Category Archives: marketing

Telling GNOME’s Story

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Allan

The 2013 GNOME Marketing hackfest finished yesterday. We did many things over the course of the three day event: we updated the design of the website, discussed new outreach initiatives and planned how to clean up the marketing wiki pages. … Continue reading →

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GNOME marketing contract: final report

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Allan

My marketing contract with the GNOME Foundation finished last week. The final weeks of the contract gave me the opportunity to work on some more general marketing tasks that I didn’t have chance to in the run up to the … Continue reading →

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GNOME 3 Hackfest, Day 3

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Allan

We moved from the local Intel offices to the Dayananda Sagar Institutions today. This is where GNOME.Asia will be happening at the weekend. Registration for the event has been high, so we should have lots people at our talks (eek!) … Continue reading →

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GNOME marketing needs YOU!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Allan

It is a critical time for the GNOME 3 marketing effort. People are already helping by responding to press queries, working on the new gnome.org website, sending out release party goodies, creating videos and generally spreading good vibes. But we … Continue reading →

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GNOME marketing contract: week 3

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Allan

Last week, most of my contract time was taken up with two big tasks. I wrote a history of the GNOME 3 design for a press query, and I also wrote the first draft of the release notes (woo hoo!) … Continue reading →

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GNOME marketing contract: week 2

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Allan

Busy week last week. Lots of planning activities. Corresponded with a number of people about screencasts and videos. Had a number of discussions about distribution. Added more items to the GNOME 3 marketing tasks page. More work on the release … Continue reading →

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GNOME marketing contract: week 1

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Allan

For those who haven’t heard, the GNOME Foundation has awarded short term contracts to me and the awesome Sumana Harihareswara to work part-time on GNOME 3 marketing. This is great news, since it means that we’ll be able to do … Continue reading →

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Spreading the word

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Allan

I’ve switched my primary focus from design to marketing in recent weeks. A lot of hard work has gone into GNOME 3, and we have a great release coming up. For many, the success of that release will be defined … Continue reading →

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