[Olpc-open] [Marketing] [IAEP] Project process visualization

Wed May 6 00:09:18 EDT 2009

Hi everyone,
Thanks Sameer for forwarding the conversation to me, I was not on the IAEP
and Marketing lists so far, just joined.

> It would be great if you could work with Fred, Christian, Eben, Gary
> and the rest of the wiki/web guy to create this into an interactive
> 'map' for the project.

David, I would love to work on this further and collaborate with Fred,
Christian, Eben and Gary to shape it into an interactive map for the
project. My skill sets lie in graphics and visualization, and can help you
guys take it to that level with some help in the technical implementation.

> FWIW, this rest of us will likely kibitz loudly about your choices for
> naming and categorization:)

I am keen on making any changes that are needed to the naming and
categorization :) I realize it is still very crude, but I think it is in
shape now to trigger more ideas amongst you guys as to what it can become,
and I am pretty excited about that.

I think if we can brainstorm on the structure, naming and categorization and
freeze on a model, I can take it forward from there to do a couple of
iterations on the icons. Fred, I can share the icons as SVGs, can we create
a wiki where we could assemble all our ideas and production material for an
interactive map?

Also I would like to mention that this poster would not have been possible
without the support of Harriet and Amit at the Digital Bridge Foundation,
Reliance Communications, Mumbai.

Regards,
Gaurav

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Gaurav Bhushan <gaurav_b at nid.edu> wrote:

>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
> Date: Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] Project process visualization
> To: David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
> Cc: Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com>, olpc-open at lists.laptop.org,
> iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org, Marketing <marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org>,
> gaurav_b at nid.edu, amit gogna <amit.gognaa at gmail.com>, Harriet Vidyasagar <
> outofindia at gmail.com>
>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
> wrote:
> > Hey Gaurav,
> >
> > The diagram is great!  This is what I had originally envisioned for
> > our getting started page on the [www|wiki].sugarlabs.org.
> >
> > The best part about the diagram is how it communicates how all of the
> > different pieces fit together to make the ecosystem work.  Yet,
> > individuals can drill down to specific , manageable, areas which they
> > can learn more about.
> >
> > It would be great if you could work with Fred, Christian, Eben, Gary
> > and the rest of the wiki/web guy to create this into an interactive
> > 'map' for the project.
> >
> > FWIW, this rest of us will likely kibitz loudly about your choices for
> > naming and categorization:)
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hi Gaurav,
> >> I like your visualization of the social communication process for the
> >> OLPC project.  The icons are simple and fun to associate with a concept,
> the
> >> cycles nicely emphasize the iteration needed in all domains, and the
> overlap
> >> with intersections demonstrate the coordination that is needed.
> >> I can imagine versions where nodes would be expanded in subsets to show
> more
> >> detail of a process.  For example, we could use such a map to explain
> and
> >> guide newcomers to the software development cycle and community tools.
> >> Could you share the icons and tools you used to allow others to work on
> >> prototypes and drafts for their processes?
> >> We could start using more of these and similar icons for tagging
> concepts in
> >> our wikis and Sweet software, and we could use the maps as a
> navigational
> >> aids.
> >> Thank you for your contributions!
> >>        --Fred
> >> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Gaurav Bhushan <gaurav_b at nid.edu>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> While I was a student of information design at National Institute of
> >>> Design, India, I worked on brainstorming and visualizing an ecosystem
> to
> >>> support the OLPC project in India.
> >>>
> >>> I am attaching a poster representing the same. The idea was to trigger
> >>> advocacy among key players in Education, Technology and Outreach.
> >>>
> >>> It is still very crude, and I can take out more time to work on it if
> you
> >>> guys have some feedback and inputs. I feel a lot more can be done in
> terms
> >>> of making it interactive.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Gaurav Bhushan
> >>> User Experience Design
> >>> Google, India
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Gaurav Bhushan
> >>> Information Design
> >>> National Institute of Design, India
> >>>
> >>>
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>
> Hi Gaurav,
>
> Its good to finally see your model on the lists here. I'm also quite
> pleased that you are done with school and are at Google (Hyd I
> presume?). Congratulations!
>
> I saw Gaurav's model last year when I was visiting Reliance/DBF in
> India - this is the group that did Khairat
> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khairat_school). Obviously, Gaurav has put
> a lot of effort into it. My suggestions were to (1) release it under a
> CC style license and (2) maybe explore an interface (AJAX or
> otherwise) that would allow "Zoom in" and Zoom out" of different
> cycles and levels for big picture and drill down details with
> explanations and links at each level.
>
> cheers,
> Sameer
> --
> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Information Systems
> San Francisco State University
> San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
>
>
>
> --
> Gaurav Bhushan
> Information Design
> National Institute of Design, India
>
>
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