Troy Unrau ([info]troy_at_kde) wrote,
@ 2007-06-21 10:49:00
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Entry tags:gearhead, kde, marketing

The Rise of the Gearhead
So it's kind of funny to see how well Wade is pushing this gearhead term, which I think is a brilliant idea for KDE. It's starting to spread though, slowly, like a virus. I seen it popping up already a few times on #kde, and just today I found it in a sebas's email signature. So I figured I'd do the same and start to spread it around in this fashion. I think it works wonderfully in any context you would use the word hacker with respect to KDE: IE: hacker's conference --> gearhead's conference. But it can also be used to refer to KDE users... it is rather annoying to say "KDE User" each time you need to self-identify, but saying "Gearhead" might be enough, assuming it becomes used frequently enough.

As I was telling sebas, it feels like I'm involved in some sort of political propaganda campaign with this thing. Kind of get that tingly feeling like I'm in one some conspiracy that I get when reading books about liberal revolution, such as my personal favourite: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein. I recommend reading it for anyone interested.

Cheers folks.




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howling is also cool
(Anonymous)
2007-06-21 05:28 pm UTC (link)
At Linuxtag, the Amarok team encouraged people to howl and joining in when someone starts to howl. At some point you'd hear other people echoing it from the other side of the fair.

Guerilla Marketing is fun.

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Re: howling is also cool
[info]troy_at_kde
2007-06-21 06:00 pm UTC (link)
This is awesome!

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howling is also cool
(Anonymous)
2007-06-21 06:16 pm UTC (link)
At Linuxtag, the Amarok team encouraged people to howl and joining in when someone starts to howl. At some point you'd hear other people echoing it from the other side of the fair.

Guerilla Marketing is fun.

-- sebas

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[info]chani3
2007-06-22 02:37 am UTC (link)
now all we need is a cool logo :)

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
(Anonymous)
2007-06-22 03:23 pm UTC (link)
Ah, this book is one of my favourites, too. I first read it when I was like 16 or so and totally into SciFi. The copy I have is so worn out now that it's literally falling apart. Another one is "Stranger in a Strange Land" also by Heinlein - don't read it if you happen to live in the "Bible Belt", though, you might get in trouble with your neighbours ;)

Another "must read" is A.D. Fosters "Midworld".

--
matze

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