On 7/17/06, Beth Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I can code html if someone wants to devolope the styles. I'm a coder
NOT a designer. (Smile)
Beth Koenig
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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
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