[sf-lug] Ubuntu training courseware (fwd)

Wed Jan 16 15:53:46 PST 2008

Hi,

Thanks for thinking of us. I would be pleased (thrilled, even) to help you
organize an event in the Boston area. I have lots of advice, sample
documents and processes to share.

I organize events for Project Tech Connect and use the SF Connect volunteer
management system to recruit and manage volunteers. www.sfconnect.org.

Please let me know how I can help.

Regards,
Kari

On Jan 16, 2008 3:26 PM, Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Kristian, thanks for the intro.
>
> Stephan, I would be glad to help in any way that I can.  I was mostly just
> a gopher in this St. Anthony's thing.  The real work was done by a wide
> variety of people, including Kami Griffiths of Tech Soup; Karl Robillard of
> the St. Anthony Foundation; and Kari Gray of the City and County of San
> Francisco's tech connect program.  I am happy to ask them for permission to
> give you their email addresses.  You could, of course, also Google their
> organizations and contact them that way.
>
> I am glad to help you in whatever limited way that I can.  I do have a
> great deal of passion for the value that Free Open Source Software brings to
> individuals and organizations across the income spectrum, which is why I
> have traveled to 6 nations and 3 continents filming people involved in Free
> Open Source Software projects.  We currently have 57 hours of raw forkable
> footage loaded here onto the Internet Archive's Digital Tipping Point Video
> Collection.  This video will need to be re-rendered for most applications
> other than casual watching, as it is our "source code".
>
>  http://www.archive.org/details.php?identifier=digitaltippingpoint
>
> Our keyword search index page is located below.  It is the place to go to
> find specific persons or themes for our footage.  It is where people's names
> will appear if you are interviewed for the film:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yluwoc
>
> Thanks again for the intro, Kristian!
>
> --
> Christian Einfeldt,
> Producer, The Digital Tipping Point
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 12:40 AM, Kristian Erik Hermansen <
> kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Stephan,
> >
> > Ah yes, it's me in that video from the St. Anthony's Tech Help day.
> > It was a very successful event organized by a bunch of folks in the
> > San Francisco bay area.  Our goal was to give help to
> > financially-challenged individuals living in the Tenderloin.  I think
> > it would be a great idea to replicate the event.  I am CC'ing
> > Christian Einfeldt who is filming a documentary on the Open Source
> > Movement entitled "Digital Tipping Point" and filmed a bit that day.
> > He is a great contact if you would like to set up a similar event in
> > Boston.  I am currently in California and recently returned from a
> > trip to Boston.  I will likely be back for some conferences in the
> > coming months though :-)
> >
> >
> > On Jan 15, 2008 8:32 PM, Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Kristian,
> > > I forwarded your message below to some folks today who I thought
> > > might be interested, including the two chaps cc:d above. As it
> > > happened, one of them, Gabriel, had recently alerted some of us
> > > same folks about this video: http://www.news.com/1606-2-6223419.html
> > >
> > > We found the project depicted in that video inspiring and had a
> > > small initial meeting today to discuss possibly trying to
> > > replicate it in Boston. Looking again at the video just now,
> > > I see what I presume to be you at about 1:53. Are you by any
> > > chance in Massachusetts these days?
> > >     - Stephen
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > fyi below -s
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:28:00 -0800
> > > > From: "Kristian Erik Hermansen" <kristian.hermansen at gmail.com>
> > > > Subject: Free Ubuntu Training Courseware
> > > > To: "Linux Users Group" <umasslug at ecs.umass.edu>,     L-blu
> > > >       <discuss at blu.org>, "Ubuntu MA" < ubuntu-us-ma at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-training-support/2007-December/000077.html
> > > >
> > > > <snip> In the latest Ubuntu weekly newsletter the Ubuntu folks
> > announced the
> > > > release of the Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course. The modular course should
> > take two
> > > > days to complete all 10 of the lessons offered, but it is possible
> > to cover
> > > > topics and lessons independently of each other, learning whatever is
> > of
> > > > interest.
> > > >
> > > > Coming in two versions, both downloadable as PDFs, there is a
> > student guide
> > > > and an instructor guide. The instructor guide comes with instructor
> > notes and
> > > > answers to the exercise questions together while the student guide
> > has no
> > > > instructor notes and the answers are provided separately.
> > > >
> > > > The ten sections of the course include: introducing Ubuntu;
> > exploring the
> > > > Ubuntu desktop; using the Internet; using OpenOffice applications;
> > Ubuntu and
> > > > games; customising the desktop and applications; making the most of
> > images
> > > > and photos; playing music and videos; ubuntu help and support; and
> > > > partitioning and booting.
> > > >
> > > > Announcing the release of the course, Billy Cina, Canonical training
> > > > programmes manager, wrote "This is just the beginning of the project
> > which we
> > > > hope will live and evolve with each new Ubuntu release. Yours to
> > develop,
> > > > enhance and branch off to your heart's content!"
> > > >
> > > > The course falls under a Creative Commons licence and people are
> > > > welcome to modify and create additional content. For more details go
> >
> > > > to the announcement here.
> > > > </snip>
> > > > --
> > > > Kristian Erik Hermansen
> > > > "Know something about everything and everything about something."
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kristian Erik Hermansen
> > "Know something about everything and everything about something."
> >
>
>
>
>

-- 
Kari Gray
www.SFConnect.org
415-786-9935 cel
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