[Gimp-developer] Usability Update - Interviews

2011-09-23 Thread Tobias Ehni
Dear List,

there are five interviews scheduled for Mental Models for GIMP.
You can see them here:
http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Interview_Partners
Interviews will be held October 2nd-6th.
Interviews will be recorded and transcribed and will
be available online.
There will be more interviews covering the GIMP's user groups
according to the product vision.
The aim is to construct a mental model based on the interviews.
For more information about the method, see
http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Mental_Models_for_GIMP

-Tobi
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Re: [Gimp-developer] usability update

2011-09-05 Thread Alexia Death
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Martin Nordholts ense...@gmail.com wrote:
 I think it would be good to keep the discussion on this list rather
 than moving to IRC as we don't have central archives of discussions on
 IRC.

Meetings can be transcribed/copied to the list and the wiki, if they
are conducted in an organized manned. Some discussions are better held
with minimal latency. So Im all for having a meeting.

-- 
--Alexia
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Re: [Gimp-developer] usability update

2011-09-05 Thread Tobias Ehni
Well, I'd like to have a meeting, too.
Especially, I need your help in recruiting.
I'd also like to find consensus about where and how to recruit.
I'd definately feel better and more comfortable if there had been a meeting
before embarking on a method without having your approval.

We're recruiting for this:
(Video of Indi Young explaining Mental Models, ca. 1h)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4AsxNg9nNU

-Tobi

2011/9/5 Alexia Death alexiade...@gmail.com:
 On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Martin Nordholts ense...@gmail.com wrote:
 I think it would be good to keep the discussion on this list rather
 than moving to IRC as we don't have central archives of discussions on
 IRC.

 Meetings can be transcribed/copied to the list and the wiki, if they
 are conducted in an organized manned. Some discussions are better held
 with minimal latency. So Im all for having a meeting.

 --
 --Alexia

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[Gimp-developer] usability update

2011-09-02 Thread Tobias Ehni
Dear list,

there have been some updates on the usability wiki as work is progressing.

Method description has moved a bit:
http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Mental_Models_for_GIMP
Please let me know if there is something to clarify or to discuss in
more detail here.

Next, I've posted some ideas of where to recruit further interview
partners under recruitment channels.
Feel free to add your own ideas there.
Luckily, there have been recommendations for interview partners on
this list as well (thanks Ramón).

There's a new section interview partners
(http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Interview_Partners).
My idea of how to handle the recruitment process with this section is
as follows:
The section is divided into confirmed and pool, so that interested
people can be put under pool, most helpfully including a link to a
website / portfolio of them. If both of the GIMP-Team and they
themselves confirm an interview, they will get promoted into the
confirmed section. During this process, they can select a time/date
for their interview via http://doodle.com/ which can also be added to
their name in the confirmed section.
As a next step, I will ask the people who have been recommended
earlier on this list if they would like to participate.
Does that make sense to you?

Further, I've provided information about the interviews here:
http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Information_for_Interview_Partners
Main audience for this is of course the interview partners.
Please take a quick look and tell me if I missed something.

Reinforcements are under way / being requested (in the form of a
volunteer / intern for the project)
http://www.openusability.org/index.php/sou/projects

I'm also thinking about an IRC meeting on usability in order to:
- clarify details about the method
- gather ideas for recruiting
- add interview partners to the pool
- talk about next steps
What do you think?

Kind regards,

Tobi
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