I suggest this Upload it to the flickr openSUSE Group and then you can find everything at http://www.suseware.com/flick
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Kim Leyendecker > <[email protected]> wrote: >> 11.4 is out, and I think it´s time for post-release marketing now! Maybe >> with this idea: >> >> We can ask our users, to make a screenshot of their desktops and load up it >> to Facebook, Flickr or their server and send us the link. We can collect the >> photos and create a little "our user´s desktop show" with the screenshots. > > Awesome! > >> *What´s the sense of this idea?* >> We will see, how many are using 11.4 already. And we will show our users, >> that openSUSE is _their_ distro too. It´s a good chance to make openSUSE >> more personal to our users. >> >> *How we want to collect the pictures?* >> As I think today, we can use Facebook. The user upload the photo and post it >> to our profile. Also we can use planet openSUSE for that. Somebody blog >> about it, and the user post their desktops as a comment. > > How do you expect them to send the link? We need a way to gather the > links easily... a nice webform somewhere, preferably to be integrated > in a news.o.o story... Who has an idea or way to do this? > > Yes, I think we should do a news.o.o story on this, including that input box. > > Then we need to gather the screen shots automatically and have a way > to show them. > > Possible solution for all the above: > - we can simply say: use flickr. These days, even I use it (didn't > want to create an account earlier) because it has openID support. Then > we tell them to use a certain tag, eg #openSUSE114screenshot. Then we > have on news.opensuse.org and/or in other places a flickr widget > showing these screen shots. > > This is simple and doable by us. But I would love to hear an idea (and > willingness to put the work in) on a better solution which is ALSO > doable by us :D > > >> *What the f*ck to do with the pictures?* >> At first, we have to make clear, that the project is allowed to use the pics >> for marketing. We´ve got the advantage, that we have _free_ marketing stuff. >> But the real thing behind this is that we have a (hopefully huge) gallery >> with our user´s desktop. >> >> *Why that all?* >> Because the user will think: openSUSE is my Linux! It makes the distro more >> personal (User: Darling, look, their´s my desktop! And their´s the desktop >> of our neighbours. And look their! Their´s the desktop of uncle Ronald from >> Alabama!) >> Another aspect is, that the user maybe see some nice desktops and get ideas >> of style his own. > > I also think it's simply a cool thing to do. Nice news.o.o article etc etc. > And in the way I described (flickr tag & flickr widget) we can easily > do it. Kim, you up for writing a draft news.o.o article in case nobody > has a better way of doing it? Then we'll just go and do it :D > >> Hope you will like it! If you still have some questions, don´t be afraid to >> ask ;) >> >> thanks >> >> -- >> Kim Leyendecker ([email protected]) >> openSUSE Ambassador >> http://www.suseusers.de.vu >> powered by openSUSE 11.4 RC2 | KDE 4.6 | Kernel-default 2.6.37.1-14 | using >> Tumbleweed >> openSUSE/Slashdot Profilname: openLHAG (OpenLHAG) >> Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want >> to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE >> Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
