[DC LoCo] Takoma Park Folk Festival: Mass CD production? OLPC batteries?

Parrish Swann parrish.swann at gmail.com
Fri Aug 15 15:30:49 BST 2008


Well, looks like "no dice" at work.  I can help burn CDs at home if the
decision is for everyone to do a couple.

Oh...hello everyone.  I'm a newbie to the group.  I look forward to helping
out on projects like these.

Parrish


On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was confused too. 50 LiveCDs would be fine for OLPC LCDC. I will have
> business cards and flyers.
>
> Word I got from between the cubicles at OLPC Headquarters when I was there
> two weeks ago was more like October or November for start of another G1G1.
> But hopefully they will announce by TPFF.
>
> I may even make a special sign that says "NO LAPTOPS FOR SALE TODAY, keep
> checking laptop.org." In the events I've done, that question gets asked
> pretty much all the time.
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 08:56, Parrish Swann <parrish.swann at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I ask because I may be able to pull a string or two at my job to get
>> some
>> > CDs pressed.  No guarantees, but I might be able to.  I don't know if
>> I'll
>> > get 180, but we'll see.
>>
>> No, no, no.  No need to go to that extreme. That's going to be some
>> serious overkill for OLPC Learning Club.  I was thinking more like
>> 50-60.
>>
>> a) this will be the first year for OLPC LCDC at Takoma Park.  It took
>> Ubuntu LoCo two tries to build to 180 CDs.
>> b) most people who already have a computer would probably feel that
>> turning it into the equivalent of an XO laptop is a step backwards,
>> unless they're into innovative ways to teach young children or they're
>> geeks.
>>
>> (I suppose there's always the "Oh, free shit? Gimme, even if I don't
>> know what the heck it is." mentality, but I'd hate to waste materials
>> and labor, not to mention the environmental impact of just generating
>> more landfill material.  If people get home, try it once and throw it
>> out, that's no good.)
>>
>> Mike, any word on G1G1?  'Twould be nice if that were a definite for
>> TPFF, cuz you know the interested will be asking "Where can I get
>> one?" and telling them "eBay," sorta sucks.  ;-)
>>
>> P.S. If it wasn't clear, we've already got enough Ubuntu CD's to cover
>> TPFF.  I was only referring to the OLPC Live CD's.
>>
>> >> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:20, Parrish Swann <parrish.swann at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > How many discs need to be burned?
>> >>
>> >> Excellent question... No idea.  The 1st year at TPFF we (Ubuntu LoCo
>> >> and Ubuntu Linux) were pretty much complete unknowns. Last year, we
>> >> distributed around 180 Ubuntu CD's.
>> >>
>> >> I've got our group covered again for this year.  But I imagine OLPC
>> >> Live CD's will be sort of where we were three years ago, and won't
>> >> have the benefit of nice packaging, unlike us.
>>
>
>
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