Art sites, Ubuntu exposure

[Mark Turner]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:50:27 -0700, Mark Turner <amerine at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:09:54 +1000, Jeff Waugh <jeff.waugh at canonical.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > So I was thinking about the somewhat suboptimal situation with the two
> > artwork sites, and it reminded me of a thought I had a few weeks ago
> > when I first saw artwork appearing on {gnome,kde}-look.org...
> >
> > Having Ubuntu-related artwork on those sites is an excellent form of
> > exposure - grass-roots marketing, if you will - because people will see
> > the artwork there and wonder what all this Ubuntu stuff is all about.
> > Hopefully they'll like the artwork and the concepts behind it, and try
> > Ubuntu out.
> >
> > Ubuntu-specific artwork sites would not have the same effect, because
> > anyone going to them would either be interested in Ubuntu, or existing
> > users. So even though it's a cool thing to do (and thanks to you guys
> > for having the initiative to set them up!), perhaps we should wait a
> > while and let these sites attract more users for us..? :-)
> >
> > Ultimately, I think we do want to have more Ubuntu-specific sites out
> > there, but perhaps we should try and figure out a way of working closely
> > with some of the existing sites that get a lot of eyeballs. Hmm. Wonder
> > if we can come up with something clever for this.
> >
> > This is just a bunch of thoughts from the top of my head, by the way,
> > not policy or anything like that.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
> > --
> > Ooh, ooh, ooh!             http://www.ubuntulinux.org/           Ubuntu!
> >
> 
> I agree compleatly, but like I said before ubuntu-look.org is only in
> the planning stages. I want to hear from the community members on what
> they would like to see. I belive that the name "Ubuntu-Look" could
> mean alot more then just an Art Work site. But everything is still
> open in the air as of yet.
> 
> --
> -Mark A Turner-
> amerine at gmail.com
> 


P.S. I have the 8th most downloaded 1024x768 Wallpaper on
Gnome-Look.org. And it happens to be my Ubuntu_fire one. :) Just
noticed that !

-- 
-Mark A Turner-
amerine at gmail.com