On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:49:58AM -0600, Jacob F. Roecker wrote: > Dear All: > > A list to discuss the issues would be great, and Martin was correct. I > did want to pass out tech information in private (call me crazy that > way). There does need to be a forum of sorts to discuss the look and > feel of the site. > > Here's what I'm picturing: > > I'd like to see a flashy homepage that let's people cycle through some > of the 'testimonials' we're going to need to get over time. Mac's ad > campaign for the I'm a Mac I'm a PC thing works really well because it > forces the customers to identify themselves as a computer. "Which mac > are you?" > > Ubuntu can't make that same plug. It does need to break down the > user/machine barrier though, and start to get people to identify > themselves as being a Ubuntu user. To that end I'm picturing something > along the lines of "Hi, I'm Jacob and I'm a Ubuntu User." From there > I'd start explaining why. > > Initially we'll need to just get *something* going and so we'll have to > take whatever we can get from youtube, but eventually a large chunk of > the site needs to be people from a variety of demographics saying "Hi, > I'm a Ubuntu User." My 7 year old will probably pose for one of the > first of these videos this week. > > We'll also need to find the right balance between testimonials and > technical specs. Once again, I'm a big fan of the variations of Ubuntu > (Edubuntu being my personal favorite). These variations probably > confuse people getting used to pronouncing "Ubuntu." We'll have to find > a way to discuss them without making it confusing or intimidating. > > Down the line we can clean up the whole site: > > Find someone good with flash and make it splashy (see the windows mojave > project). For now I think we ought to get a web template up there, host > some of the best youtube videos and write pages of tech data (or copy > them from existing pages). When we get to the point where people can > add their own "Hi I'm me, and I'm a Ubuntu user" videos then we'll be at > the stage where we can put the word out. > > Ubuntu does get a lot of geek press, and a good press release can go a > long way. The OS has already come this far on word of mouth. Imagine > if the NYTimes & KimKomando & USAToday picked up a press release that > said we were taking the 'bull by the horns.' People will stand up and > pay attention. > > The product is already sound. The community has been talking for years > (I've been catching up on my reading) about the differences and why this > is better. We've got a time crunch of beating M$'s ad campaign for > Windows 7, which has already started with the 'leak' of a beta. The > timing for this thing is right. > > So now I'm tempted to go and grab a web-template from online somewhere > and start replacing images with Ubuntu logos (the No programming skills > are kicking in) and start piecing things together. I'd rather not do > that. I'm hoping that someone will have the skills to design a template > that we can all look at and comment on.
I'd prefer to see something unique come out, using a template is tacky, espesically as the good free ones are used everywhere. It needs to be something unique > The registration is in process for whyubuntu.com has begun. Once I can > get some hosting data, I'll pass that along privily. I'm sure that people in the community can provide hosting, I know I can (I already host a few private projects for people!) > That's pretty much all I've got for ideas.... I hope it's something > worth reading. I hope I'm going in the right direction. > > -Jacob > > > Just thinking.... A section of this should always be available to have > folks post their youtube vids. Couldn't we modify the code from a blog > comment box, or a php guestbook so that one of us reviews the video to > make sure it's on-topic? I'd like the community to feel like they have > a part in this //it's a huge step in product identification// It also > needs to look professional. Or, seeing as you have programmers to hand *raises hand* write something new, that fits the specification and workflow correctly, rather than having to shoehorn what we want to do into a predefined concept. I'm happy to write something with django or similar :D And it'll work well to add to my portfolio (plus, it can be made open source, etc etc)
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