[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Website/marketing brainstorm
- From: The Gentleman Alchemist <gentlemanalchemist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 11:17:11 -0500
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Elijah Richter <elirichter@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I disagree on the wiki being sufficient for the equipment listing, or at
> least having to go to the wiki first to even know we have a list of stuff.
> I think at a minimum there should be a link on the main page to our list of
> resources. This is what brainstorming is for though, so I think this
> discussion should be had then. I do like the idea of getting the LoopPGH
> folks involved (what, did you think this time in our shop was free? :) )
>
> I would be willing to meet at 8:30 on Weds after the balloon stuff, is
> everyone available then that would be interested in participating?
>
> -Eli
>
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Douglas Philips <dgou@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 2012 May 17, at 10:44 AM, Elijah Richter wrote:
>> > set up an info mailing list (I would assume it's just a matter of
>> setting up a second list right?)
>>
>> Right. And Dreamhost already has that capability. I had been waiting for
>> Scott to upgrade our site, and now that that is done, I'll create the
>> announcement-only list (Dreamhost has a pretty sweet set up for that). I'll
>> try to get that done this weekend and put up an announcement blog post (and
>> a link on the right side for folks who want to sign up. Fortunately the
>> list is user-managed, so we don't have to be adding and deleting users,
>> etc.)
>>
>> > , and also better document what resources we have (something less
>> buried / more up-to-date than the wiki).
>>
>> I think the wiki is fine if it were a little easier to get to and a lot
>> flatter (there are too many levels of pages to get to the real substantive
>> pages). The only problem with the wiki not being updated is that no one
>> bothers, though many members have asked for accounts, it seems that
>> follow-through is the problem there.
>>
>> > Doug, were you planning on working on the balloon next Weds? If not, we
>> should get together that day and brainstorm for some ideas on the website.
>> I'm willing to help lead/co-lead the design phase, but I'm not a web guy,
>> so if anyone would be willing to do the actual site work that would be
>> really helpful.
>>
>> Yes, I am planning on balloon work.
>> (For new members, and reminder for some of the old members:)
>> "Project nights" for the balloon in the past have been scheduled for an
>> hour-ish of time (avg attention span), so we could the web brainstorming at
>> 8:30 after the balloon project (I know, 7pm, but as we all know, much to
>> some of our chagrins, 7:30 is the effective starting time for any
>> week-night event in the shop).
>>
>> Also note that this Tuesday is LoopPgh meeting at the shop, and as
>> they're UX focused, we might be able to leverage some of that time as well?
>> (hopefully val will see this and chime in :-) ).
>>
>> --Doug
>>
>>
>>
>
One of the things we can pursue with the Loop people is making the wiki
page for our inventory a little more "intelligent". Since Loop is more
Flash/Flex oriented, we may get them to do a Flex frame to scroll through
the parts. This may require some semantic tagging on the wiki page, which
I'm more than willing to help out with. Semantic wikis are one of my
strong interest.
Scott^2
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