On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is starting to concern me that we're trying to design the site by 
> committee. And design by committee is a terrible way to achieve anything with 
> cohesion. I'm not sure what to do though.
>
> The ideal solution would be for us to appoint a designer/webmaster who's sole 
> responsibility was the design and maintenance of the site. This person could 
> then take guidance from the community on what should be included, and what 
> we'd like on the site - but would be free to call the shots, and ultimately 
> decide how things were going to look.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas how we can move towards this, and away from the 
> current situation? Having a bunch of geeks (and we're hardly known for our 
> design prowess in the first place, right?) argue about what should and should 
> not be included will lead us head first into the kind of open source website 
> we all know and hate.

That would be better indeed. But appoint a designer/wemaster or send a
public call for a design ?


- benoit

Reply via email to