Fluid community naming of products and projects

[Daphne Ogle]

+1

Of course user testing will be key to make sure these have enough  
information scent for our audience but I think it's a great start!

-Daphne

On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Laurel A. Williams wrote:

> Hi Jess,
>
> As a relative newcomer to the project, I like the way you've named  
> these so that I can get a sense of the relationships between fluid  
> and various projects/products. This naming system works for me, but  
> as a newby I'm not sure how it relates to "reality" and would like  
> to hear feedback from the people who've been on the project for  
> longer. For now I'm going to make sure that the dev website uses  
> these names.
>
> Laurel
>
> Jess Mitchell wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> In clarifying the organization of things for the website refresh we  
>> have fallen squarely into the realm of naming.  The descriptions  
>> below are pithy at best, but I'm focusing on the Fluid xxxx names  
>> and am wondering if anyone has feedback on the naming:
>>
>> Fluid -- the community
>> PRODUCTS:
>> Fluid Infusion -- the bundle of code goodness
>> Fluid Design Handbook -- the bundle of design how-tos and guidelines
>> Fluid OSDPL -- the design pattern library
>> VU Lab -- the virtual usability app
>>
>> PROJECTS:
>> principle investigator
>> Fluid Project -- the 2007-2009 effort that focused largely on web  
>> apps in higher-ed
>> Fluid Engage -- the project we hope to start in April largely  
>> focused on the various means of distribution used by museums and  
>> cultural institutions
>> Decapod -- the digitization project with DFKI
>>
>> The Fluid xxxx names are the ones I'm focusing on here.  Do these  
>> fit others' sense of how we should represent our projects and our  
>> products?
>>
>> I will send along more website info architecture as soon as we have  
>> a little something to show.  Getting settled on the naming will help.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jess
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Jess Mitchell
>> Boston, MA, USA
>> Project Manager / Fluid Project
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> -- 
> Laurel A. Williams
> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
> University of Toronto
>
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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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