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

[Jay]

Hi imc-alternatives,

I starting to think we may benefit from having an IRC meeting of 
people interested in participating in the design team.  So far I have 
explicit nods from me, Michael, Nick and Aaron C.  Strypey, are you 
in too?  Anyone else?

Jay

At 3/20/2008, lancaster-imc at riseup.net wrote:
>Count me in on the design/usability team.
>
> > 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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