Common Exhibit XO questions/answers

[Ixo X oxI]

David,
I recently did a presentation at our local Bellingham Linux User Group
(BLUG), and staffed a table at a 'Technology Festival at Western Washington
University'.

You aren't kidding, I was talking non-stop about the XO , OLPC, demoing the
laptop, and sharing the various features with crowds of people around me.
Always lost track of time, and ran over the time I was supposed to be there.
:)

I too started to repeat myself, and realized having some signage with common
answers ( Where to get more info... laptop.org  and wiki.laptop.org.   How
to contact me for further info....  (email)  ...etc ..)   Would of been much
easier on my voice. :)

I like the previous idea too...  little business cards or 1/4 sheets of
information about the XO and where to get more info... etc...

I'm sure there's already a good start to this 'Conference exhibit FAQ',
somewhere on the wiki, but I couldn't find it, so I started a new page,
until someone can merge it.  I took some of David's thoughts and started to
formalize/format them...

   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Exhibit_FAQ

A thought, would be to put down the most common questions asked at a
conference, then could be seperated into 'top 10' and 'other common' in the
future.

-iXo

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:58 PM, <david at lang.hm> wrote:

> just a word of warning, at SCALE the OLPCs were the hit of the show. you
> may end up finding that you spend a lot more time talking about them than
> you ever imagined. (depending on what else you are trying to do this may
> or may not be a problem)
>
> one thing that will be extremely useful is if a FAQ can be put togeather
> with the correct answers for everyone to provide when asked. everyone does
> their best to answer the questions correctly, but there's pleanty of room
> for mistakes.
>
> simple start of FAQ list (just the questions for now)
> system specs
> expandibility
> does it have wireless
> where are they being deployed
> how can someone (or some orginization) get them
> price
> various questions about the G1G1 program (how many were purchased, why was
> the program stopped, will it re-open, what about overseas, why haven't all
> of them been delivered)
> battery life
> what new technology is in it
> why is this better than the EEPC/classmate/surplus PC/etc
> can you run other software on it
> how can you develop for it without getting one
> how do you open the $@#%@# thing (especially amusing when you hand them
> the open laptop, they close it and can't re-open it)
> what are the two squares to the side of the touchpad
> where is the crank (if OLPC can spare some sample chargers to display at
> the booth it would be wonderful)
>
> things to demo
> pippy
> distance (if you can make it work reliably)
> measure
> camera
> browser
> network view
> chat
>
> decide if you are going to have the machines on a mesh with each other, or
> on an access point so they can connect to the Internet (I would say have
> them connect to the Internet unless there is some specific reason to not
> do so)
>
> David Lang
>
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