[maemo-community] Brainstorm: useful?

[From: Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente]

And perhaps the Brainstorm RSS should work a bit better... to make
easier following ideas discussions.

2009/11/1 Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente <jsmanrique at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I think that brainstorming or any discussion is useful if "users" see
> results from it. I am not sure if "implemented ideas" are the result
> people is expecting...
> http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/list/implemented/fremantle/
>
> any way, the brainstorm website seems too complex, too long, ... Something like:
> Ideas
> ---------
> [Idea title] [number of proposed solutions]
> [Idea brief]
> --------
> [Idea title] [number of proposed solutions]
> [Idea brief]
> --------
> [Idea title] [number of proposed solutions]
> [Idea brief]
>
> Just to have a main ideas view, and you can switch to speficic item,
> instead of a long scroll page...
>
> Best regards,
>
> 2009/11/1 Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org>:
>> Hi,
>>    ----------------
>>    This has been spun-off from an aside I made on -developers, as per
>>    Graham's request. It is not meant to be inflammatory, or suggest
>>    that the enthusiasm for discussion (from both Nokia and the
>>    community) is unwanted; just perhaps that we don't have the right
>>    tools and processes in place to handle them.
>>    ----------------
>>
>> Can anyone point to a brainstorm idea which has been successfully
>> implemented, or produced an outcome which reflects the benefits of an
>> actual, real-world, brainstorm? I'm increasingly forming the opinion
>> that brainstorm users often conflate problems and solutions, and the
>> whole concept is based around the opinion that everyone's opinion and
>> solutions are equal. They aren't: some people design better systems
>> than others.
>>
>> Similarly, there's no chance of persuasion and debate. Mailing lists
>> are a much more powerful tool, IMHO. Perhaps brainstorm is best to eke
>> out the *requirements*, which are then fed to the experts on a mailing
>> list for debate and discussion as to how best to implement those
>> requirements? (Not that brainstorm really results in any ownership
>> either)
>>
>> However, if people can point to it as a success story, I'll be very
>> happy to be dissuaded of this notion :-)
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
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