[Gimp-developer] introduction
Dear GIMP development team, on your news section, I found the post offering two interns for working on GIMP's usability. So I applied at m+mi / Peter Sikking, and was invited for a meeting in Berlin. He kindly offered me the opportunity to work for GIMP, which I will gladly take. My contribution to GIMP will include research to better understand users and their needs, especially the way they handle tools and tasks with GIMP in their context. Technically, I'm not an intern at m+mi, I'm living in Erfurt, Germany and working at Technical University of Ilmenau. About myself: I've got a Diploma in Applied Mediascience of University of Technology Ilmenau. I began involving in usability during my studies. Professional experience is 2+ years, including work at a usability agency as well as projects carried out as a self-employed usability consultant. My work ranges from preparing and conducting usability studies, such as tests and reviews to analysing data and communicating results. I'm motivated by the prospect of improving the ways work is done or art is created for GIMP users (according to the product vision). I'm looking forward to learning about Open Source development and the corresponding usability challenges. In terms of professional development, I'd like to refine and extend my set of research methods and enhance my portfolio. Kind regards Tobias Ehni ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP Developer Meeting
Interaction with new usability team? Yes, please. ;-) If possible, please kindly consider scheduling the meeting before May 21st or after May 29th. I will be on vacation during that time. ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] GIMP Usability News
Dear list, I'm happy to announce that GIMP will be a project for http://openusability.org/ This means that there will be additional support by a student volunteering to do work in the area of usability. An appropriate candidate has to be found, yet. This process is administered by OpenUsability. I will post further details as soon as they are available. There are also some additions on http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability Kind regards Tobi ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP Usability News
Summarizing the changes / additions on http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability: 1. GIMP will be on openusability (already mentioned) 2. Ideas of tasks for a possible intern 3. Recruiting will be based on the product vision (not on existing research) 4. Recruiting participants (interview partners) is highlighted as a crucial factor of succes for planned research 5. First ideas for recruiting I will attend Chaos Communication Camp in August. I'm looking forward to meeting the cross-section of the GIMP team that's going to be there, too. It seems like an opportunity to discuss ideas from the wiki, but as I'm still new to the project, I'm preparing for listening and learning as well. -Tobi 2011/6/11 Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Tobias Ehni tobias.e...@googlemail.com wrote: Dear list, I'm happy to announce that GIMP will be a project for http://openusability.org/ This means that there will be additional support by a student volunteering to do work in the area of usability. An appropriate candidate has to be found, yet. This process is administered by OpenUsability. I will post further details as soon as they are available. Thank you! There are also some additions on http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability Could you please summarize them? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] Usability at CCC
Chaos Communication Camp is approaching, so I’d like to announce that there will also be the opportunity to discuss usability and related issues regarding GIMP. As far as I’m concerned, I’d like to present and discuss my proposal (see http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability). Season of Usability is also a topic on my list, I expect to present some news about it. Please let me know if you have any questions, or if there are any topics you’d like to hear about or discuss. I’m looking forward to meeting you at CCC. Kind regards Tobi ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] Usability Session @ CCC
Hi, there is going to be a session on usability for GIMP August 12th, 16:00, WilberVille at CCC. For topics / discussion please refer to: http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability Come and join. Kind regards, Tobi ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Usability Session @ CCC
The wiki is going to be updated with the results, see http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/GIMP_UI_Redesign http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability There will be an executive overview of what is planned for the next months for GIMP concerning usability, which will also be used for a season of usability, with the help of openusability, see http://openusability.org/ As soon as this information will be posted there will be an announcement via this mailing list. 2011/8/13 Kevin Cozens ke...@ve3syb.ca: On 11-08-11 09:57 AM, Tobias Ehni wrote: there is going to be a session on usability for GIMP August 12th, 16:00, WilberVille at CCC. Sounds good. When/where will a report be posted of what comes out of this meeting? ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] Usability for GIMP - Executive Summary Project Description
I've posted an executive summary of the usability project for GIMP on the wiki (http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability), based on our discussion at Chaos Camp. This will be used as the project description for a Season of Usability on OpenUsability (http://www.openusability.org/) as well. Please take a look at it (very low effort: 4 sentences, 74 words) and tell me if it finds your approval or if you have any questions, comments or additions. Thanks and kind regards, Tobi ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Usability for GIMP - Executive Summary Project Description
No, I haven't decided on interview questions. I'd like to have them publicly checked before doing the interviews. As well as the scope. Suggestions welcome. 2011/8/15 Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com: On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Tobias Ehni wrote: I've posted an executive summary of the usability project for GIMP on the wiki (http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Usability), based on our discussion at Chaos Camp. This will be used as the project description for a Season of Usability on OpenUsability (http://www.openusability.org/) as well. Please take a look at it (very low effort: 4 sentences, 74 words) and tell me if it finds your approval or if you have any questions, comments or additions. Thanks a lot, a quick quwstion: have you decided on interview topics already, or the planned decision on scope of the interview already includes that? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] usability update
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 ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] usability update
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 ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] Usability Update - Interviews
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 ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
