Gimp Magazine issue 3 has arrived. Check out the main site to download or purchase...
Watch this production interview for background on the issue, etc...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHlU8kvm6I
Regards,
M
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So great to see all these creative maggs!
My new camera will be arriving on saturday - can't wait to test it!!
A x
On 06/03/13 15:14, Mark Wastling wrote:
Gimp Magazine issue 3 has arrived. Check out the main site to download or purchase...
Watch this production interview for background on the issue, etc...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHlU8kvm6I
Regards,
M
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On 06/03/13 20:43, Anna F J Morris wrote:
So great to see all these creative maggs!
Yes I think they're very important for building a community amongst a very dispersed group of FS artists.
I always promote the mags at booths and relevant talks to make people aware that there are lots of other amateurs and pros out there, and that they're doing great work.
Even if the mags aren't perfect, they're extremely important in building confidence in FS amongst newbies IMO!
Sam.
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Guten Tag Sam,
Yes, thanks for the link Mark.
When I was verbally rambling a bit on Monday, I was trying to distill some thoughts about "killer apps" (my brain is still not working properly - but I've just learned that the bug I thought I'd shaken off seems to have a couple of extra stages - and so my neurons are still a little porridge-like at the moment).
People buy computers because they want to "do stuff" - and so the attraction for most people is not the brand, or the OS, but what "can I do with it", and "will it I be able to undertand how to use it"? Of course they may not actually do those things once they have the machinery, but it gives them the "excuse" to buy the thing in the first place. They may also have a "public" excuse, and a "private" excuse - like when satelite TV first started appearing, and "sport" was the public excuse, with rumours about access to European p0rn channels fuelling a private one.
It has been shown that the current "killer app" for mobile phones in "developing" countries is Facebook. What is the current killer app for desktop or laptop machines? Is it simply "the internet" (ie. browser-accessed services) or is it music sharing? or video sharing/editing? or graphical editing?
And of all these things, what makes free software a good choice - from a newby's point of view? Is it mainly cost? Is "cheap and legal" - as opposed to "cheap and bootlegged" - a good marketing angle? It is in the interest of, say, Paintshop, to have a lot of bootlegged copies in people's houses, as it means that people can practice using it at home. A similar thing happens with some expensive CAD software - there are cracked versions around, used by CAD contractors teaching themselves how to use the software, to help with employability. While that happens, people are going to stick with windows machines.
David ________________________________________ From: manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org [manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org] on behalf of Sam Tuke [samtuke@fsfe.org] Sent: 07 March 2013 11:03 To: manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Gimp Magazine
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On 06/03/13 20:43, Anna F J Morris wrote:
So great to see all these creative maggs!
Yes I think they're very important for building a community amongst a very dispersed group of FS artists.
I always promote the mags at booths and relevant talks to make people aware that there are lots of other amateurs and pros out there, and that they're doing great work.
Even if the mags aren't perfect, they're extremely important in building confidence in FS amongst newbies IMO!
Sam.
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