Download - CHIFOO talk Feb09
How Communities Straddle, Leap, and Land on Technology Choices
John D. SmithLearning Alliances and CPsquare
Tonight: talk and do The “us” in user experience Talk about design
Social media: no fun without a partner
Community experience Do community
Design “us” – our conversations
Tag stuff between meetings
Handful of viewpoints
1. Design
2. Choose, buy
3. Configure, operate
4. Facilitate, manage, lead
5. Participate, be
3. 4.
1.
2.
5.
How do these connect?
You are here... MPD-L Support Ubuntu hackers NPtech
Bracket with... “Book” learning
Leads to... CHIFOO use: the
“us”
activity patterns with technological implications
Community activities
oriented to …
… meetings
… context… community cultivation
… access to expertise
… projects… open-ended conversation
… content publishing
… individual participation
… relationships
Community orientations
MPD-L community A ‘simple’ email list
What to do, how be 12 years, 2,400 members “I’m Jak2-positive”
Plus other tools alerts map survey
Thanks, Robert!
Ubuntu hacker’s on-screen life Exemplary survivors Multi-platform
Code-base IRC channel Wiki Forum
Ethnography Observation Participation
Lloyd (2007) Illustration # 7
Trust and F2F at the center Core group role Design conference Rituals
Passport PGP keys
Event design
Lloyd (2007)Illustration # 13
NPtech
A tagging experiment that became a community
Active invention & self design RSS feed Blog summary Many platforms
Flickr Friendfeed Teleconferenes Databases ...
Book learning: Digital habitats
Community orientations
Perspectives on technologies
Tool polarities
http://technologyforcommunities.com
Perspectives on technology Technology and
community as layers as points of view as clusters of issues as ways of knowing
Integration issues “Configuration” is
experienced, like habitat
Tools
Features
Platforms
Configurations
Tools support activities Community activities
Community orientation Changing activities
Multi-purpose tools MPD-L email list
Vast, fast changing cpsquare.org/wiki
Maybe Jack can help ...
Features create utility and liveability Characteristics
Core Add-on
Example NPtech tag’s
RSS feed
Logic Wiki’s RSS feed
Spreading practice
Listen
Speak
Mute
Platforms package tools Platforms are the norm Skype tools example
VOIP Presence indicator IM & Chat Friends directory Outlook client History File and money transfer
CPsquare: ping before calling Shape community Chosen by community
Configuration makes the habitat Where groups liveWhere groups live Shared repertoireShared repertoire ExampleExample
NPtech vs MPD-LNPtech vs MPD-L Integration throughIntegration through
platformsplatforms interoperabilityinteroperability toolstools practicepractice
Invisible to vendors?Invisible to vendors?
CHIFOO community themes
Let’s tag the “us” in user experience Special meaning of
“CHIFOO09” Tie to conversations
Blog summaries Meeting agenda
Tool & use polarities
Tool polarities: F2F and taggingtagging
Synchronous AsynchronousRhythm
Participation ReificationsInteractions
Group IndividualIdentities
Putting the “us” in user experience Design with evidence
Over time Inside/outside Own experience
Design for community configuration Orientations Polarities Perspectives ... learning
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