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