Hello everyone,

I have been putting together a BOINC project for the last 6 months or so and I've realized that a prime demographic is going almost completely unnoticed -- College Kids!

First of all, the vast majority are computer-literate enough to start BOINC and keep it running.

Second, their computers are primarily text-editing and music playing machines, both of which leave plenty of time and cpu cycles for BOINC.

Third, they are easily susceptible to the bandwagon effect (I don't feel bad saying that, as I am a college kid, and I know full well how persuasive the effect can be).

I believe the only thing preventing this demographic from participating is lack of awareness. To battle this, I will hopefully be interviewed by my University's Student Newspaper, and I will try to give a lot of good reasons why people should donate their extra computing time, if not to my project , then to any of the others.

So if any of you have the ability to spread awareness on a college campus, I really feel that it would be time well spent.

Nick Peterson
ramseyathome.com

Rosetta had (still has?) some posters on their website. Housing and Food Services (I think) was pretty active in trying to get students involved.

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Kathryn :o)

Its a very good way to get people involved Nick, if you have the means to get the word out to them.

A few more posters here; BOINC posters

John.

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Hello everyone,

I have been putting together a BOINC project for the last 6 months or so and I've realized that a prime demographic is going almost completely unnoticed -- College Kids!

First of all, the vast majority are computer-literate enough to start BOINC and keep it running.

Second, their computers are primarily text-editing and music playing machines, both of which leave plenty of time and cpu cycles for BOINC.

Third, they are easily susceptible to the bandwagon effect (I don't feel bad saying that, as I am a college kid, and I know full well how persuasive the effect can be).

I believe the only thing preventing this demographic from participating is lack of awareness. To battle this, I will hopefully be interviewed by my University's Student Newspaper, and I will try to give a lot of good reasons why people should donate their extra computing time, if not to my project , then to any of the others.

So if any of you have the ability to spread awareness on a college campus, I really feel that it would be time well spent.

Nick Peterson
ramseyathome.com

I'm going about this myself I like John's suggestion about poster, but how about giving people free stuff? I understand you probably have a budget issue. But if you can afford something cheap with your logo and url. Pens, Pencils, buttons, stickers, hand them out on a campus and use that interaction to start a conversation. Maybe you have a way to make t-shirts really cheap.

Bad Penguin is making me some postcards. He did that for Folding@Home.

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