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

[Walter Bender]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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


Further, since these are mock ups that may never be built (certain in
the case of the XO-2), it would seem to be somewhat misleading to
include them. The XO-1 is concretely such a nice ebook, why distract
the reader's attention with speculation?

-walter

> 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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