubuntu machines in a local library, and ask the public to do a series > of tests for us. > > Usually helps if you offer a chocolate bar... d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-10 Thread Jai Harrison
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Ciaran Mooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't think it would be too difficult to set up a temporary set of > Ubuntu machines in a local library, and ask the public to do a series > of tests for us. > > Usually helps if you offer a chocolate bar... d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-10 Thread Ciaran Mooney
Hi, I don't think it would be too difficult to set up a temporary set of Ubuntu machines in a local library, and ask the public to do a series of tests for us. Usually helps if you offer a chocolate bar... done quite a few product testings, always helps when they offer free chocolate. -- ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-09 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08/05/2008, Matt Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I brought this up on the IRC channel earlier and thought I'd put it to a > > wider audience. > [snip] > > The idea is generally that we create some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-09 Thread Lucy
On 08/05/2008, Matt Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I brought this up on the IRC channel earlier and thought I'd put it to a > wider audience. [snip] > The idea is generally that we create some tasks.. [snip] > > Now I'm not much of a gui person, so I'm not sure what informati

[ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-08 Thread Matt Daubney
Hey all, I brought this up on the IRC channel earlier and thought I'd put it to a wider audience. A few days ago, I saw someones blog post[1] which described them giving their better half a machine with Ubuntu on and asking them to do some simple tasks. The results from which was quite interesti