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Posted to marketing@openoffice.apache.org by drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> on 2012/08/14 20:05:22 UTC
Updating a couplr of blog postings - new school year in my neck of
the woods
Howdy,
In the 2010 I put together a few blog posts, the idea being an
enumerated a short list of useful addons for the OpenOffice.org user.
Three different lists:
http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-primiary-school-faculty-and-staff.html
http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-seconday-school-faculty.html
http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-college-freshman-templates.html
Thought I would update these for 2012, and publish first of next week
- so any and all suggestions for "must have" items with AOO would truly
be appreciated.
Thanks,
//drew
Re: Updating a couplr of blog postings - new school year in my
neck of the woods
Posted by drew <dr...@baseanswers.com>.
On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 12:13 -0400, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:35 PM, drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 14:16 -0400, Rob Weir wrote:
> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:05 PM, drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> >> > Howdy,
> >> >
> >> > In the 2010 I put together a few blog posts, the idea being an
> >> > enumerated a short list of useful addons for the OpenOffice.org user.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Most of the links don't work for me -- the template links. (Windows XP/Firefox)
> >
> > Yes - they did work of course - so for tonights fun and relaxation, at
> > least fix the broken links.
> >
> >>
> >> But I love the idea.
> >
> > They were popular and had long tails - the first such were in 2007 on a
> > personal blog at live.com also popular ... somehow, for the windowsill
> > blog, the entire history was lost when MS transfered the service to WP.
> > Oh Well (my fault for not having off-line backup)
> >
> > Part of this was my own little QA, quick usage test, with the current
> > release for each item mentioned, just prior to publishing the posts.. so
> > as I go along this week I'll use the latest 3.4.1 build for AOO and
> > focus on 32bit Windows Vista for the platform.
> >
>
> I just noticed this article:
> http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/story/2012-08-15/back-to-school-free-software/57054404/1
>
> It looks like the "back-to-school" theme with open source software is
> becoming more mainstream.
Yes - I would agree.
It is also my anecdotal experience that OS in general and this package
in particular have a strong and growing usage amongst charter schools,
non-government owned schools (parochial and secular) and home schoolers.
This later category, home schoolers, includes not just individual
interest but also a few of the home schooling curriculum providers are
showing interest.
//drew
>
> -Rob
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Rob
> >>
> >>
> >> > Three different lists:
> >> >
> >> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-primiary-school-faculty-and-staff.html
> >> >
> >> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-seconday-school-faculty.html
> >> >
> >> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-college-freshman-templates.html
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thought I would update these for 2012, and publish first of next week
> >> > - so any and all suggestions for "must have" items with AOO would truly
> >> > be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > //drew
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
Re: Updating a couplr of blog postings - new school year in my neck
of the woods
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:35 PM, drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 14:16 -0400, Rob Weir wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:05 PM, drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
>> > Howdy,
>> >
>> > In the 2010 I put together a few blog posts, the idea being an
>> > enumerated a short list of useful addons for the OpenOffice.org user.
>> >
>>
>> Most of the links don't work for me -- the template links. (Windows XP/Firefox)
>
> Yes - they did work of course - so for tonights fun and relaxation, at
> least fix the broken links.
>
>>
>> But I love the idea.
>
> They were popular and had long tails - the first such were in 2007 on a
> personal blog at live.com also popular ... somehow, for the windowsill
> blog, the entire history was lost when MS transfered the service to WP.
> Oh Well (my fault for not having off-line backup)
>
> Part of this was my own little QA, quick usage test, with the current
> release for each item mentioned, just prior to publishing the posts.. so
> as I go along this week I'll use the latest 3.4.1 build for AOO and
> focus on 32bit Windows Vista for the platform.
>
I just noticed this article:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/story/2012-08-15/back-to-school-free-software/57054404/1
It looks like the "back-to-school" theme with open source software is
becoming more mainstream.
-Rob
>>
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>> > Three different lists:
>> >
>> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-primiary-school-faculty-and-staff.html
>> >
>> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-seconday-school-faculty.html
>> >
>> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-college-freshman-templates.html
>> >
>> >
>> > Thought I would update these for 2012, and publish first of next week
>> > - so any and all suggestions for "must have" items with AOO would truly
>> > be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > //drew
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
Fixed broken links in old blogs (was: Re: Updating a couple of
blog postings - new school year in my neck of the woods)
Posted by drew <dr...@baseanswers.com>.
On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 14:35 -0400, drew wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 14:16 -0400, Rob Weir wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:05 PM, drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > In the 2010 I put together a few blog posts, the idea being an
> > > enumerated a short list of useful addons for the OpenOffice.org user.
> > >
> >
> > Most of the links don't work for me -- the template links. (Windows XP/Firefox)
>
<snip>
> >
> >
> > > Three different lists:
> > >
> > > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-primiary-school-faculty-and-staff.html
> > >
> > > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-seconday-school-faculty.html
> > >
> > > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-college-freshman-templates.html
> > >
> > >
well that was fun, and relatively painless - the links to the template
repo should _all_ be fixed in the old blog posts - now to waste some
paper and ink trying each for the 2012 posts...
Found a couple of new and interesting possible additions in the repo
also - also, I've not prowled the Symphony template repo.. anyone know
of anything there they think would fit in this theme?
//drew
> > > Thought I would update these for 2012, and publish first of next week
> > > - so any and all suggestions for "must have" items with AOO would truly
> > > be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > //drew
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
Re: Updating a couplr of blog postings - new school year in my
neck of the woods
Posted by drew <dr...@baseanswers.com>.
On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 14:16 -0400, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:05 PM, drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > In the 2010 I put together a few blog posts, the idea being an
> > enumerated a short list of useful addons for the OpenOffice.org user.
> >
>
> Most of the links don't work for me -- the template links. (Windows XP/Firefox)
Yes - they did work of course - so for tonights fun and relaxation, at
least fix the broken links.
>
> But I love the idea.
They were popular and had long tails - the first such were in 2007 on a
personal blog at live.com also popular ... somehow, for the windowsill
blog, the entire history was lost when MS transfered the service to WP.
Oh Well (my fault for not having off-line backup)
Part of this was my own little QA, quick usage test, with the current
release for each item mentioned, just prior to publishing the posts.. so
as I go along this week I'll use the latest 3.4.1 build for AOO and
focus on 32bit Windows Vista for the platform.
>
>
> -Rob
>
>
> > Three different lists:
> >
> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-primiary-school-faculty-and-staff.html
> >
> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-seconday-school-faculty.html
> >
> > http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-college-freshman-templates.html
> >
> >
> > Thought I would update these for 2012, and publish first of next week
> > - so any and all suggestions for "must have" items with AOO would truly
> > be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > //drew
> >
> >
> >
>
Re: Updating a couplr of blog postings - new school year in my neck
of the woods
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:05 PM, drew <dr...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> In the 2010 I put together a few blog posts, the idea being an
> enumerated a short list of useful addons for the OpenOffice.org user.
>
Most of the links don't work for me -- the template links. (Windows XP/Firefox)
But I love the idea.
-Rob
> Three different lists:
>
> http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-primiary-school-faculty-and-staff.html
>
> http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-templates-for-seconday-school-faculty.html
>
> http://drewjensen.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/openofficeorg-college-freshman-templates.html
>
>
> Thought I would update these for 2012, and publish first of next week
> - so any and all suggestions for "must have" items with AOO would truly
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> //drew
>
>
>