On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Steve Dalton<[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Tomeu > > Yeah - I'm already thinking a little about the way he uses it - and maybe > something for the preschoolers (I know it's target is 6-12 but some kids are > quite adept). By the time I get around to something he'll have probably > outgrown it - but hopefully my baby daughter will be at Beta tester stage by > then ;) > > I'm still unsure on what to do about a presentation though... have to have a > good think about it tomorrow and do a bit more research. Closing date for > submission of talk summary is 30th - so might have to just leave it if I > have nothing concrete.
Steve, There are the start of some good resources at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team . Check out the presentations and ambassadors sub pages. I am also CCing the Marketing list instead of the devel list. Go ahead and submit a talk. We can work out the details later. All of our extroverts were on the road last week.... david > Regards > Steve > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2009/6/26 Steve Dalton <[email protected]>: >> > Hi All >> > >> > Just went on IRC channel - but no-one around - so I'll try here. >> > >> > Steve Dalton here from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. I'm an >> > experienced developer - mainly C/C++/Java/Groovy - but also dabble with >> > Ruby/Python, just starting out playing with Sugar development >> > >> > I was kindly donated 5 XOs a while back and I have been trying to get a >> > bit of a local OLPC developers group started here in QLD. Have young kids >> > and my (almost) 4 year old is already getting stuck into Sugar and working >> > things out which makes me think you guys are onto something really awesome >> > - >> > I'd love to help in some way. >> > >> > Anyway - one way I think I might be able to stimulate some local >> > activity is by doing some sort of live demo on developing with Sugar. I was >> > hoping to demo something at Barcamp Brisbane next month and possibly >> > something at the OSDC (Open Source Developers Conference) in Brisbane later >> > this year if it works. I have made one of my paper submission for OSDC a >> > Sugar one but It's sitting in my drafts folder until I can be sure I have >> > something that has half a chance of working out (I like jumping in at the >> > deep-end but don't want to make a complete fool of myself). >> > >> > Does anyone have any good suggestions on what to do? I've done the Hello >> > world demo and had a look at some of the activities already developed... >> > but >> > was hoping to do something a little more interesting with some "cool" value >> > to get people interested. Are there any canned demos or tutorials around >> > that anyone can recommend? Might give me some ideas. >> >> Not that I know, though my recommendation would be to check out how >> your kid is using Sugar and think of how the learning experience could >> be improved. Most experienced developers will be happier to help if >> it's something that addresses a real need than if it's something done >> out of pure curiosity. >> >> Regards, >> >> Tomeu >> >> > Many thanks in advance >> > Steve >> > >> > -- >> > I did have a signature, but the dog ate it. >> > >> > google:steve.dalton | skype:spidieman | msn: [email protected] | >> > yahoo:daltonsp | aol: spidie100 | twitter: @spidie | mynetfone:09203861 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Sugar-devel mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> > >> > > > > > -- > I did have a signature, but the dog ate it. > > google:steve.dalton | skype:spidieman | msn: [email protected] | > yahoo:daltonsp | aol: spidie100 | twitter: @spidie | mynetfone:09203861 > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
