Bringing the free software message to TV (Linux.com)
As a former course designer and academic, I used to be experienced in talking in front of people. However, one thing I hadn't done until now is appear on television. That, more than anything, is why I agreed to appear on the computer show Lab with Leo Laporte in a five-minute spot about the GNU/Linux desktop. The show is scheduled to appear October 11 on G4TechTV in Canada and the How-To Channel in Australia, with my spot being posted to Google Video on the same day. I won't know if I look savvy or imbecilic until I see how the segment is edited, but the experience taught me several points about appearing on TV in general, and evangelizing for GNU/Linux in the studio in particular."
Posted Aug 21, 2007 4:04 UTC (Tue)
by Brotherred (guest, #45141)
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These spots air prime time on G4 in the US then I will get excited if it happens some time this decade.
Posted Aug 21, 2007 14:02 UTC (Tue)
by egoforth (subscriber, #2351)
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Had you bothered to read the article, you would have found that it had some helpful tips on how to present a tech segment in a small time slot. There are some parts presented as specific to GNU/Linux, but most everything is applicable to anyone who has the opportunity to get in front of the camera. I think that the lessons learned here could be successfully applied to, for example, local television news or cable access shows.
Posted Aug 24, 2007 0:51 UTC (Fri)
by kbob (guest, #1770)
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In four years, it has found exactly zero programs with the word Linux in the title, synopsis, or description.
Zero!
Once again we see that the US is too rich and stuck up for anything that is not feed to us every where we look.Bringing the free software message to TV (Linux.com)
Was this comment supposed to have some point? A spot filmed in a studio in Vancouver, for a show that only airs in Canada and Australia means that "the US is too rich and stuck up"?Bringing the free software message to TV (Linux.com)
I've had a wish list on the TiVo for "Linux" for the last four years.Bringing the free software message to TV (Linux.com)