I'm concerned this is a severe overcomplication of the needs for producing the simple "site" that is needed as a landing for coworking newbs.
An 8 person team to build 1 or two page site is not something I'm comfortable getting involved with. I know how those projects go, and it's not a productive environment. -Alex -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:11 PM, nickf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 7, 9:54 am, "Jacob Sayles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Once we've figured out WHAT we > > are building then we can try and work on WHO is going to build it, and > > HOW it will be maintained over time. We are awash in amazing, > > talented people so I'm confident we can make this happen. > > I agree. We do need to define who will be doing what, etc. To keep > things simple here are the roles I see we need*: > > - Project Lead to manage the overall project > - Information Architect to define the structure of the site and pages > - Copywriter to write the content for the site if needed > - Web Designer to create the visual design of the site > - Front-End Web Developer to build the XHTML/CSS pages and perhaps > some of JavaScript/AJAX (if needed) > - Back-End Web Developer to code the pages if needed, API integration, > setup the CMS (if we need one), etc > - Server/Host Admin to manage and maintain the server > - Web Curator to maintain the site long term, delete any spam, address > bugs found later on, etc > > * Note: these rolls could be combined depending on the skills of the > individual volunteering to take on these rolls, I often find designers > who can do front-end dev, or backend-devs who like to do front-end dev > as well, etc. Certainly we don't need to have one person per roll, in > fact I would like to see the team be as small as possible but > effective. > > That said, any takers? :) I'd put my name in the hat for IA unless > someone else also wants to do it. I'd put my name in for project lead > but I feel there are probably others out there with more experience > and understanding of coworking than I have. > > > > P.S. Your space looks great and thank you for inviting me to the news > interview. > > No problem, I am hoping this local news coverage brings more exposure > to all of coworking in Seattle and beyond. It was great to have you > there with your experience answering the questions I couldn't as a > newbie coworking space owner. > > - Nick > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
