[Ambassadors] USB Live pen creator poster

[Jason Fenner]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Francesco Crippa <fcrippa at byte-code.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ambassadors,
>
> as I said some weeks ago, we need something to show "usb pen live creator"
> process on fedora events.
>
> Making usb live pen is one of the most useful stuff to do during events
> (really cheaper and appreciated gadget). I and Luca Foppiano asked to
> Samuele Storari (maybe a new Fedora contributor) to design a poster showing
> process.
>
> I uploaded his work at this page:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/LiveUsbCreator
>
> the idea is simple: print that poster and glue it on some "solid" support
> (maybe carton box). Then make a hole into poster white space to take out an
> usb extension cable.
>
> When a python script (developed by Matteo Castellini) recognize new usb
> device, launch usb creator automatically, and play an mp3 at the end of
> process.
>
> So we have the "usb live pen box"... Really easy to use (put usb on the
> poster and wait for the "finished" sound). I hope this poster can help
> visitors to discover our live pen service in a funny way :-)
>
> I'd like to test this "box" during next event in Italy (Liberamente -
> Opera - next Saturday).
>
> What do you think about this idea? I'll try to upload some shots of final
> result on flickr as soon as possible. We can spend a couple of minutes to
> improve this idea during today emea ambassadors meeting.
>
> Take care
> bye
>
> francesco
>
>
> --
> Francesco Crippa
> http://people.byte-code.com/fcrippa
>

Very good work.  Thank you for coming up with this idea and the Python
script to automate it.  I wish I had this for the last event I worked
(Notacon 5).
I'll take a look at the script and see if there's anything I can add.

Thanks again.
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