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Single slide checklist of activities just about anyone can do to raise the visibility of an Open Source project.
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Crash Course in Perception Management
● Go to local FOSS events
– Submit talks
● Get used to rejection and learn from it
● Talk to the track chairmam
– “I don’t like speaking” – get over it; calculus was way harder than this
– Get an ORG booth for cheap
● Stock it with flyers, CDs, business cards, stickers
● Shoot your mouth off
– Blogs
– A usable website
– Podcasts (TLLTS)
– Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn
● More mouthing off
– YouTube demos and tutorials
– Write for Linux.com Lxer, LWN.net
● Get a “kick-*aas” mascot!
– But our buddy the Xen Panda is taken!
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● Shout out and live, or shut up and die!
– Passion is your ally
– Let it leak over everyone
– Don’t imitate the suits; do what fits you
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