[FM Discuss] how to show off booki?

[adam]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:32 -0400, Joshua Facemyer wrote:
> I think that would be a great start.
> 
> It would be cool to show a split screen with the screencast on one side 
> and the concurrent activity of the sprinters on the other, showing some 
> collaboration from both perspectives.  Maybe that wouldn't work out so 
> well, but if it did, I think would be a great effect.
> 
> We'd also need some narration, which, I think, you should provide, Adam :)
> 

ok...anyone else into this? perhaps we could time this to happen with
the toronto event - scott any chance you could have a video cam at the
event and send me a tape or upload some snippets?

and any guru editors out there that could cut this footage up into
something nice?

adam


> JF
> 
> On 08-17-10 1:21 PM, adam wrote:
> > a screencast is a good start...maybe can we do a mini one day sprint on
> > a manual and then screencast that and take snippets?
> >
> > we could maybe add some footage of realspace sprinters...I could
> > organise a few in Berlin...how does that sound?
> >
> >
> > adam
> >
> > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 10:10 -0400, Joshua Facemyer wrote:
> >> I assume that would mean a screencast, although it probably wouldn't
> >> hurt to put some real life footage of a sprint in it.
> >>
> >> I would think the most important things should be highlighted -
> >> concurrent editing, history, ease of use, different types of output,
> >> versioning, etc.  Maybe pick 5 or six things, keep it very simple, but
> >> make it obvious.
> >>
> >> I'd be happy to help with this, but I'm not the right person to decide
> >> what features to highlight (or whether this is the correct direction).
> >>
> >> JF
> >>
> >> On 08-17-10 8:36 AM, adam hyde wrote:
> >>> hi,
> >>>
> >>> I just had a very interesting chat about finding potential funding for
> >>> FLOSS Manuals and Booki. One question that came up was - how do we show
> >>> people Booki in action so that funders would 'get it'?
> >>>
> >>> A suggestion was to log in while a Book Sprint was in action but this is
> >>> obviously a little tricky since it would require either a good deal of
> >>> logistics or luck to make sure a sprint was happening at the right
> >>> moment.
> >>>
> >>> The next 'obvious' proposal was to make a movie.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone on the list have any other ideas? Also, if we did make a
> >>> movie, is there anyone that would help with this and what would a movie
> >>> like this look like? Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> adam
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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