On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM, mhampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been thinking about the booth at the joint meetings, and what > sort of merchandise we should have/give away/sell. I think the top > priority is to have dvds on hand so that people can easily install and > try out sage. > > So I am wondering what should be on a dvd. I helped burn some last > year but I didn't keep the image around. I am thinking it should > have: > > 1) binaries for macs and linux - is it worth having ppc binaries? > 2) source code > 3) vmware player - is that OK to include legally? > 4) vmware image > 5) Extra documentation - ? I.e. python documentation or sage-related > math texts.
I know this can be easily found in the manuals, but maybe a one page "here is how you get started using Sage in 30 seconds" guide for the extremely impatient (windows user) might be useful. > > I am planning on printing off some tutorials and Sage Constructions, > maybe a couple of programming guides but not the reference manual > (that was impressive last time but might not be worth the cost). Is > there any reason to wait for sage-3.3 to do this? Otherwise, to make > sure they are made on time I would like to do it this weekend. > > I am also thinking of making some Sage mugs and tee-shirts on > cafepress or some other similar website. Then I will order a small > number of these as prizes for a lottery drawing or simple contest. We > can keep some examples at the booth and anyone who wants one can order > their own online. I will post again soliciting designs. > > I thought it might also be nice to make Sage business cards, that list > the main page URL, the google-groups addresses, the IRC channel, the > lulu.com documentation link, and the mug & t-shirt cafepress links. lulu? Do you mean amazon? http://www.amazon.com/Sage-Tutorial-www-sagemath-org-William-Stein/dp/1438214197/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228942494&sr=8-1 (BTW, when the rest/sphynx version comes out, this should be updated) All your ideas sound great. I was wondering if I needed to do any dvd burnign but it sounds like you are just going to have someone professional do it? (Maybe kinkos does that?) > > Any comments and suggestions are appreciated. > > -Marshall Hampton > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
