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Nick: /* Using Madagascar */ captcha edit test

2011-04-30T22:03:38Z

Using Madagascar: captcha edit test

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	* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/28-Timing-the-execution.html Timing execution of SCons targets]		* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/28-Timing-the-execution.html Timing execution of SCons targets]
	* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/18-Random-numbers.html The algorithm behind sfnoise]		* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/18-Random-numbers.html The algorithm behind sfnoise]
	* [http://~~reproducibility~~.~~org~~/rsflog/index.php?/archives/14-Color-schemes.html Demo of color schemes in sfgrey and sfgrey3]		* [http://m8r.info/rsflog/index.php?/archives/14-Color-schemes.html Demo of color schemes in sfgrey and sfgrey3]

	==Configuration, install, testing, etc==		==Configuration, install, testing, etc==

Nick: /* Tri-fold brochure */

2010-10-11T20:30:35Z

Tri-fold brochure

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	Some ideas from the [[Why Madagascar]] page may be useful for the brochure.		Some ideas from the [[Why Madagascar]] page may be useful for the brochure.

			This wiki page can be used to draft the text content of the brochure. Someone with experience in graphics has been identified as a free resource to help with the page layout, colors, etc.

	An example we can learn from is the SU brochure. It looks a bit dry though -- A brochure needs more graphics than that. Graphics may need to be in uniform tones, so as to not increase the cost of printing (glossy paper, photographic quality costs).		An example we can learn from is the SU brochure. It looks a bit dry though -- A brochure needs more graphics than that. Graphics may need to be in uniform tones, so as to not increase the cost of printing (glossy paper, photographic quality costs).

Nick: /* Tri-fold brochure */

2010-10-11T20:18:12Z

Tri-fold brochure

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	and the user reads it as 1-2-3-4-5-6.		and the user reads it as 1-2-3-4-5-6.

			Some ideas from the [[Why Madagascar]] page may be useful for the brochure.

	An example we can learn from is the SU brochure. It looks a bit dry though -- A brochure needs more graphics than that. Graphics may need to be in uniform tones, so as to not increase the cost of printing (glossy paper, photographic quality costs).		An example we can learn from is the SU brochure. It looks a bit dry though -- A brochure needs more graphics than that. Graphics may need to be in uniform tones, so as to not increase the cost of printing (glossy paper, photographic quality costs).

Nick: /* Tri-fold brochure */

2010-10-11T20:14:05Z

Tri-fold brochure

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	=Tri-fold brochure=		=Tri-fold brochure=
	For being handed over at conferences, displayed at booths of institutions using ~~it and contributing to it~~ if they will, etc.		For being handed over at conferences, displayed at booths of institutions using madagascar (if they will), etc.

	Purpose: ~~Giving the~~ users ~~reasons why they should use~~ Madagascar		Purpose: attracting new users to Madagascar

	The brochure is handled by the reader in two ways: ~~most~~ often, closed (so pages 1 and 6 are the most important), or ~~opened~~ and read in a manner similar to that of a book, in which case the order of pages is the one below:		The brochure is handled by the reader in two ways:

			(1) Most often, closed (so pages 1 and 6 are the most important; this is why in newspapers, advertising on the first or last page costs much more than inside), or

			(2) Opened and read in a manner similar to that of a book, in which case the order of pages is the one below:

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	An example we can learn from ~~–~~ the SU brochure. It looks a bit dry though -- A brochure needs more graphics than that. Graphics may need to be in uniform tones, so as to not increase the cost of printing (glossy paper, photographic quality costs).		and the user reads it as 1-2-3-4-5-6.

			An example we can learn from is the SU brochure. It looks a bit dry though -- A brochure needs more graphics than that. Graphics may need to be in uniform tones, so as to not increase the cost of printing (glossy paper, photographic quality costs).

	[[Image:SU brochure 1.jpg]]		[[Image:SU brochure 1.jpg]]

Nick: /* Brochure */

2010-10-11T20:06:36Z

Brochure

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	The intent is to provide a middle ground between "fragment of useful information stranded in a forum post/in author's head" and "finished page ready for being posted to the world with pride". This sort of information benefits much more from collaborative editing than finished pages that are incrementally improved after creation.		The intent is to provide a middle ground between "fragment of useful information stranded in a forum post/in author's head" and "finished page ready for being posted to the world with pride". This sort of information benefits much more from collaborative editing than finished pages that are incrementally improved after creation.

	=~~Brochure~~=		=Tri-fold brochure=
	For being handed over at conferences, displayed at booths of institutions using it and contributing to it if they will, etc.		For being handed over at conferences, displayed at booths of institutions using it and contributing to it if they will, etc.

Nick: /* Brochure */

2010-09-04T05:28:51Z

Brochure

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	An example we can learn from – the SU brochure:		An example we can learn from – the SU brochure. It looks a bit dry though -- A brochure needs more graphics than that. Graphics may need to be in uniform tones, so as to not increase the cost of printing (glossy paper, photographic quality costs).

	[[Image:SU brochure 1.jpg]]		[[Image:SU brochure 1.jpg]]

Nick: /* Brochure */

2010-09-04T05:25:36Z

Brochure

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 Purpose: Giving the users reasons why they should use Madagascar
-An example we can learn from -- the SU brochure:
+The brochure is handled by the reader in two ways: most often, closed (so pages 1 and 6 are the most important), or opened and read in a manner similar to that of a book, in which case the order of pages is the one below:
 [[Image:SU brochure 1.jpg]]

Nick: /* Brochure */

2010-09-04T05:16:28Z

Brochure

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	=Brochure=		=Brochure=
	For being handed over at conferences, displayed at booths of institutions using it and contributing to it if they will, etc.		For being handed over at conferences, displayed at booths of institutions using it and contributing to it if they will, etc.

			Purpose: Giving the users reasons why they should use Madagascar

	An example we can learn from -- the SU brochure:		An example we can learn from -- the SU brochure:

Nick: /* Pages under construction */

2010-09-04T05:05:45Z

Pages under construction

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	The intent is to provide a middle ground between "fragment of useful information stranded in a forum post/in author's head" and "finished page ready for being posted to the world with pride". This sort of information benefits much more from collaborative editing than finished pages that are incrementally improved after creation.		The intent is to provide a middle ground between "fragment of useful information stranded in a forum post/in author's head" and "finished page ready for being posted to the world with pride". This sort of information benefits much more from collaborative editing than finished pages that are incrementally improved after creation.

	=~~Pages under construction~~=		=Brochure=
	* [[Manual]]		For being handed over at conferences, displayed at booths of institutions using it and contributing to it if they will, etc.
	* [[Library Reference]]
	* [[Parallel Computing]]		An example we can learn from -- the SU brochure:
	* [[Madagascar for non-~~seismologists]]~~
	* [[Task-~~centric program list]]~~		[[Image:SU brochure 1.jpg]]
	* [[IP self-audit]]
	* [[SU ~~to m8r dictionary~~]]		[[Image:SU brochure 2.jpg]]
	* [[SEPlib to m8r dictionary]]
	* [[~~Graphics development with vplot~~]]

	=Info from the blog/mailing lists/forums=		=Info from the blog/mailing lists/forums=

Nick: /* Using Madagascar */

2009-06-26T09:14:02Z

Using Madagascar

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	* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/28-Timing-the-execution.html Timing execution of SCons targets]		* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/28-Timing-the-execution.html Timing execution of SCons targets]
	* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/18-Random-numbers.html The algorithm behind sfnoise]		* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/18-Random-numbers.html The algorithm behind sfnoise]
	* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/15-Figure-size.html Figure sizes and aspect ratios]
	* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/14-Color-schemes.html Demo of color schemes in sfgrey and sfgrey3]		* [http://reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/14-Color-schemes.html Demo of color schemes in sfgrey and sfgrey3]