[Eug-lug] The Future of EUGLUG...laissez faire

[Brian Gallagher]

I am waiting to hear from Lorrane, about what the CRRC message is, but 
it will be cross-platform.  I was bantering with "blow your mind, Man!"  
I would want a contrast and compare presentation but thats up to 
Lorrane's crew to decide.

I don't think the computer used for the kiosk will be fast enough for 
Max Headroom.  Then again I found a P4 2 GHz on the side of the road 
last month and I am putting SATA drives in it.

You'd need a kiosk of its own to talk about the sorted M$ history, best 
leave that out.  I was thinking that you could talk about Rosegarden 
being a Unix only (?) application.  Sort of a "I got icecream and you 
don't!" approach.

Ben Barrett wrote:
> On the kiosk(s), I want to see screencasts:  
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast
>
> Some tools, also linked from the above:
>  vnc2swf http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/ 
> <http://www.unixuser.org/%7Eeuske/vnc2swf/>
>  wink http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
>  istanbul http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul
>
>     Ben
>
> PS - Why explode Max Headroom's head?  He is a Good Guy... if you want 
> people who need help with windows to feel like they're Just Wrong with 
> little or no explanation, then maybe the group should fork and make 
> some anti-MS kiosks ;)   Animated response would be good though, and 
> I'm all for a subtle dramatization :)  Maybe the talking head could 
> pulsate, then take a deep breath, then start off with something like, 
> "So, you want to know about windows... let me tell you a brief story 
> about a penguin and a daemon... here's what else you can do....", and 
> so forth.  (?)
> Amusing idea though, I'll admit I laughed.
>
>
> On 7/26/06, *Brian Gallagher* <baggab at pacinfo.com 
> <mailto:baggab at pacinfo.com>> wrote:
>
>     That's the beauty of creative control, we control the
>     message.  I'm more
>     for the subtle approach "we're better and here's why," but if people
>     want exploding heads...ok, lets explode some heads.
>
>     John Schmidt wrote:
>     >>> I suggest a Max Headroom talking head that shows
>     >>>
>     > the potential user what the program does and if it is better
>     then the
>     > proprietary equivalent.
>     >
>     > If someone askes a windows question could we make Max's head
>     explode?
>     >
>     > ________________________________
>     >
>     > From: euglug-bounces at euglug.org
>     <mailto:euglug-bounces at euglug.org> on behalf of Brian Gallagher
>     > Sent: Tue 7/25/2006 11:40 AM
>     > To: ELUG
>     > Subject: [Eug-lug] The Future of EUGLUG...laissez faire
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > ELUG has been more of a true users group over the years...from my
>     > vantage point on the sidelines...technical problems and
>     solutions for
>     > individuals in the group and an occasional outsider.  I believe that
>     > model will continue.
>     >
>     > I have the unfortunate distinction of having a phone number that
>     is one
>     > digit off the Guitar Center.  Given the number of calls I get, I see
>     > there is a classical guitar community in Eugene.  Those people
>     use sheet
>     > music, so maybe we could interest them in Lilypond.
>     >
>     > My (standard, goofy, self-deprecating) point is to target
>     > micro-applications for end-user support.  Lorrane, would you allow
>     > space in  your  shop for a computer kiosk demo for these
>     > micro-applications?  I suggest a Max Headroom talking head that
>     shows
>     > the potential user what the program does and if it is better
>     then the
>     > proprietary equivalent.
>     >
>     > My conclusion is that  you  have to sell to the end-user.
>     >
>     > Brian
>     >
>     > P.S.  what happened over at the Science Factory Children's
>     Museum.  Are
>     > we building a bridge there?
>
>
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