Fluid and free form portfolio

[Daphne Ogle]

Hi Sean,

This is great -- it means we are identifying cross-cutting components.

I believe you are referring to some of the component ideas presented  
within the Image Gallery (IG) last week.  At Berkeley we will be  
discussing and updating our project plan for IG based on discussions  
at the conference.  I can see several ways for you and others in OSP  
to get involved.  Once the components are developed they will of  
course be available to the community.  But as you say, perhaps  
there's more.  It would be great to have other eyes on the IG design  
and components as we continue to evolve them.  As mentioned at the  
conference, the idea is to design and develop within this specific  
context and also be thinking about how the components need to be  
abstracted for more wider use -- what's common across uses, where do  
we need configurability and flexibility and the such.   Interested in  
being part of a design review team?  If there are development  
resources available, I'm sure there's a way to get folks involved in  
the component development work too.

If you have the time, you may want to join our Fluid design team  
meetings to stay abreast of the various other work that is moving  
along like design patterns and how they relate to the components.  We  
are trying to coordinate a design planning meeting early this week  
which should include scheduling regular standing meetings moving  
forward.  You are welcome to join us this week and/or start attending  
the regular meetings.  Keep your eyes on the list for more information.

-Daphne

On Dec 9, 2007, at 7:38 AM, Sean Keesler wrote:

> I sat on the sidelines of Fluid during the last 6 months. I'd like  
> to start
> a project to revitalize the "free form" portfolio...the most simple  
> type of
> OSP portfolio. I'm happy to announce that the we (the OSP  
> functional team)
> have approved a process going forward that would put use cases and  
> design
> ahead of development.
>
>> From what I saw of the components in the Fluid presentations at the
> conference, I am sure that there is overlap ("click to edit" for  
> example
> would be huge in a portfolio). So, I'd like to volunteer a lot of  
> my time to
> be involved, but I am not a developer. I hope to coordinate some  
> resources
> across the community to bring to bear on the serious pain point in  
> OSP.
>
> I know that I can't just jump into the Fluid calls and start  
> hijacking the
> agenda. What is the best way for me to start working with Fluid to  
> get done
> what I want to get done? My guess is that just following the  
> instructions in
> the toolkit will not be sufficient.
>
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Daphne Ogle
Senior Interaction Designer
University of California, Berkeley
Educational Technology Services
daphne at media.berkeley.edu
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