Hi Mike We have Micheal Tunnell, of Tux Digital in our community, https://youtu.be/aDGe899PEFc Provided we can get the sign off from Jilayne, and the Canonical legal team, I am sure that Micheal would be willing to help us out a video together.
Personally, I would not use anything by The Smiths for the music, great UK band but not really feel good music. I am standing by ready to do the website work on Kubuntu.org once this gets the green light. Best wishes Rick TImmis Kubuntu Council On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 23:03 Mike Mikowski, <[email protected]> wrote: > Updates for those interested. +cc My brother who is an IT consultant. > > *New emblem* > Here is the new proposed emblem. I hope you like it. > > - https://michaelmikowski.com/img/kubuntu-laptop-a02.png > - https://michaelmikowski.com/img/kubuntu-laptop-a01.png. > > All suppliers and materials have been identified and we are ready to > order. It is laser cut aluminum and 45x45x1.5 mm. We use jig to place a > surface mask on the lid. Then through this mask we sand the surface and > clean it with acetone. Adhesive (likely cynoacrylic) is applied, and then > the mask is removed and the emblem pressed into place using the another jig. > > The OEM has agreed to load a 800x600 bmp file for the BIOS slpash screen. > We have this ready to go. We have also applied and received our sales tax > license and our MindShareManagement DBA. We control the domains for this > and most UniphiedThought domains. > > *Manufacturing status* > Assuming the emblem is agreeable, I think we are just a few days away from > finalizing the set up for the first 100 units for the US. We can consider > EU shortly after this. > > *Install process* > We have made good progress on the install process using a disk image for a > full-disk-encryption, although this isn't quite complete yet. This, the > post-install script is still in development. Long-term, we will work to > drop ship directly from the site where the laptops are received by imaging > them over the network. Near-term, however, we will image them in our > facilities. We do have a few commercial software vendors where we need > confirm approval to pre-install. Jetbrains (IntelliJ) is already confirmed. > <https://michaelmikowski.com/img/kubuntu-laptop-a02.png> > > *Marketing - Video* > We have also made progress on the marketing video, although not anything > we're yet proud enough to share. We are experimenting with a music > video-style format using Please, Please, Please, let me get what I want > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T8R_VDTOYQ> or numerous alternatives > such as Deeper <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qRHlp2MNks>. The music > would be synced with the music to cross-fade into various vignettes of > Kubuntu in-use. You can see experience with music composition, sound > design, and video editing at > https://michaelmikowski.com/flash/kanaga_01_final01.php although I > apologize this is ancient and you must enable flash to play it. Any > thoughts are welcome! > > *Remaining work* > Once install and legal out is complete, Sales + Marketing remains the area > we need to complete. We desire to produce a coordinated push, with press > release, pre-release hardware seeded to vendors (Phoronix, ZDNet, others), > viral video, and targeted ads. We have 4 years experience as engineering > manager at ValueClick which we plan to leverage here. There are a few phone > calls to make. > > For payment processing, we propose to use Square. We will provide a an > integration specialist to work with the Kubuntu site maintainer to > accomplish this. > > Questions? We can video conference on hangouts or zoom, or call me. Any > time between 09:00-18:00 PST is generally good. > > Sincerely, Mike > Founder, Uniphied Thought Inc. (DBA MindShareManagment) > 415-418-4731 > > ps. Proposal doc is here. > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12PttOinOAuWETQsyNR3AJAqMbvGJfZ24YMH9_3rmBZ4> > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 8:59 AM Michael Mikowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Mr. Timmis: >> >> Thank you! Test hardware is expected here tomorrow >> <https://wwwapps.ups.com/etracking?submit=Track&InquiryNumber1=1Z90X3104247281639&TypeOfInquiryNumber=T/trackdetails>, >> and I have image ready. The specs are shown here >> <https://mmikowski.github.io/k19-10-guide/#appendix-c>. >> >> Attached are renderings of the proposed. While I'd prefer not to have the >> LED bling on on the lid this is probably not something we could change >> immediately. However, if sales volume is good, we could discuss with the >> OEM. >> >> Please let me elaborate on why we have unique selling advantages over >> competing laptops and we would be good to work together. >> >> 1. The load is pure Kubuntu. There is no intention or desire to build out >> a separate distribution or app store. >> 2. We are pragmatic. Our goal is to displace MacBook Pros used in Silicon >> Valley as web developer machines. We will ship the best and latest software >> required to exceed the experience of the MBP. >> 3. We are located in Silicon Valley and have many years experience with >> startups in the area. We can also provide support here through a downtown >> SF office. This could become very important. We might want to call this >> laptop 'Silicon Valley Edition' to underscore this. >> 4. I have already been supporting Kubuntu developer builds since 2012 >> through this spreadsheet >> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kLIYKYRsan_nvqGSZF-xJNxMkivH7uNdd6F-xY0hAUM/edit#gid=871659780> >> and >> in the workplace for multiple co-workers and friends. >> 5. We have the capital and expertise to execute for low volume sales in >> as little as two weeks. >> 6. We would contribute for every Kubuntu branded laptop sold, regardless >> of channel. This would be a substantial portion of gross margin and could >> use this fact in advertising. >> >> We need to act quickly to take advantage of disruption caused by the >> disastrous Catalina release. I believe it would be in our best interest to >> start with a low volume agreement so we can test this quickly and then >> tighten it down if sales are good. >> >> Sincerely, Mike >> >> On Friday, October 25, 2019, 02:33:14 AM PDT, Rick Timmis < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Dear Micheal, and Council >> >> I am extremely excited about this possibility. I would be very interested >> in working with you on bringing this initiative to reality, providing there >> is quorum support from the Kubuntu Council for me to do so. >> >> Kubuntu Council members would you be happy for me to proceed, with a view >> to providing a summary plan of action, with time lines for review prior to >> actioning ? >> >> Best wishes >> Rick Timmis >> Kubuntu Councillor >> >> On Fri, 25 Oct 2019, 05:10 Valorie Zimmerman, < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Michael, >> >> This comes as a bolt from the blue. I'm going to include the Kubuntu >> Council on this mail since this would be a KC matter. Please address >> followups to the Council. >> >> Valorie >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 1:32 PM Michael S. Mikowski <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Valorie and Rohangarg: >> >> I sent this email to the kubuntu-devel list earlier, but I found your >> addresses and sent it directly in the interest of time. Valorie, I'm >> sorry I >> misspelled your name in that message. Ovidiu-Florin mentions that an >> Aaron >> might also be interested... >> >> I am extremely interested in providing an official Kubuntu 19.10 >> developer >> laptop for sale. I can fund the entire venture and share any surplus >> with the >> Kubuntu organization and suggest it be advertised on the Kubuntu site and >> branded as such. My company would provide software support. >> >> I've spent a month consolidating my 25 years of Linux, Kubuntu, and Web >> architecture and development into a laptop image we could ship in as >> little as >> two weeks. Please visit https://mmikowski.github.io/k19-10-guide/ and >> especially https://mmikowski.github.io/k19-10-guide/#appendix-c. I >> already >> have a manufacturer agreement, shipping, and branding logistics in >> place. >> >> I have spoken with Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan who is copied above. I believe >> with >> Catalina currently upsetting everyone in Silicon Valley, there is no >> better >> time than now to have a Kubuntu branded developer laptop on the market. >> This >> offer can provide significant income to Kubuntu. Please call or write >> ASAP as >> time is of the essence. >> >> Sincerely, Michael S. Mikowski >> 415-418-4731 >> >> ps. I propose it is better to have a loose agreement in place in sooner >> and >> get the word out and then tighten things down when sales expand. >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://about.me/valoriez - pronouns: she/her >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>
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