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

[Sean DALY]

James, to be on the safe side you may wish to contact fuseproject
(http://www.fuseproject.com/contact.php) concerning the XO-2 ("XOXO")
and XO-3 concept visuals and their use in an e-book

I am sure these visuals were distributed to the press for news article
publication, but I am not so sure for any other use.

They have been of course longtime supporters of OLPC, so I wouldn't
foresee any difficulties. cc me if you mail them, I can lobby if you
hit any bumps thanks

Sean


On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:27 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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