[OLPC library] Looking for a room. Was Re: revision to the Manual

Tue Nov 18 23:51:52 EST 2008

we probably do -- if our 2nd of 2 houseguests is gone by then!  SJ

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:18 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> Does anyone have room for Adam for the weekend.
>
> david
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Adam Floss <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
>> Anyone have a spare couch?
>> Adam
>>
>> This is probably sent while in transit
>>
>>
>> On Nov 18, 2008, at 9:45, "David Farning" <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> It looks like Adam Hyde will be able to make it to Boston for the
>>> closing weekend of SugarCamp!
>>>
>>> I am hopping that whoever is in town and interested in documentation
>>> will be able to get together and discussed what worked well and what
>>> worked not so well with the initial manual release.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> david
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Christoph Derndorfer
>>> <e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anne,
>>>>
>>>> thanks so much for your continued efforts on the project, everyone I've
>>>> shown my printed copies of the two manuals to has been thoroughly
>>>> impressed!
>>>>
>>>> I also agree with your thoughts on timing updated revisions of the
>>>> manuals in coordination with the Sugar / OLPC software release cycle.
>>>>
>>>> In terms of localization there are some efforts underway by Rita in
>>>> Germany (CC'ed) and here in Vienna we've also discussed doing a
>>>> translation sprint over a weekend, unfortunately we haven't found a date
>>>> to actually sit down and do it.
>>>>
>>>> Since I'm currently gathering some materials for a post on olpcnews that
>>>> I want to do on "how YOU can help" I was wondering whether you could
>>>> maybe compile a short list of tasks that you see as being a priority
>>>> when it comes to the FLOSS Manuals content.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for all the amazing work you're doing!! :-)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Christoph
>>>>
>>>> Anne Gentle | Just Write Click schrieb:
>>>>>
>>>>> Say! Thanks for buying a copy, Kim! Very nice. :) I will certainly take
>>>>> all edits and suggestions after you get a chance to review it and
>>>>> completely understand you have other priorities at the moment.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've created a new print-ready PDF with the required corrections (change
>>>>> in title, header, margins, blank last page) and I should be able to
>>>>> approve that new proof this week (I hope.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's think about another revision after the new year, perhaps? Or
>>>>> another good opportunity would be at the first software update.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone, if you see anything you want to change, either make the edits
>>>>> yourself at flossmanuals.net <http://flossmanuals.net>, or log a trac
>>>>> ticket if it's not something you're comfortable changing. I'll publish
>>>>> to the "Write" side of FLOSS Manuals periodically so the online version
>>>>> is up-to-date. Once we have enough edits (judgement call) I can publish
>>>>> to HTML again for the Help Activity so the content can rev there too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any additional feedback is welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Anne
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Kimberley Quirk <kim at laptop.org
>>>>> <mailto:kim at laptop.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Sounds great, Anne. I just got my copy in the mail today so I
>>>>>   haven't had time to go through it more thoroughly (and I won't in
>>>>>   the next few days, so please don't wait for my feedback).
>>>>>
>>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>>   Kim
>>>>>
>>>>>   On Nov 16, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Anne Gentle | Just Write Click wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   Hi all -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Lulu notified us that the header for the OLPC Laptop Guide book is
>>>>>>   not meeting their half-inch margin requirement for the headers, so
>>>>>>   I have the opportunity to make a revision.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   We've changed the the G1G1 header to "OLPC LAPTOP USERS GUIDE"
>>>>>>   (all caps is part of the design style choice for the book) and
>>>>>>   moved it down on the page enough to meet Lulu's print requirements.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   The revised book also contains new revisions in the chapter
>>>>>>   pertaining to the keyboard test based on feedback via a comment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   I will also be able to change the download setting so that the PDF
>>>>>>   will be directly available from Lulu rather than only on FLOSS
>>>>>>   Manuals.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Before I purchase yet another proof copy, are there any other
>>>>>>   revisions you would like to see? I can't make promises since I'm
>>>>>>   going to order the proof copy ASAP but I wanted to ensure that you
>>>>>>   know about this unexpected window of opportunity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>>>   Anne
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   --
>>>>>>   Anne Gentle
>>>>>>   email: annegentle at justwriteclick.com
>>>>>>   <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
>>>>>>   blog: www.justwriteclick.com <http://www.justwriteclick.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Anne Gentle
>>>>> email: annegentle at justwriteclick.com
>>>>> <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
>>>>> blog: www.justwriteclick.com <http://www.justwriteclick.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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