David, I recently did a presentation at our local Bellingham Linux User Group (BLUG), and staffed a table at a 'Technology Festival at Western Washington University'.
You aren't kidding, I was talking non-stop about the XO , OLPC, demoing the laptop, and sharing the various features with crowds of people around me. Always lost track of time, and ran over the time I was supposed to be there. :) I too started to repeat myself, and realized having some signage with common answers ( Where to get more info... laptop.org and wiki.laptop.org. How to contact me for further info.... (email) ...etc ..) Would of been much easier on my voice. :) I like the previous idea too... little business cards or 1/4 sheets of information about the XO and where to get more info... etc... I'm sure there's already a good start to this 'Conference exhibit FAQ', somewhere on the wiki, but I couldn't find it, so I started a new page, until someone can merge it. I took some of David's thoughts and started to formalize/format them... http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Exhibit_FAQ A thought, would be to put down the most common questions asked at a conference, then could be seperated into 'top 10' and 'other common' in the future. -iXo On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:58 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just a word of warning, at SCALE the OLPCs were the hit of the show. you > may end up finding that you spend a lot more time talking about them than > you ever imagined. (depending on what else you are trying to do this may > or may not be a problem) > > one thing that will be extremely useful is if a FAQ can be put togeather > with the correct answers for everyone to provide when asked. everyone does > their best to answer the questions correctly, but there's pleanty of room > for mistakes. > > simple start of FAQ list (just the questions for now) > system specs > expandibility > does it have wireless > where are they being deployed > how can someone (or some orginization) get them > price > various questions about the G1G1 program (how many were purchased, why was > the program stopped, will it re-open, what about overseas, why haven't all > of them been delivered) > battery life > what new technology is in it > why is this better than the EEPC/classmate/surplus PC/etc > can you run other software on it > how can you develop for it without getting one > how do you open the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@# thing (especially amusing when you > hand them > the open laptop, they close it and can't re-open it) > what are the two squares to the side of the touchpad > where is the crank (if OLPC can spare some sample chargers to display at > the booth it would be wonderful) > > things to demo > pippy > distance (if you can make it work reliably) > measure > camera > browser > network view > chat > > decide if you are going to have the machines on a mesh with each other, or > on an access point so they can connect to the Internet (I would say have > them connect to the Internet unless there is some specific reason to not > do so) > > David Lang >
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