<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Hi... In July 2009 I installed SoaS on my Mac using a CD made by Scott Dowdle at Bozeman LUG/Montana State University.  It currently "lives" in Virtual Box on my computer. I don't have the CD any more. Since then, I have been using it to demo Sugar to several hundred people at meetings and conferences in Montana, California, and even Argentina! The Activities include: Jigsaw Puzzle InfoSlicer IRC Moon Memorize Speak Turtle Art Etoys Pippy and Jukebox Some work better than others. I haven't been able to get Jukebox to work at all. Perhaps it would be a good idea to make a prototype of the SoaS version you want to use and have "ordinary folks" test it on a variety of platforms. There should certainly be more than 6 Activities. BTW, Speak and Memorize are hits everywhere. Caryl > From: martin.langhoff@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:54:04 -0400 > To: mel@melchua.com > CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; sdz@sugarlabs.org > Subject: Re: [IAEP] SoaS change of direction: heads-up on convos in other lists > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Mel Chua <mel@melchua.com> wrote: > > The short version is that instead of "include all Activites by default," > > we're thinking of shipping very few (6) Activities by default - the ones > > that help users get further Activities and help > > I read Sebastian's post... and is less drastic than that. He seems to > say: include only the well tested, known to work, actively maintained > activities, with an eye towards activitries that serve as a good intro > to the platform and that demo well. > > But you say only 6... Which one is it? > > The initial proposal I like; makes a lot of sense and raises the bar. > IT basically increases the chances of a satisfactory first use. > > Six activities not so much -- you need many steps + internet to add > activities... and it'll be "random activity from ASLO, may well be > unstable or useless". It significantly _reduces_ chances of > satisfaction. > > All IMHO... > > > m > -- > martin.langhoff@gmail.com > martin@laptop.org -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep </body> </html>