[Imc-alternatives] Design! (was: More user stories)

[Jay]

Strypey,

I'm really glad to see these user-stories.  It reminds us all that no 
matter what code we choose, we still have to actually design this site!

I think now is the time to finally focus a team to focus exclusively 
on design.  I'm talking about both graphics and navigability.  Nick 
and I have been in touch a bit about some of that, and Aaron C. from 
the Philly IMC says he's interested in being part of the design 
process too.  I'm in.  Strypey, you too?  Anyone else?

Maybe we should revive the old idea of tagging our e-mail subjects 
with either TECH or DESIGN to separate threads.

I'm so excited about this recent burst of energy.  It has been really great.

Jay

At 3/17/2008, you wrote:
>Kia ora koutou
>
>Good to see there is some tech enthusiasm, thanks Dave for getting 
>us dev space
>on BORG. Thanks also for the info about the database differences between Plone
>and Drupal. So, it definitely seems that we need a build-off. 
>Dimitri, let's see
>what an Indycore imc-alt site would be like. Do we have someone to 
>bottom-line a
>Drupal test site?
>
>In order to build there sites, we need a clearer idea of how we want people to
>be able to use them. This is where the non-geeks make their essential
>contributions. Here are some more user stories off the top of my head.
>
>1) A permaculture enthusiast arrives at the site and searches for articles
>related to permaculture. She is pleased to discover that the search can be
>narrowed down to articles from her country, her town, even her neighbourhood.
>She is even more pleased to find a couple of articles about a community garden
>and a community supported agriculture scheme in her town. She is 
>able to use the
>contact information in the articles to contact the groups.
>
>2) A user creates a login on the site. She ticks boxes for various topic (eg
>food, health, energy) and media (ie graphic, audio, video) categories. She is
>informed of new stories added to those categories by email, and she can choose
>between individual, daily, weekly, and monthly updates.
>
>3) A user reads a story on the solutionswire. He makes an anonymous comment,
>using an invented name. Other users want to discuss the story in more detail,
>and click the link to the discussion forum topic for that story. 
>They login and
>carry on a discussion of the story.
>
>RnB
>Strypes
>
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