[Sugar-devel] [Marketing] Ad Design for StackOverflow

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 15:56, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
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> thanks all for these suggestions
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> I think we can include both a call for motivation (kids education) and competence (python)
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> I like the idea of Activities as an on-ramp - we certainly want to grow the ASLO ecosystem
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> my instinct would be to start with education, but may be better to define target as Python devs? Maybe something like this:
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> <SL logo>
> Python Developers!
> Develop Activities for the Sugar Learning Platform
> Help children learn with your skills - over 1,000,000 served
> join.sugarlabs.org

In my experience, most people only consider helping when they realize
we are all volunteers and we are filling an important hole that nobody
wants to fill. How could we communicate that succinctly?

Regards,

Tomeu

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> feedback?
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> Sean
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>
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:14 AM, John Tierney <jtis4stx at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> ________________________________
>> From: jtis4stx at hotmail.com
>> To: jtis4stx at hotmail.com
>> Subject: RE: [Marketing] Ad Design for StackOverflow
>> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:11:08 -0500
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> >Something like "Got Python? Change the world!"? Not sure how much room
>> >we have. Also, developers are a quite heterogeneous bunch when it
>> >comes to motivation, can we target a defined profile?
>>
>> Maybe something like:
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>>               "Get Rockin With Python"
>> Join Sugar Labs Developing Communities!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      Help Kids "Learn How to Learn"!!
>> Change The World One Child at a Time!!
>>
>> Best-
>> John Tierney
>>
>> > Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:31:46 +0000
>> > From: tomeu at sugarlabs.org
>> > To: > CC: marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Marketing] Ad Design for StackOverflow
>> >
>> > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 17:54, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Many thanks Luke, a good catch as developers are difficult to reach
>> > >
>> > > in fact I've been thinking of placing such an ad with the Ad Bard
>> > > network after our December free run for Blueberry is done - they cycle
>> > > ads on dev-oriented sites
>> > >
>> > > Before we ask the designers to work on this, we need to decide what to write
>> > >
>> > > Should we seek Activity, or platform devs?
>> >
>> > Maybe first activities? Makes an easier start. Python or gtk+
>> > experience should be enough.
>> >
>> > > Tomeu, what do you think a developer would react to?
>> >
>> > Something like "Got Python? Change the world!"? Not sure how much room
>> > we have. Also, developers are a quite heterogeneous bunch when it
>> > comes to motivation, can we target a defined profile?
>> >
>> > > e.g.:
>> > > <sugar labs logo>
>> > > Nonprofit volunteer org seeks talented developers interested in
>> > > improving the lives of Sugar's second million children. Join us!
>> > > <URL join.sugarlabs.org>
>> >
>> > Sounds pretty good, a reference to concrete technologies as python and
>> > gtk are may help, because developers tend to group around the
>> > technologies they use and like.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Tomeu
>> >
>> > > thanks
>> > >
>> > > Sean
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Luke Faraone <luke at faraone.cc> wrote:
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >>
>> > >> StackOverflow, a popular programmer Q/A site, is soliciting adverts from
>> > >> FOSS projects looking for developers.
>> > >>
>> > >> Does anybody have some spare time to whip up a 220px by 220px image?
>> > >>
>> > >> --
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>> > >> http://luke.faraone.cc
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