Oracle, Fluid, and Sakai UX

Michael Feldstein michael.feldstein at oracle.com
Tue May 27 15:54:51 UTC 2008


Hey gang,

Please do keep Linda and me posted on whether/when this is going to 
happen next week.

- m

George Hackman wrote:
> Generally that week is pretty good for me.  I would avoid Thursdays, 
> but any other day/time is pretty open for me.
> Thanks,
> George
>
> Michael Feldstein wrote:
>> I'm on the East Coast, I'm afraid. Linda Feng is local, though, and I 
>> could easily phone in.
>>
>> George, what's your availability like that week?
>>
>> - m
>>
>>
>> Jess Mitchell wrote:
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> I'm thinking that a chat would be great -- a George, Jess, Nathan, 
>>> and you -- I'm wondering if we can do that after I have a chance to 
>>> visit with Berkeley first week of June?
>>>
>>> Jess
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Jess Mitchell
>>> Project Manager / Fluid Project
>>> jess at jessmitchell.com <mailto:jess at jessmitchell.com>
>>> / w / 617.326.7753  / c / 919.599.5378
>>> jabber: jessmitchell at gmail.com <mailto:jessmitchell at gmail.com>
>>> http://www.fluidproject.org
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 7, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Michael Feldstein wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll leave it to George to respond to the particular ideas in terms 
>>>> of the "what" in the collaboration, other than to note that some 
>>>> internal Peoplesoft Campus Solutions people might be interested in 
>>>> sitting in on accessibility testing work. On the "how," I'd like to 
>>>> make two requests. First, let's try to coordinate the Fluid and 
>>>> Sakai UX conversations wherever appropriate. I realize that they 
>>>> don't always overlap, but the more we are able to coordinate, the 
>>>> more Oracle will be likely to find areas where we can help. Second, 
>>>> please do keep me in the loop as these conversations as they go 
>>>> forward so that I can help facilitate between the groups of people 
>>>> who are all trying to collaborate on work that is not their 
>>>> respective day jobs.
>>>>
>>>> One possible next step would be to get George, Jess, Nathan, and me 
>>>> on a call together to identify the low-hanging fruit and put a 
>>>> proposal together to bring back to the larger groups. Does that 
>>>> make sense?
>>>>
>>>> - m
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jutta Treviranus wrote:
>>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>> Thanks for this note and prodding to continue these discussions. 
>>>>> One thing that was also offered was accessibility testing of 
>>>>> prototype components. This would be very helpful. The Industry 
>>>>> Advisory Committee sounds like a great idea. It would be good to 
>>>>> get advice on UX design methods and resources in general, 
>>>>> especially as they relate to fluid, reconfigurable interfaces. 
>>>>> Could George work with Jess Mitchell to organize this?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> Jutta
>>>>>
>>>>> At 3:35 PM -0400 5/6/08, Michael Feldstein wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had originally sent this email out to a semi-random subset of 
>>>>>> the people who might be interested. Thanks to Eli for reminding 
>>>>>> me that it should have gone out to the lists. So I'm re-sending. 
>>>>>> Apologies to those who are getting it twice. We'd like to hear 
>>>>>> any ideas you may have about how the Oracle UX team can be of help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's the original message:
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>> As some (but possibly not all) of you know, George Hackman and 
>>>>>>> his user experience team here at Oracle have been having 
>>>>>>> on-and-off conversations with the Fluid folks about ways in 
>>>>>>> which we can help out. Linda and I had a chance to catch up with 
>>>>>>> George today and, particularly since Nathan is now on board with 
>>>>>>> Sakai, we thought it would be worthwhile to send out a brief 
>>>>>>> summary to the larger group to see what else we might be able to 
>>>>>>> do to support both Fluid and the Sakai UX effort.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's my understanding of what's happened so far:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     * George gave a webinar overview of some of his group's work 
>>>>>>> to Fluid.
>>>>>>>     * There was a general consensus that Oracle and Fluid should 
>>>>>>> talk
>>>>>>>       about collaborating in the areas of design patterns, 
>>>>>>> usability,
>>>>>>>       and accessibility.
>>>>>>>     * Allison (and others?) visited George and his group at Redwood
>>>>>>>       Shores.
>>>>>>>     * There's been some discussion of Oracle's design pattern work,
>>>>>>>       but we hit a bit of a wall because Oracle needs an NDA 
>>>>>>> before we
>>>>>>>       can show more of what we're doing and Fluid (understandably)
>>>>>>>       can't sign one.
>>>>>>>     * George suggested the creation of a steering or advisory
>>>>>>>       committee consisting of various companies that have done a 
>>>>>>> lot
>>>>>>>       of design pattern work (e.g., Oracle, Yahoo!, eBay, etc.). 
>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>       not sure where this conversation stands.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did I miss anything major?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One additional possibility that George, Linda and I discussed 
>>>>>>> today was making our UX testing facility available to the Sakai 
>>>>>>> community for the work that's being done for the next release. 
>>>>>>> Does that strike the Sakai and Fluid folks as potentially 
>>>>>>> helpful? If so, who do we need to engage within the respective 
>>>>>>> projects to investigate that possibility further? And what else 
>>>>>>> should we be thinking about in terms of low-hanging fruit for 
>>>>>>> collaboration in the short term? George and his team are 
>>>>>>> enthusiastic about contributing where they can, and we in the 
>>>>>>> AES group (Linda, Cary, and me) are happy to help coordinate the 
>>>>>>> conversation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - m
>>>>>>>       
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oracle <http://www.oracle.com>
>>>>>> Michael Feldstein | Principal Product Manager | +1.818.817.2925
>>>>>> Oracle Academic Enterprise Solutions Group
>>>>>> 23A Glendale Road, Glendale, MA 01229
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had originally sent this email out to a semi-random subset of 
>>>>>> the people who might be interested. Thanks to Eli for reminding 
>>>>>> me that it should have gone out to the lists. So I'm re-sending. 
>>>>>> Apologies to those who are getting it twice. We'd like to hear 
>>>>>> any ideas you may have about how the Oracle UX team can be of help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's the original message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>> As some (but possibly not all) of you know, George Hackman and 
>>>>>>> his user experience team here at Oracle have been having 
>>>>>>> on-and-off conversations with the Fluid folks about ways in 
>>>>>>> which we can help out. Linda and I had a chance to catch up with 
>>>>>>> George today and, particularly since Nathan is now on board with 
>>>>>>> Sakai, we thought it would be worthwhile to send out a brief 
>>>>>>> summary to the larger group to see what else we might be able to 
>>>>>>> do to support both Fluid and the Sakai UX effort.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's my understanding of what's happened so far:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George gave a webinar overview of some of his group's work to 
>>>>>>> Fluid.
>>>>>>> There was a general consensus that Oracle and Fluid should talk 
>>>>>>> about collaborating in the areas of design patterns, usability, 
>>>>>>> and accessibility.
>>>>>>> Allison (and others?) visited George and his group at Redwood 
>>>>>>> Shores.
>>>>>>> There's been some discussion of Oracle's design pattern work, 
>>>>>>> but we hit a bit of a wall because Oracle needs an NDA before we 
>>>>>>> can show more of what we're doing and Fluid (understandably) 
>>>>>>> can't sign one.
>>>>>>> George suggested the creation of a steering or advisory 
>>>>>>> committee consisting of various companies that have done a lot 
>>>>>>> of design pattern work (e.g., Oracle, Yahoo!, eBay, etc.). I'm 
>>>>>>> not sure where this conversation stands.
>>>>>>> Did I miss anything major?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One additional possibility that George, Linda and I discussed 
>>>>>>> today was making our UX testing facility available to the Sakai 
>>>>>>> community for the work that's being done for the next release. 
>>>>>>> Does that strike the Sakai and Fluid folks as potentially 
>>>>>>> helpful? If so, who do we need to engage within the respective 
>>>>>>> projects to investigate that possibility further? And what else 
>>>>>>> should we be thinking about in terms of low-hanging fruit for 
>>>>>>> collaboration in the short term? George and his team are 
>>>>>>> enthusiastic about contributing where they can, and we in the 
>>>>>>> AES group (Linda, Cary, and me) are happy to help coordinate the 
>>>>>>> conversation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - m
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Michael Feldstein | Principal Product Manager | +1.818.817.2925
>>>>>> Oracle Academic Enterprise Solutions Group
>>>>>> 23A Glendale Road, Glendale, MA 01229
>>>>>>
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