Re: [IAEP] Champions Was: future of the Sugar user experience

2009-06-08 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 01:30, David Farningdfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Tomeu Vizosoto...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 19:23, C. Scott Ananiancsc...@cscott.net wrote: Seems reasonable: Design review in addition to code review for new patches.  

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [Marketing] [SoaS] Request for Artwork: Boot Screen

2009-06-08 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 16:45, Sebastian Dziallassebast...@when.com wrote: Sean DALY wrote: Yes Gary by all means, the deadline is this weekend Sebastian, earlier in the thread we discussed how part of keeping a clean-looking boot involves getting more information (logos) on the About My

Re: [IAEP] Which is better for the environment recycling computers or LTSP?

2009-06-08 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 22:19, Caroline Meekscarol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: Answer - Our vision of Sugar on a Stick!  :) First off, I think on this list we probably agree that whats most important for our planets health is educated kids that grow into adults that can develop and implement

Re: [IAEP] personalisation and collaboration

2009-06-08 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 13:00, David Van Asschedvanass...@gmail.com wrote: Something has been in the back of my head for a while now, ever since I've seen the impressive capabilities of being able to share an activity with your neighbourhood. Being able to cooperatively use applications brings a

Re: [IAEP] Programming Needs?

2009-06-08 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 06:15, Benjamin M. Schwartzbmsch...@fas.harvard.edu wrote: One programming project that would help us is described in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495727 Essentially, Firefox 3.5 will ship with beautiful support for Ogg Theora+Vorbis video in every

Re: [IAEP] Which is better for the environment recycling computers or LTSP?

2009-06-08 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Caroline Meekscarol...@solutiongrove.com wrote: But we can still think about environmental efficiency.  I think Sugar on a HW is wildly over the map in environmental efficiency and risks. The software is almost incidental -- at its best it can help HW designed to

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Getting data about the upgrading older machines and SoaS responsiveness.

2009-06-08 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 13:03, James Zakijames.z...@gmail.com wrote: With regards to the speed issue. I tried SoaS on a USB2.0 (but not high-speed) memory-stick, performance was hideous on a macbook. Using a USB2.0 high-speed memory-stick, performance is great on an eeepc, which has 1G Ram. I

[IAEP] Linuxtag - Getting involved

2009-06-08 Thread Simon Schampijer
Hi, Linuxtag [1] is getting closer. If you are attending please add your name here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Events/LinuxTag2009#Attendees As some of you may have heard we will be having a booth there. Please take shifts at our booth. Ideally a shift is two persons. Helping

Re: [IAEP] Programming Needs?

2009-06-08 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 06:15, Benjamin M. Schwartzbmsch...@fas.harvard.edu wrote: One programming project that would help us is described in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495727 Essentially, Firefox 3.5 will ship with beautiful support for Ogg

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [math4] Activity Awards, Activity Alerts

2009-06-08 Thread James Simmons
David, Your suggestion got me thinking about how this kind of reward system could be used with my own Activities, which involve reading. I think I have a notion which might be worth pursuing. The biggest problem with reading on the XO is finding books. The books are out there, but they're

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Colombia

2009-06-08 Thread David Farning
Great work! This is exciting stuff. Keep pinging us when and where you need help. Any issues the 'Global' Sugar community can help the Colombia with will also apply to other regional deployment. david On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerreroraf...@sugarlabs.org wrote:

Re: [IAEP] Champions Was: future of the Sugar user experience

2009-06-08 Thread David Farning
Yes, that make a lot of sense. I think the biggest piece for you personally is to become comfortable doing the asking:) It really doesn't take too long to get a feel for who 'gets' the Sugar culture. david On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Tomeu Vizosoto...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Sun, Jun 7,

[IAEP] Fwd: Sugar Ambassadors

2009-06-08 Thread David Farning
Hey all, Below is a thread on Sugar ambassadors from last week. I meant to send it to iaep with a few follow on cc's. Looks like I left off iaep. david -- Forwarded message -- From: David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org Date: Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:59 PM Subject: Sugar

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Sugar Ambassadors

2009-06-08 Thread Sean DALY
I appreciate the Fedora Ambassadors concept as I understand it but I am not sure it's the best approach for Sugar Labs... it seems to me more oriented towards contributor recruitment... the fedora press page for example invites journalists to get involved, which is on-topic for contributor

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Sugar Ambassadors

2009-06-08 Thread Edward Cherlin
I volunteer to help organize this, and to be the Ambassador to several groups, including state governments, textbook writers, and education researchers. The reason is that I am doing those things already. I am in contact with Gov. Pat Quinn's office in Illinois; Obama education advisor Linda

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Getting data about the upgrading older machines and SoaS responsiveness.

2009-06-08 Thread James Zaki
With regards to the speed issue. I tried SoaS on a USB2.0 (but not high-speed) memory-stick, performance was hideous on a macbook. Using a USB2.0 high-speed memory-stick, performance is great on an eeepc, which has 1G Ram. I know its not small, but its all I have to compare with for now. So from

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Sugar Ambassadors

2009-06-08 Thread David Farning
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Sean DALYsdaly...@gmail.com wrote: I appreciate the Fedora Ambassadors concept as I understand it but I am not sure it's the best approach for Sugar Labs... it seems to me more oriented towards contributor recruitment... the fedora press page for example invites