Fluid community naming of products and projects

[Clay Fenlason]

>From what I've been hearing lately:  Flu Infusion?

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Daphne Ogle <daphne at media.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> +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
>>> 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
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>
>>>
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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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Clay Fenlason
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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