This is awesome. Absolutely fantastic!! Thanks for the great write-up and pictures - I wish I could have been there!
Cheers, David (Colorado Team) On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Danny Piccirillo < [email protected]> wrote: > I just wanted to send out a quick email to say THANK YOU to everyone who > helped! The event went very well and we absolutely recommend that other > groups attend similar events. We have extra materials available if you'd > like some. > > > http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/thank-you-for-ubuntus-success-at-anime.html > > http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/bty0w/ubuntu_anime_boston_success_other_groups_need_to/ > > Post follows: > > Thank you for Ubuntu's success at Anime Boston 2010! > > It's hard to believe how well this has all come together. *If there's one > thing we would like to say coming from this, it's that Ubuntu and other free > culture and free software (aka open source) groups need to participate in > similar events to reach out to non-techie folks.* Any convention more > tech-focused than this shouldn't need our presence. Let's go over what we > accomplished: live installs, dancing games, free kopibon, and more! > > > <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PtyHEChBKZw/S7pZPf-fV1I/AAAAAAAAe98/0oNhMBh2EJ4/s1600/IMG_0041.JPG> > We successfully made Ubuntu highly-visible to thousands of convention > goers. We kept hearing from people that our booth was very eye-catching and > really stood out! We can thank the Ubuntu > MA<http://ubuntu-massachusetts.com/> team > leader,Martin (DoctorMO) <http://doctormo.org/>, for the awesome banner > and > posters<http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/Ubunchu-Posters-for-Anime-Bost-158905236> > we > had up. On display, we had four machines by > System76<http://www.system76.com/>: > a Starling Netbook, Pangolin Performance, Bonobo Performance, and a 32" HDTV > hooked up to another Pangolin Performance under the table. Using the big > screen, we lured in the crowed. Blasting techno and showing off crazy > compiz-fusion effects, we caught the attention of passersby who were very > impressed. It wasn't hard to hear outbursts such as, "Who needs Windows 7!?" > and other comments on how awesome the Ubuntu desktop looked. The response we > generated was incredible-- people were genuinely amazed! > > Over and over, people approached us with great reactions. Lots of them were > already using Ubuntu, some knew someone who loved Ubuntu, many had heard of > Ubuntu, and just as many were curious to find out what it was! The reactions > we received were a testament not only to how far Ubuntu has spread already > but also how extremely receptive still-unaware individuals are. > > <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PtyHEChBKZw/S7pYWfWFpgI/AAAAAAAAe9k/o6GLSMI6WxU/s1600/IMG_0040.JPG> > FireFox > posing in front of our booth! > Costumed characters stopped by to cheer us on including > Zero<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelouch_Lamperouge#Zero> who > rushed past, snatched a CD, and shouted "Zero uses Ubuntu!" which we were > very glad to hear, seeing as he ends up uniting the entire world! There were > also plenty of common citizens drifting through the vast sea of cosplayers, > unadorned in any costume aside from their own personal style, who excitedly > approached us. People were openly expressing their appreciation to others > with exclamations they made on their way from our booth like, "Sweet, I just > got a new operating system!" Some were asking how they could get more > involved with advocacy and our group and we even picked up another booth > helper! This is what we love about the community. > > Many still were the people who came on behalf of someone they knew who > loved Ubuntu, grabbing materials and goodies to give them later. Most > important to us, though, was everyone who had never heard of Ubuntu but grew > excited to learn more upon seeing our display. People took around 500 > double<http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-AnimeBos-Flyer-Front-156027211> > -sided<http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-AnimeBos-Flyer-Back-156028757> > flyers > about Ubuntu, Free Software (aka Open Source), and the many powerful design > tools available: Blender, Inkscape, Synfig, GIMP, and MyPaint. An additional > 550 live CD's and 1000 copies of the Ubunchu <http://www.ubunchu.net/> manga > were taken (extra comic books available at > request<http://doctormo.org/2010/04/07/ubunchu-spare-copies/>). We > even did 5 live-installs, right there at our booth! That number would be > higher but people just didn't have their machines with them. Our booth > visitors came with curiosity and left eager to pop in their new LiveCDs. > > <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PtyHEChBKZw/S7pbRvVhBMI/AAAAAAAAe_Q/lYsSWHvW87c/s1600/IMG_0053.JPG> > We did live demonstrations of apps like Inkscape, GIMP, and Blender (well, > we showed off some files from Sintel <http://durian.blender.org/>, the > foundation's latest Open > Project<http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/blender-open-projects/>). > We played videos like production > cuts<http://www.archive.org/details/TheMorevnaProjectProductionCutsForUbuntuAnimeBoston2010> > from > the Morevna Project <http://morevnaproject.org/> sent to us for the event > along withThe Matrix Runs on > Windows<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM>, > and open projects, Elephant's Dream and Big Buck Bunny. We played games like > Savage2 and StepMania 4.0, breaking out the dance pad which drew in a good > crowd of dancers and spectators very quickly. > > That's not all. Our presence wasn't limited to the Dealer's Room. We also > had our flyers and manga on the freebie table and, just like last year, they > seemed to be the only thing people were really interested in! If we could've > kept up with how fast they were being taken, we could've distributed a lot > more. On top of all of this, Martin went up to the Artist's Alley armed with > our flyers and talked to everyone up there about all the tools available for > their needs. The artists there were very receptive and it definitely helped > that we made the effort to reach out to them personally. > > This being our first event of this size, we did learn a few good lessons as > well, and have some new ideas for the future. You didn't think we were done, > did you? Overall, we don't feel there was anything missing, but we've > learned a lot about what this kind of project involves and can do even > better! Next time we will organize more ahead of time knowing which things > require more or less time and be better prepared to handle it all more > efficiently. We'll assemble a team earlier on, and give time to go over the > good and bad talking points for different kinds of people. It isn't that our > booth people weren't amazing; it's that we can always work on perfecting the > art of hooking in as many people as we can, as quickly and effectively as we > can. One thing which could've been handled better by myself was > documentation of the event in pictures and video. There was no way for me to > be behind the camera when the booth was at its busiest because I needed to > keep the demos going. As a result, all of the pictures in our > album<http://picasaweb.google.com/danny.piccirillo/AnimeBoston2010> are > from the quietest times at our booth. I did leave the camera rolling during > some periods, so hopefully I'll be able to churn out a decent video with > that footage, but next time we will dedicate a lot of time to filming and > photographing. > > Hopefully this have given you a decent picture of how well everything went. > We were even invited to some other conventions! If you have any ideas, want > to get involved with the team, or just have questions, please get in > touch<http://ubuntu-massachusetts.com/contact/>. This > all started out as a little idea, and thanks to the help of many, it grew > into the super-successful Ubuntu @ Anime Boston project! > > > *Thank you to everyone who helped:* > > <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PtyHEChBKZw/S752yhqul6I/AAAAAAAAfL0/tdVm3XD8csU/s1600/ubuntu-linux-community.jpg> > *YOU!* > > Our biggest thanks goes to all of you, the entire community, for all the > generous support you've given us with banner hosting, donations, and all the > other help we've gotten. None of this would have happened without all your > support! > <http://www.system76.com/> > The beautiful high-quality laptops and netbook lent to us by > System76<http://www.system76.com/> were > an essential part of this event and their help with promotion was > invaluable. > > <http://www.prodpromo.com/> > > One thousand flyers courtesy of ProdPromo <http://www.prodpromo.com/> was > one of our most valuable resources at the convention. > > <http://redsunpress.com/> > > Three thousand copies of the Ubunchu Manga in gorgeous quality by Red Sun > Press <http://redsunpress.com/>, a truly environmentally friendly * > worker-owned* union shop dedicated to social justice. > > <http://www.linuxfund.org/> > > Fiscal sponsorship and guidance from Linux Fund<http://www.linuxfund.org/> > helped > keep this project going. > > <http://www.canonical.com/> > > LiveCDs, flyers, and other Ubuntu goodies like hats, t-shirts, silly putty, > mouse pads, pens, and books from Canonical <http://www.canonical.com/> made > our booth complete. > <http://ubuntu.asciimw.jp/> > ASCII Media Works provided us with copies of the Ubuntu > Magazine<http://ubuntu.asciimw.jp/> Japan > which includes the Ubunchu Manga. > > <http://pigux.com/> > > A huge thank you to Arturo "C-quel" Silva of Pigux <http://pigux.com/> for > being our biggest donor and providing incredible artwork used throughout our > booth. > > <http://synfig.org/> <http://morevnaproject.org/> > <http://synfig.org/> > > The Morevna Project <http://morevnaproject.org/> covered us in a blog post > and provided us a video of production > cuts<http://www.archive.org/details/TheMorevnaProjectProductionCutsForUbuntuAnimeBoston2010> > . Synfig <http://synfig.org/>, the main tool behind the project hosted a > prominent banner on their website. > > <http://www.playdeb.net/> <http://www.getdeb.net/> > > Banners hosted by PlayDeb <http://www.playdeb.net/> and > GetDeb<http://www.getdeb.net/>, > the popular third-party Ubuntu repos, have helped raise awareness of our > fundraiser. > > -- > .danny > > ☮♥Ⓐ - http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo > Every (in)decision matters. > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > >
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