marketing February 2015

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Re: DNF Article
by Máirín Duffy 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Is that a NASCAR thing or something? I've never heard of it as a thing. I used to run varsity x-country and track and we didn't use 'DNF' to mean 'Did Not Finish' afaik. In a computing community I'd think it'd more likely evoke 'Disjunctive Normal Form' which has no negative connotation. Not that this is really the thread or list to discuss this. ~m Sent from my phone, which is not an iphone. <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bryan Sutherland <bryan.sutherland(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:02/06/2015 1:47 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: DNF Article </div><div> </div>LOL, hindsight: DNF may not have been such a great name... DNF a.k.a. Did Not Finish :/ On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:54 PM, Glen Rundblom <glen(a)rundblom.com> wrote: Hello Marketing Group. I have an article about DNF in the pending state. Could someone take a few minutes and review it to see if it's something that would be good for the magazine. I also made a little PNG graphic with Gimp script-fu if that would be beneficial. Thank you, -Glen -- marketing mailing list marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org List info or to change your subscription: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing

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FUDCon APAC 2015 - Call for Papers
by Amita 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Hi All, FUDCon - The Fedora Users & Developers Conference is back and this time to be held in Pune (India) – one of the premiere IT & Software hubs of India!. FUDCon is a major free and open source software event held in various regions around the world, with the aim of bringing Fedora community members together to engage in various innovative ideas/activities and showcase the new technologies developed. FUDCon APAC 2015 is organized in association with the Maharastra Institute of Technology College of Engineering (MIT COE) [2], one of the premiere engineering colleges in Pune, at their Campus. Keeping in line with the aim of increasing participation to Fedora and engaging with various OpenSource communities, we hereby invite you to submit proposals of interest for Talks, Workshops and Hackfests. Please submit the proposals through below link [1] on or before 9th March 2015. 1.http://fudcon.in/ 2.http://www.mitcoe.ac.in/ Thanks & Regards, Amita

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Self-Introduction Michael Creekmore
by Michael 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

Hello list, My name is Michael Creekmore. I live in the Memphis, TN area in the USA, My Fedora Account System (FAS) username is mrcreek and my IRC nickname is mrcreek. I learned about this group through searching for ways to contribute to the community that creates the open source happiness that I use everyday. I haven't worked for a FOSS projects before. My day job (IT, managed services) gives me a few hats to wear on a daily basis. I am constantly assessing situations to mold new solutions for my clients. I have to sell, and implement those solutions, which involves me planning the project ahead of time. Basically my skills are being a cradle to grave project sales person engineer. I promise that's a thing. I have worked on marketing campaigns in a work related sense and know a few basic concepts of the field. I would love learn more about marketing, mainly for the purpose of spreading the fedora love. While my day job is basically the enemy of all that is holy, good, and open source. I would love to bring my skills to the fedora project and help share the fedora awesomeness in my community. What I would like to see in the fedora project is a strong presence in education. I have had opportunities to teach home school co-op computer classes. I've also worked for schools that have nothing but over priced apple products for every child. In each place Fedora has a perfect fit for learning. Thanks, Michael

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Marketing-trac: #188: a software review / spotlight article on focuswriter
by Marketing Team 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

#188: a software review / spotlight article on focuswriter ----------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: ryanlerch | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: Magazine story ideas | Severity: not-urgent Keywords: | Blocked By: Blocking: | ----------------------------------+------------------------- Focuswriter would be a great piece of software in the repos to do a app spotlight / review style article on. Focuswriter is distraction-free text editor app that lets you focus on writing, removing all other distractions from the desktop. -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/188> marketing-team <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing> Marketing team for the Fedora project.

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Re: DNF Article
by Máirín Duffy 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

I asked if it was a NASCAR thing bc if DNF means did not finish, it must have something to do with racing. I have a lot of experience in running and the leagues and road races I've ran in never used the term afaik. I have also watched the Boston Marathon in person more than once and I've never heard the term. So I thought maybe it was from auto racing, and I thought Bryan was from NC where NASCAR is quite popular so maybe it is a regional term. There was no negative connotation meant by asking if it was associated with NASCAR, I was just grasping at straws since I'd never heard of it. Either way it really seems like racing jargon to me, not part of the general lexicon, and not really a concern. If it is a concern the correct place to bring it up is with the developers, not here. ~m Sent from my phone, which is not an iphone. <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: inode0 <inode0(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:02/06/2015 11:11 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: DNF Article </div><div> </div>On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Scott Dowdle <dowdle(a)montanalinux.org> wrote: > Greetings, > > ----- Original Message ----- >> It isn't a NASCAR thing and it is very commonly used for Did Not >> Finish (DNS is commonly used for Did Not Start similarly). Do a search >> for Boston Marathon and DNF and you'll see it all over the place. > > So friggin' what? You'll remember that our update program is called "fedup". Comparatively, at least this is an acronym. > Now if dnf was renamed to fubar or snafu... then we might have a problem. :) I don't care what it is named and it makes no difference to me one way or another. Just confirming that for a lot of people this is in fact the first thing they will think of because it is in fact commonly used this way. And it isn't some NASCAR thing, whatever that was intended to convey. John -- marketing mailing list marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org List info or to change your subscription: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing

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store numbers -- and, what's next?
by Matthew Miller 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

I see that M and XL shirts are sold out, with only 2 L left. So that seems pretty good! The other items are not quite as popular but still a number have sold. Ruth, is it premature to talk about what we'd like to see next? I'd like to see: - woman's cut t-shirt - possibly a second t-shirt design if we can sweet-talk the design team into it - a really nice backpack, like the ones the CentOS team had at FOSDEM - fedora lanyards for the second round. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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DNF Article
by Glen Rundblom 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hello Marketing Group. I have an article about DNF in the pending state. Could someone take a few minutes and review it to see if it's something that would be good for the magazine. I also made a little PNG graphic with Gimp script-fu if that would be beneficial. Thank you, -Glen

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Article for the Magazine
by Matt Harwood 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hi all, I have an article I've written that I would love to feature in the magazine blog. Who would I need to send it to to see if it's wanted please? :) It looks at 3 productivity tools for users to consider, which I think would very much appeal to a developer/'workstation' audience! Many thanks! -- *Matt Harwood* ---- <http://twitter.com/mattfrog>*Site: *http://mattharwood.com *Twitter: *http://twitter.com/mattfrog *LinkedIn: *http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharwood *Phone:*+44 (0) 770 8215 222 *Skype: *mattjharwood

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Marketing-trac: #187: fedora magazine not working on mobile
by Marketing Team 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

#187: fedora magazine not working on mobile -----------------------------+------------------------------ Reporter: mattdm | Owner: chrisroberts Type: task | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Future releases Component: Fedora Magazine | Severity: not-urgent Keywords: | Blocked By: Blocking: | -----------------------------+------------------------------ With my Nexus 5 on T-Mobile, I'm getting a "bad gateway" error. I've heard similar reports from others, possibly on different carriers and devices. -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/187> marketing-team <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing> Marketing team for the Fedora project.

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magazine design refresh
by Matthew Miller 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

I know Ryan's been working on this on and off. I'd really like to see a design refresh, especially as traffic is increasing. And I think no one was really _opposed_ to reducing categories to "For Users", "For Contributors", and "5tFTW". -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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