Idea: 30 sec video contest promoting power user community

[Jono Bacon]

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:20 -0700, thefanum at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello everyone, 
> 
> LaserJock and I have been kicking around an idea on IRC, and wanted to
> run it by everyone on the mailing list for input. He came up with the
> idea of a short video, that demonstrates some of the customizations we
> are capable of in Unity (and as a result also demonstrates what the
> Power-User group is about). The parameters we have come up with so far
> would be a short (aprox. 30 sec) video, showing a vanilla unity desktop
> being customized/tweaked/hacked to the most extreme extent possible. We
> were considering a time-lapse style approach, that would also compare
> the original vanilla desktop to the tricked out one at the end to show
> the contrast.
> 
> The fun part of this idea is, once we have the parameters set, we can
> make it a contest open to all, and approach sites like
> www.omgubuntu.co.uk and www.webupd8.org to promote it. 
> 
> Ideas? Feedback?

Sounds like a wonderful idea to me!

	Jono

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