[Arm-netbook] Getting the word out

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Mike Leimon <leimon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I have been trying to help get the word out about the crowdfunding campaign
> the past few days and I am thinking that the crowdfunding campaign should
> probably be brought to the attention of the following people/groups:
>
> * Linux Action Show (podcast) http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/
>
> The Linux Action Show guys, did have some quantity of discussion in the past
> (perhaps during their crowdfunding) and after release did finally do reviews
> of both the Purism Librem 13 and 15 laptops. I'm not 100% sure but, they
> seem idealistic enough that they might be willing to talk at some length on
> the project or perhaps even better, talk about the project and maybe even be
> willing to do an interview with Luke or Chris. Anyhow, their podcast is
> pretty solid and is done on pretty much a weekly basis from what I can tell.
> So check it out and if you think it's a good avenue to take, please contact
> them and see if they can help raise awareness of your project sooner, rather
> than later.
>
> * Linux Voice (magazine) https://www.linuxvoice.com/
>
> I may be biased in saying that I think this is the best Linux magazine but,
> I'm going to go ahead and say it anyhow. This magazine got its start from a
> crowdfunding campaign itself (indiegogo). While it might be a large
> challenge to try and actually get a mention within their magazine (though
> that would have the best effect by far), they do also produce a blog and a
> monthly podcast (all of which would help raise visibility of the project).
>
> At this point, I'm thinking that honestly I'm not the best person to contact
> these groups and try to get things started but, I want to bring these ideas
> to the attention of the list. If there is somebody else out there who thinks
> that trying to contact these groups is a good idea then by all means,
> contact them and I hope they give this project some airtime.

 that's great, mike, really appreciated - i'll pass it on.

> Hope these ideas help,
> -Mike
>
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