I love the card idea. Walter, could you please resend the link? The only challenge will be how and where to print the cards. Do we have a budget for these type of expenses? Christian <div class="gmail_quote"> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Maybe it is time to pursue the card stack idea... I had circulated a link a month or so back. If Christian could design a template, we could let the community start making cards. We could then have various paths through the card decks for different audiences. -walter <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Caroline Meeks <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: >> >> Maybe the 0.84 refresh of the Sugar manual is an opportunity to address >> this. > > I'd aim for a card or a 1 pager that helps you with your first time with > Sugar. >> >> >> -walter >> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be" target="_blank">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Caroline Meeks >> > <<a href="mailto:solutiongrove@gmail.com">solutiongrove@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> Thats not how Sugar was designed to be used, but it is the conditions >> >> under >> >> which it is usually evaluated. I think this is one of our marketing >> >> challenges. >> >> >> > >> > +1 >> > >> > I was flummoxed my first 20 minutes with Sugar a year ago (How do I >> > save/retrieve a file?) >> > >> > Actually, I was also flummoxed in 1986 when I first used a Mac (How do >> > I get a directory listing? Where's the CLI?) >> > >> > And in 1982 when I first used a PC (What am I supposed to type at this >> > prompt?) >> > >> > But - I was *not* when I used my very first computer, a colorful >> > Commodore VIC-20 which booted directly into BASIC. That's because the >> > machine came with perhaps the friendliest little blue beginner's >> > manual I have ever used (sample: 'Hit the "Return" key a couple of >> > times to clear it out'). >> > >> > Food for thought.... >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Marketing mailing list >> > <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a> > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > </div></div>-- <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Walter Bender Sugar Labs <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- <a href="mailto:anything@christianmarcschmidt.com">anything@christianmarcschmidt.com</a> <a href="http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com">http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com</a> 917/ 575 0013