On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:15 PM, mhampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Huh, when did that amazon tutorial come out? It says it was published > by CreateSpace. Did William do that? There is still an old tutorial
I did that. The hardest part was to get the margins and cover into their required format. Anyone can do the next version, but I am happy to after finals are over with (in about a week). > up on lulu.com, and that (lulu) was what I was going to use, but maybe > CreateSpace is better. I'll check it out. > > Will the rest/sphynx conversion affect the PDF version of the > documentation? Someone one IRC (I think M. Abshoff) told me that it > wouldn't matter for that, can someone confirm that? > > Thanks, > Marshall > > On Dec 10, 2:59 pm, "David Joyner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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... >> >> (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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
