linuxword update

[Nils Lohner]

Any chance of moving this discussion to debian-publicity?  More people 
might have comments there, and it's easier that cc:ing people all the time.

Nils.

In message <19990223101244.B18692@gecko.fortunet>, Darren Benham writes:
>On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:55:46PM -0800, G. Crimp wrote:
>> 	I think it would be good to have a machine available to show an
>> installation, but I don't think we can count on doing a demo.  My 
experience
>> from a couple of shows up here is that it is next to impossible to do 
demos
>> for even a small group.  Too much noise, too many distractions 
especially on
>> a monitor that is crowded as soon as you get two heads in front of it.  
Most
>> people are going to want to talk and hear why they should use what we're
>> offering.
>> 
>> 	Some really catchy stuff running on X couldn't hurt, but likely will
>> serve more to show after the passer-by has been hooked in.  I think we 
will
>> attract more people by being open and welcoming than from anything we 
might
>> have showing on a monitor (except maybe for the geeks who can figure 
out its
>> significance immediately).  Apparently passers-by decide in some
>> ridiculously short interval (I think it is less than three seconds), 
from
>> the moment they set eyes on a booth, if they are going to stop and talk.
>> 
>> 	In the overall sea of colour from fancy booths and back drops,
>> monitors are pretty insignificant.  We should probably be thinking as 
much
>> about how we present ourselves and what we will promote about Debian, as
>> much as what we will have on the boxes.  Might seem rather silly, but we
>> have found that something as simple (and backbreak tireing at the end 
of a
>> long day) as making sure not to have our backs turned to the aisle and
>> making eye contact got us more people than fancy stuff on boxes.
>> 
>> 	As for what to have on the glass once they are in, I will defer to
>> the rest of you.  I am as yet only a wanna-be-geek, and not bleeding 
edge.
>> You people probably know much more cool stuff than I.
>> 
>> 	Gerald
>
>I have to agree with Gerald.  Getting together some presentation stuff 
that's
>verbage... what are we as a  group going to talk about?  Push?  I'm not 
sure
>we can count on "demos" that are more than "a quick look" into the system
>- or - unless we have a person doing a "demo" that's ongoing.  When he 
gets
>to the end, he starts over and he relies on other people around him to
>actually interact with the visitors
>