[maemo-community] New profile listings

[From: Quim Gil]

ext Henri Bergius wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 2008/7/30 Graham Cobb <g+770 at cobb.uk.net>:
>> On Wednesday 30 July 2008 20:27:15 Quim Gil wrote:
>>> # <hackergotchi> <Name> <Surname> aka <userid> (<company>/<project>)
>> I'm a bit confused because that remark from Quim doesn't look anything like
>> the screenshot.
> 
> That is because Quim hadn't seen the redesigned list on internal
> before he wrote that email. We already did the list design around
> GUADEC.

Ok but... what do *you* think about my proposal? :)  What is the problem
adding Project in addition to Company? Any comments on the bold violet
color?

> 
> But I like the idea of having the hackergotchi/avatar in the list. The
> problem is that currently we don't generate thumbnails small enough to
> fit there. But maybe that could be changed...
> For example Dopplr uses very small avatars quite well in their views.

Sure, it's more about having some colored pixels and now that this guy
has an avatar. Good marketing to encourage others adding theirs
(normally an avatar has also behind a well filled profile). And at some
point you do recognize familiar avatars no matter how small they are.


>> Will we be able to list multiple project affiliations?  E.g. GPE,
>> OpenSync, ... Or Nokia, WiFi Driver, some personal hack, etc.
> 
> It is just a text field. And there is a separate field for projects
> (though again, why duplicate garage project memberships there?)

You might be involved in OpenOffice.org, which won't have a garage
project itself.


>> And the complementary question: will be expected/able to list all our
>> interests (e.g. interested in/watching maemo kernels project)?
> 
> Not at the moment, if you mean in some structured fashion. There is of
> course the intro text.
> 
> What would you do with that list?

Get a list of only the people interested in Documentation, or Testing, or...

But I think this should be done offering partial user listings (e.g.
those in France, those in OpenedHand...). The general list of users we
are talking here will get too stuffed if we add also the interests imho.


> Note: memberships in various maemo-related projects are already
> handled by joining the appropriate projects in garage. Then you get
> "group" karma for them.
> 
>> Graham
> 
> /Henri
> 

-- 
Quim Gil
marketing manager, open source
Maemo Software @ Nokia