Re: [Usability] GNOME 3 Usability Hackfest

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Calum:

> I've just created a table in the Agenda section, summarising the topics
> that have come up so far.  Would it make  sense for people to put their
> names against the topics they're most interested in, and note whether
> they'd be willing/able to lead discussion on that topic, so we can start
> trying to figure out an agenda from there?

Thanks for doing this, it looks great.  Also, the new logo for the
hackfest looks nice.  Kudos!

> Of course, feel free to add/edit the list of topics as well, but probably
> best to send a note to the list as well if you do that, so people who've
> already noted their interests can update them if necessary.
>
> <http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/London2010/GoalsAndAgenda>
>
> I'm assuming that we'll probably want to split up into at least two groups
> for at least part of the time, so we can work on the things we're most
> interested in.  Never having been to a hackfest before, I have no idea if
> this is what normally happens, however :)

Yes, this is normal, and it would make a lot of sense for this hackfest
since there are a lot of quite diverse things to work on.

There are a lot of diverse topics to discuss.  For example: GNOME 3,
updating the HIG, and working towards improving the way the GNOME
community approaches doing usability tests are quite different (such as
from an infrastructure perspective).

Since I anticipate that some people will have an interest in only
certain areas, it makes sense to break into groups to work on each
topic.  There are obviously areas of cross-over (such as how to update
the HIG for GNOME 3.0 specific topics like clutter) where it makes
sense to converge again, but I doubt those with a focus on GNOME 3.0
would want to be engaged in the gory details of how to update the HIG
for non-GNOME 3.0 specific issues, for example.

Brian