Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Whyubuntu.com : : Status Update?

2009-01-07 Thread Vid Ayer
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Jacob F. Roecker ja...@roeckerfam.com wrote: : Weight loss video--I still think this is funny tasteful : Hair loss video--The premises is that less stress helps you keep your hair longer. You don't have to worry about viruses. : Anything by Billy Mays in

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Marketing Team Meeting @ Tue Mar 25 7pm -, 8:30pm () (Google Calendar)

2008-03-27 Thread Vid Ayer
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Danny Piccirillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, and i am really sorry for not contacting the Fridge. I had meant to, and i thought that i had, but i have been swamped with other things so please understand. Anyone wishing to submit articles, please feel free to

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Promoting Ubuntu at libraries?

2008-03-22 Thread Vid Ayer
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:39 AM, Dylan McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Working for a short while in computer retail, I am growing more and more crazy from how the concept of free software is essentially taboo in that environment. While the reason why a computer retailer can not survive with

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] New York Times advertisement for Ubuntu

2007-10-25 Thread Vid Ayer
On 10/25/07, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom M wrote: It got noticed in the foss community because it was original. It got noticed in a thousand local papers, and in major news outlets because it was original. The actual impact of the Times ad itself, was probably quite small, I'd

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Questionable Canonical Merchandise

2007-08-27 Thread Vid Ayer
On 8/24/07, Jeremy Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would someone please direct me to this finding of 2%? Not fighting here I would just love to see it. It may be something that helps me look at From http://www.ubuntu-women.org/, /quote An EC funded study (2006) summarized in the Flosspols

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] the Ladies t-Shirts

2007-08-23 Thread Vid Ayer
On 8/21/07, Gerry Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all There has been some excitement about the Ladies T-Shirts I see. Well suffice to say the people at Canonical who made the decision were me Kat and Claire. And we did it to make the t-shirts more attractive to women not less. But it

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Questionable Canonical Merchandise

2007-08-23 Thread Vid Ayer
Hi All, I just saw this longish thread and was just going to read it and delete until I read this so please take my .02 paise with a pinch of salt !! On 8/20/07, Jeremy Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy crap. What kind of world do we live in when a freaking t-shirt has to be

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-news team

2007-05-28 Thread Vid Ayer
On 5/28/07, Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the moment there are several initiatives around the Ubuntu community which deal with Ubuntu-related news, both internal and external. The two most prominent are the UWN and the Fridge. Other examples would be the magazine initiative, and

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Team meeting

2007-05-18 Thread Vid Ayer
On 5/18/07, Corey Burger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has come time for the marketing team to have another meeting. There can someone send a mail (with date, timings and an updated wiki link) to the Fridge editors [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vid http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/VidAyer --

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Structure

2006-08-10 Thread Vid Ayer
On 8/10/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We don't need layers of bureaucracy. Talk of a wish board, a team council, official projects, voting and non-voting members fill me with dread, quite frankly. We want to enable people, not put barriers in their way. ... absolutely agree :-)

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] future of the fridge

2006-08-03 Thread Vid Ayer
On 8/3/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. I'd like to see other Ubuntu community sites folded into the fridge. Right now there are lots of interesting community sites, obvious ones include

[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu World on the Fridge

2006-08-03 Thread Vid Ayer
Hi all, While we are discussing the Magazine (or is it Ubuntu World after the poll), for starters check out these . http://lwn.net/ http://linuxgazette.net/ http://www.gnomejournal.org/ http://times.debian.net/ http://debian-news.net/ http://lxer.com/ There are many more but the simplicity

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Magazine market research

2006-07-31 Thread Vid Ayer
Hi Matthew, Since you have replied to my quote, I take the chance to share my thoughts on this. On 7/31/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/07/06, Vid Ayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should the Magazine strictly cater to new users only ? Maybe we could also include varied

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Suggestion for the Magazine name Poll

2006-07-28 Thread Vid Ayer
On 7/28/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/07/06, Vid Ayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Added, Ubuntu Vani . Vani means Voice in Hindi and since Ubuntu is for humans it can be loosely translated as Humans/Peoples Voice. How do you pronounce vani? Is it with a short or long

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Fridge needs you!

2006-07-26 Thread Vid Ayer
On 7/26/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the Fridge could certainly link to the Ubuntu magazine, but I understand the two to be aimed at quite different people. Fridge is for the existing Ubuntu community, largely, and Ubuntu Magazine is aimed at people new to Ubuntu, no?

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Fridge needs you!

2006-07-26 Thread Vid Ayer
On 7/26/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the Fridge could certainly link to the Ubuntu magazine, but I understand the two to be aimed at quite different people. Fridge is for the existing Ubuntu community, largely, and Ubuntu Magazine is aimed at people new to Ubuntu, no?

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Re: MT goals, {was} Ubuntu Stickers

2006-07-25 Thread Vid Ayer
On 7/25/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/07/06, Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think there is anywhere near enough coherence about this so far to form the basis of a marketing team budget for bounties or such. Sorry to come to this late, but I have to speak

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Fridge needs you!

2006-07-25 Thread Vid Ayer
Hi, On 7/26/06, Matthew Revell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For now, it's business as usual. However, the future of The Fridge is in the community's hands. Reply to this thread if you're interested in getting involved! I'd love to help. Also, it might be interesting to discuss what The

[ubuntu-marketing] Milestones specification

2006-07-20 Thread Vid Ayer
Hello, After thinking and revising here is a Milestones (Timeline) for the Todo list that Sara had prepared. This is a rough guideline and feel free to rework it if its not suitable and also add any detail I may have missed. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine/Milestones Thoughts? Thanks,

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Revsision to the Project Charter

2006-07-19 Thread Vid Ayer
On 7/20/06, sara vasquez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 19 July 2006 9:31 pm, John Baer wrote: Sara, Magazine Team, and Marketing Members, I corrected the magazine Charter per the notes/comments that were made and I believe it is close to final.

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Is ubuntupeople.com offline?

2006-07-02 Thread Vid Ayer
On 7/1/06, Paul O'Malley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will refrain from commenting further, as I don't think it is fair to Lloyd, or Jan/Jenda. They want something similar, however their views of what the journey entails to get to that place is the point of disagreement. People agree to

[ubuntu-marketing] Marketing strategy [WAS, Contact point for Ubuntu Marketing team]

2006-07-01 Thread Vid Ayer
Hi, Just sharing my thoughts here . On 6/30/06, Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree, but I tend to think that [EMAIL PROTECTED] would do the job well, certainly at the beginning. +1. For corporates, it would be better to keep marketing at the professional level. While its