Re: KDE for non-techies

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:29 PM, hbkeultjes <[email protected]>wrote:

> I am willing to do whatever I can to help.  I cc'd Mike Meffie who has been
> one of the OLF organisers from the start.  I am about 75 minutes from the
> Columbus convention center.
>

Henry,

Here's what I'd propose.  Assuming we get a reply from Mike saying the BoF
is something they can support I think you should start structuring what
you'd like to see covered/discussed at the BoF and propose that back to the
group here.  Once you give us something to work with we can provide feedback
on additional items that might be worth covering or help refine ideas you
come up with.  I'm assuming you're talking about doing some sort of "how to"
session that people could bring their computer to and learn cool tips and
tricks for getting things done in KDE software?

Thanks,
Justin


>
> Henry Keultjes
> Mansfield Ohio USA
> Direct 419-525-1111
>
>
> Justin Kirby wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Jeff Mitchell <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi Henry,
>>
>>    On 8/30/2010 12:07 PM, hbkeultjes wrote:
>>    > Jeff:
>>    >
>>    > If by chance you will be at Ohio Linux Fest, I would like to discuss
>>    > ways for non-techies like myself to get support so we can feel
>>    > comfortable switching to using more and more KDE components.
>>
>>    I won't be there, sorry.
>>
>>
>> Hi Henry,
>>
>> We will have folks at OLF staffing a booth.  I am copying Klaatu,
>> Geoffrey, and Mackenzie on this thread so you can coordinate together about
>> a possible "KDE End User" oriented BoF.  Personally I think this is a great
>> idea and hope you all can make this happen.  Let me know if there is
>> anything else I can do to help!
>>
>> -Justin
>>
>>
>>
>>    > My reply to the OLF 2010 announcements was a KDE BOF but sofar I
>>    have
>>    > not heard back about that suggestion.
>>
>>    I'm not sure which OLF 2010 announcement you're referring to or
>>    who you
>>    contacted about a KDE BoF. I would suggest contacting the KDE
>>    Promo list
>>    at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> about ideas for
>>
>>    promotion and BoFs at OLF.
>>
>>    > The problem, of course, is that the BOFs tend to attract highly
>>    > technical people, developer types, who seem to lack any kind of
>>    interest
>>    > in helping the end user.
>>
>>    In my experience with BoFs this isn't necessarily correct -- the
>>    audience BoFs tend to attract depends highly on how the BoF is
>>    marketed,
>>    both in its description and the title of the BoF itself. A BoF
>>    entitled
>>    "Developments in KDE" will likely attract existing KDE users who
>>    want to
>>    see what's new, while a BoF entitled "Getting Started Using KDE" will
>>    likely attract those that are not existing KDE users but are
>>    interested
>>    in the idea.
>>
>>    > That, of course, is a big shame because to me
>>    > the whole objective is to get end-users to use KDE.  Considering my
>>    > qualifications, if KDE cannot get to the point where it can use
>>    people
>>    > like myself to train others to use KDE, the whole cause may be lost.
>>    >
>>    > I look forwards to hearing from you.
>>
>>    I've CCed the KDE Promo list in this reply -- that list would be the
>>    appropriate venue to discuss this kind of promotion activity.
>>
>>    Thanks,
>>    Jeff
>>
>>
>>
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