[ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...
Barry Titterton
barry.titterton at mail.adsl4less.com
Wed May 4 22:25:24 UTC 2011
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 15:47 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ... At last night's ubuntu-adverts meeting, I arranged an
> experimental survey for research. I hope some of you can consider
> helping with it.
>
> First, find one or more willing volunteers from among friends.
> Volunteers need to be 'Ubuntu Virgins'. They are computer literate,
> but have no experience at all of any flavour of Linux.
>
> Give them a Maverick 10.10 LiveCD and ask them to run it and
> familiarise themselves with Ubuntu. After a week to ten days, arrange
> to interview them and make out a report.
>
> There are no specific questions; just ask them how things went, and
> report back on their findings, what problems they found, and what they
> would have liked to do but were unable to find a way of doing it. Note
> their overall impression and whether they would consider moving to
> Ubuntu. Please give reasons for or against. The interview needs to be
> conducted with great sensitivity and a good listening ear. If all goes
> well, you should hardly need to say anything; just listen!
>
> I have placed an etherpad at: http://openetherpad.org/cZDc393hcW for
> feedback and comments. Please consider helping with this. If you are
> in contact with other locos/groups, you might care to forward this to
> them.
>
> Kind regards, Barry.
> --
> Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team.
> http://ubuntuadverts.org/
>
>
>
Just done a talk for a local computer club. Five of the members took
discs to try so I will report back if and when I have any feedback.
Barry T
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