David,<br>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'. <br><br>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. :)<br>
<br>I too started to repeat myself, and realized having some signage with common answers ( Where to get more info... <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a> and <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org">wiki.laptop.org</a>. How to contact me for further info.... (email) ...etc ..) Would of been much easier on my voice. :)<br>
<br>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...<br><br>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...<br>
<br> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Exhibit_FAQ">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Exhibit_FAQ</a><br><br>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.<br>
<br>-iXo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:58 PM, <<a href="mailto:david@lang.hm">david@lang.hm</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
just a word of warning, at SCALE the OLPCs were the hit of the show. you<br>
may end up finding that you spend a lot more time talking about them than<br>
you ever imagined. (depending on what else you are trying to do this may<br>
or may not be a problem)<br>
<br>
one thing that will be extremely useful is if a FAQ can be put togeather<br>
with the correct answers for everyone to provide when asked. everyone does<br>
their best to answer the questions correctly, but there's pleanty of room<br>
for mistakes.<br>
<br>
simple start of FAQ list (just the questions for now)<br>
system specs<br>
expandibility<br>
does it have wireless<br>
where are they being deployed<br>
how can someone (or some orginization) get them<br>
price<br>
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)<br>
battery life<br>
what new technology is in it<br>
why is this better than the EEPC/classmate/surplus PC/etc<br>
can you run other software on it<br>
how can you develop for it without getting one<br>
how do you open the $@#%@# thing (especially amusing when you hand them the open laptop, they close it and can't re-open it)<br>
what are the two squares to the side of the touchpad<br>
where is the crank (if OLPC can spare some sample chargers to display at the booth it would be wonderful)<br>
<br>
things to demo<br>
pippy<br>
distance (if you can make it work reliably)<br>
measure<br>
camera<br>
browser<br>
network view<br>
chat<br>
<br>
decide if you are going to have the machines on a mesh with each other, or<br>
on an access point so they can connect to the Internet (I would say have<br>
them connect to the Internet unless there is some specific reason to not<br>
do so)<br>
<br>
David Lang<br>
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