I can code html if someone wants to devolope the styles. I'm a coder NOT a designer. (Smile)
Beth Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 7/17/06, Eric Krichinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd love to help all I can. is there anything specificly that needs to be done that we don't have a person capable of doing it yet? I try to fill a niche when I can. And on the wiki there is a link labeled our forum, it is a dead link just thought I'd point that out. Quick question, where is the content of the magazine coming from? Looks like a nice list for what will be in there but who is writing it? On 7/17/06, Sara Vasquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sara Vasquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:56:59 -0400 > Subject: Ubuntu magazine > To: [email protected] > > Hey all, > I've being thinking about how to move foward since our last meeting, and I > feel that the best thing is to just publish the first issue and then take it > from there. Our first issue would probably include information that already > exits, but needs to be expanded or presented on a graphical way. > > Why are we doing this? > Many potential and existing Ubuntu users are just trying to figure how to do > things their old OS way. We need to aproach this as a way to introduce them > to the POWER of ubuntu.We need to show them that ubuntu and Linux as a whole > is not just a good 'replacement' OS, but a god OS on its own right. We need > to showhow to unleash the power of ubuntu. > > What we have now? > A group of seven people super exited and motivated to get this going > A wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine > We have a testing website, but I lost the url ( Digital Mouse, could you > post the url?) > a draft of our master TOC > an outline for our first six issues > a draft for our first issue TOC > > What we need? > A finalized TOC (at least for the first issue, we can change some things > latter) > We all agreed before that are going to have a html and pdfmagazine,but we > still need to figure out the fine details of it. (I think that this would be > a good way to get the community > involve, by asking them to collaborate on logo, layouts,or perhaps html > skills) > We need to figure out and spread out jobs to get out our fist issue out > > - How are we going to pick articles > - Who would be in charge of the final revisons > > How are we going to get this acomplish? > > 1. We need to meet again. I would like to a matrix for convinient > meetig timeon our magazine wiki, since some of our menber were not on the > meeting I take it tha tit was not a good time. I tried to do something like > that,but as many of you probablyknow I am a wiki retarded (can someone > please helpme out with this) > 2. I am going to start a post on the forum concerning art > participation,logo, layout for the pdf,etc. ( > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1198640#post1198640) > 3. I think that for the first issue I can take care of it release, > article calling and stuff (off course I will need you help),but for now > unless someone else wants to do it I wil take careof it. > 4. Digitalmouse has said that he can help of with the pdf stuff. I > don'texpect him to do it all,but since he knows how to do it he can at least > explain us and giv eus some guidance. > 5. KensentMe has expirience on freelance writing so he migh help us > with the way we should structure the articles and the way in which we can > make them iteresting > 6. Joey, Phil and Martin all have expirience on being project leaders > and I know some of them already have ideas about articles they would like to > write. > 7. Jenda,what can I say about Jenda he is just the man. > > My proposed TOC (for now, I'llpst one in the wiki as we play round it in the > mailing list) > > Editors note > Intro to our magazine , Who we are(an extesion of the marketing team, > members of the community),Waht are our expectation of the magazine,Why we > are doing what we are doing. > Team of the Month > Intro to the marketing team. I feel that this wold be a good place to > introduce the marketing team its purpose and different teams and invite > other to participate. > Letter to the magazine > perhaps we wont have any > Screenshots of the Month > Go around and show what we feel are the best screenshots of the monthm They > should show the different flavors and flexibility of ubuntu > The screenshots should have icons set, theme, software runnigm etc. ( it > would be pur monthly contribution on how to custumize your desktop) > Meet the Daper Drake > Quick intro to Linux->Debia->Ubuntu-> > Daper Drake features > Mention of the flavors of Ubuntu > How 2.0 ( Joey I think that you probably hav ea better idea on what this > things should be) > How to install Ubuntu (Show off the new installer) > How to install software > Brief intro into package management, advantages (security), disvantages, > Synaptic and Adept example > How to contribute > A section on how to contribute to Ubuntu, We can start on how to report a > bug. I think taht it would be nice since most error messages ask for bug > reports, > but I still don't know to report a bug. > > Ok so if you have any other ideas or feel that mines are just horrible > please comment on them and lets iron out the wrikles on this so that we can > finally get this going > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
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