Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of BoincPr


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Jun 27, 2007, 1:23:33 PM (17 years ago)
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  • BoincPr

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    1 = Help publicize BOINC, BOINC-based projects, and volunteer computing =
    2 
    3 Publicizing BOINC and BOINC-based projects in the mass media
    4 will increase the number of BOINC volunteers,
    5 the amount of computing power available to BOINC-based projects,
    6 and the amount of science they get done.
    7 
     1= Help attract more volunteers =
     2
     3The more people participate in volunteer computing,
     4the more computing power will be available to BOINC-based projects,
     5and the more scientific progress will be made.
     6In addition to participating yourself,
     7you can help BOINC-based projects by attracting other volunteers.
     8
     9One way to do this is to help us
     10publicize BOINC and BOINC-based projects in the mass media.
    811There are various media that could effectively publicize BOINC.
    912For now we are concentrating on magazines related to computing and/or science.
    … …  
    1114(by mail, email, or phone) with these magazines.
    1215
    13 == Magazines ==
    14 
    1516Please scan the following list of magazines,
    16 and select magazines in your country.
     17and select magazines in your country (and, preferably,
     18that you subscribe to or read occasionally).
    1719Add any magazines that are not already listed.
    1820Wikipedia has a good [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_magazines list of computer magazines].
    1921You can find more info about many of these magazines there.
    2022
    21 Consider sending each magazine either:
    22 
    23  * a letter to their "Letters to the Editor" department describing BOINC and urging readers to participate.
    24  * a letter to their editor, encouraging him/her to run a story on BOINC, or to include BOINC on any CD/DVD that they include with their magazine, or to "cross-promote" with BOINC.  Possible forms of cross-promotion include having them develop a "private label" version of the BOINC client with their logo, creating teams on all the BOINC projects, and so on. Please have the magazines contact [ProjectPeople David Anderson], and/or the leaders of BOINC-based projects, for info.
    25 
    26 If the magazine has Web-based forums, join them and post about BOINC in the appropriate forum.
    27 
    28 '''If you contact a magazine, please add a note to this web page
     23For a given magazine, you can:
     24
     25 * Send a letter to their "Letters to the Editor" department describing BOINC and why you use it, and urging readers to participate.
     26 * Send a letter to their editor, encouraging him/her to run a story on BOINC, to include BOINC on any CD/DVD that they include with their magazine, to develop a "private label" version of the BOINC client with their logo, to create magazine-centered teams on the BOINC projects, and so on. Please have the magazines contact [ProjectPeople David Anderson], and/or the leaders of BOINC-based projects, for info.
     27 * If the magazine has Web-based forums, join them and post about BOINC in the appropriate forum.
     28
     29'''If you contact a magazine in any of these ways, please edit this web page
    2930(below the magazine's entry in the list below),
    30 saying what you did and the date.
     31saying what you did, and the date.
    3132This will reduce duplication of effort.'''
    3233
    33 Consider including the following points in your letter or forum posting:
    34 
    35  * Volunteer computing is not just SETI and prime numbers any more; the science projects are doing research in a wide range of areas, from medicine to climate change.
    36  * With BOINC, you're not locked in to one project.  You can run as many as you want, and change whenever you want.  You see your credit totals all in one place.
     34Include some or all of the following points in your letter or forum posting:
     35
     36 * Volunteer computing is doing research in a wide range of areas, from medicine to climate change. It's not just SETI and prime numbers any more.
     37 * With BOINC, you're not locked in to one project.  You can run as many as you want, and change whenever you want.  Many "stats sites" are available to show your credit totals all in one place.
    3738 * BOINC gives you extensive control over when and how your computer is used, including CPU throttling and day-of-week preferences.
     39 * Each BOINC-based project has a global community of volunteers, with whom you can communicate using message boards, profiles, and private messages.
    3840 * BOINC is open source, and many of the projects' applications are too.  It's possible (and encouraged) for volunteers to optimize applications for specific architectures.
    39  * Each BOINC-based project has a global community of volunteers, with whom you can communicate using message boards, profiles, and private messages.
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    4042
    4143=== Australia ===