---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:38:55 -0400 From: Phil Shapiro <pshapiro@...467...> To: <bryce@...1...> Subject: heartfelt thanks for creating inkscape

thanks a megabyte for your visionary work in creating inkscape. i discovered this amazing software last week and have been talking it up on various national email lists i'm on. (see below a message i sent this evening to the list of Community Technology Centers' Network - CTCNet), one of the largest nonprofit organizations working to bridge the digital divide.)

CTCNet's annual conference is going to be in cleveland in june, 2005, in case you (or any of the othe inkscape developers) might be in the area at that time. it's likely more than 1000 technology access activists will be attending this conference. stephen quinn is the wonderful person organizing this conference. squinn@...468...

thanks again. you've inspired many by creating inkscape and your creation will unleash a river of artistic creativity by many who cannot afford a commercial vector drawing program.

- phil shapiro arlington, virginia

----- Forwarded message from Phil Shapiro <pshapiro@...467...> ----- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:33:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Phil Shapiro <pshapiro@...467...> Reply-To: Phil Shapiro <pshapiro@...467...> Subject: [CTC] become known for teaching open source graphics software To: "" <ctcmembers@...468...>

hi everyone -

is your organization doing cool things with low-cost or no-cost graphics drawing software, such as http://www.inkscape.org? if so, one way to get public visibility for your pioneering work is to create some tutorials or articles for the graphics section of about.com.

see http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/nosearch/blucsubmit.htm

for example, tap into the creative talents of youth or adults at your center to create some beautiful art using inkscape. then use camtasia studio 2 (for windows) to create some narrated flash tutorials explaining how others can use the drawing tools in inkscape to create their own drawings. in these tutorials explain both the technical use of the drawing tools and explain artistic tips and techniques. people will be very grateful to learn both kinds of knowledge.

create these tutorials in english and spanish, but also in vietnamese, amharic and korean.

place these tutorials on the web and link to them from your organization's web site. submit them to the about.com graphics web site. after about.com accepts your submission (they probably will if has merit), send out a press release that your organization is helping to teach the world how to use open source drawing software.

is there a journalist who would find it interesting to write a story that explains how the youths and adults at a nonprofit organization are creating knowledge to help unleash creativity and empowerment for people worldwide using no-cost software that anyone can use on donated computers? yes, i think there is.

would a television station find it easy to do a news story where there is readily available, beautiful graphics that is an integral part of a story of community members teaching each other things? yes, it would.

- phil

what kind of art can you create with vector drawing programs? this gallery shows some nice examples. http://www.eazydraw.com/gallery.htm

macromedia flash. adobe illustrator and macromedia freehand are all vector drawing programs, too.

for extra credit points, organize a community event at a community meeting place (outside of your own site) where a no-cost workshop explains how to use a no-cost drawing programs. an appropriate title for such an event would be: "drawing the community together."

would local civic leaders take notice of such a workshop? yes, they would.

-- Phil Shapiro pshapiro@...467... http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://teachme.blogspot.com (weblog) http://guitarlessons.blogspot.com/ (guitar lessons)

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