[Bradford] Idea's for brief introductory talks for new / non technical users

[Philip Wyett]

On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 18:22 +0100, David Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 17:31 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote:
> > In promotion and these type of introductory sessions, I would lean
> > towards making it mandatory that any talk must be provided in a
> > downloadable format and available on the wiki.
> 
> I'm all for that, but don't be put off if that's just way too much work!
> 

People should not be scared of the work, but if they feel it's too much
for one please get together and collaborate on tutorials and projects.

> Is there an easy way for people to do this without it becoming a chore?
> 
> Perhaps much of it should be about referencing existing community
> documentation?
> 

Using links to not reinvent the wheel is good but a person needs to take
into account of certain documentation e.g. the community based stuff
like ubuntu. This documentation can become fast a meld over many
versions of an application and workarounds for issues that only affect a
few and may be be source that confuses and puts off a newbie.

> Again, any ideas?
> 
> By the way, great to see the activity on the list -thanks everyone!

I agree and people who want to create content or ask questions be that
about a tutorial or generally should make good use of the list at ever
opportunity!

Regards

Phil
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