[Marketing] Pictures of XO-1 in tablet mode needed

[James Simmons]

Sean,

I tried to photograph my own XO last night without much luck, but I
found a picture on Flickr that I was able to crop into something
usable.  My chapter thus far is here:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/ReadingandSugar/Introduction

I'm assuming that it's OK to use the concept shots in the book.  If
not I can lose them.

I can always use shots of kids reading e-books if any turn up, but I
can do without them too.  Most of the illustrations I want to use in
the book will be screen shots, which are easier than photos.

Thanks,

James Simmons


On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> James,
>
> I'm sorry, i don't have any visuals like that on hand
>
> It's quite difficult to get a decent shot of a kid and an XO and be
> able to see what's on the screen. Over-the-shoulder shots might be
> best.
>
> The XO-2 and XO-3 are concepts and in those visuals screens were
> probably added after the initial shoot.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:07 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> The book "Abroad" would be the best, using either the PDF or DJVU file
>> with the Read Activity.  It's a kid's book and very colorful.  You
>> might put the Activity in full screen mode and definitely the screen
>> should be rotated so the book page fits vertically on the screen.
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/abroadcranethoma00craniala
>>
>> I might try to do a picture like this myself, just the XO on a white
>> background with a page from "Abroad" on display.  The problem would be
>> dealing with the glare on the screen.  I would guess that in the shots
>> for the XO-3 the screen image was faked to avoid this problem.  Not to
>> mention that the author of "Where The Wild Things Are" would have to
>> be dead for 90 years before that book could legally be read on any XO
>> and he seems to be still among the living.
>>
>> If your XO has a new enough version of Sugar that Read supports DJVU
>> then go with that format.  "Abroad" needs a lot of memory in PDF
>> format.
>>
>> I don't really care if the XO is a 1.0 or a 1.5.
>>
>> On the XO-3 pictures in the Gizmodo article, they must have been
>> created by OLPC.  Would it be allowed to use some of them in the book?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> James Simmons
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> James,
>>>
>>> I'm going to be doing a few fresh shots of the XO-1.5 soon and could
>>> work in a few of the XO-1.0 with kid holding it in ebook mode like
>>> your example. No guarantee exactly when the shot would be ready, but
>>> can you recommend what would be the best view of an Activity and which
>>> book?
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:25 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I was kind of hoping for a sexy image that really sells the idea of
>>>> the XO-1 as an ebook reader.  Something like this for the XO-3:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.engadget.com/photos/olpc-xo3-gallery/#2555447
>>>>
>>>> It surprises me that I haven't been able to find anything like that
>>>> for the XO-1.
>>>>
>>>> James Simmons
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are two photos that I did a while back:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2542156463/
>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2542156115/
>>>>>
>>>>> And someone else's
>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/macowell/sets/72157617953915215/
>>>>>
>>>>> They are CC'd and downloadable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:42 AM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I'm working on another FLOSS Manual, this one will be about Sugar as a
>>>>>> platform for finding, reading, and publishing free e-books.  I could
>>>>>> use a picture of the XO-1 in tablet orientation with a book on the
>>>>>> screen.  If there was a child reading the book that would be even
>>>>>> better.  I own an XO-1 so I could take some pictures myself if I had
>>>>>> to, but I know that we have shots of the XO that we use for marketing
>>>>>> purposes and these would probably look better than any photo I took
>>>>>> myself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pictures of the XO-2, XO-3, and computers running SoaS with a book on
>>>>>> the screen would be helpful too.  (I know the XO-2 design was
>>>>>> abandoned but the picture I remember seeing of a kid reading a book on
>>>>>> the mockup is a nice image).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James Simmons
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>>>>>
>>>>
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