[teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design
1. Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making visible that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design: http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains- seats-so-hideous?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=twitter 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed of recognition, and designing for humans: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-mail-font-is-ruining-your-life ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design
tl;dr from 2.: In GMail, click on *Gear Icon* > *Settings* > *General* > *Default Text Style* and change to Georgia. *-- Joel Aufrecht* Team Practices Group Wikimedia Foundation On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Grace Gellerman wrote: > 1. Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making visible > that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design: > > http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats > -so-hideous?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=twitter > > 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the > sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed > of recognition, and designing for humans: > > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e- > mail-font-is-ruining-your-life > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design
Interesting. I've always read that Sans Serif was better for screens, and Serif was better for paper, but I'd buy that that was based on old-screen protocol. The real question is, do you want to be *that person* who has the funky font in Gmail? (I also wonder what the benefit is if the default is Sans Serif and there are only a small percentage of folks using an alternative font. Is it disruptive?) On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Joel Aufrecht wrote: > tl;dr from 2.: In GMail, click on *Gear Icon* > *Settings* > *General* > > *Default > Text Style* and change to Georgia. > > > > *-- Joel Aufrecht* > Team Practices Group > Wikimedia Foundation > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Grace Gellerman > wrote: > >> 1. Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making >> visible that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design: >> >> http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats >> -so-hideous?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=twitter >> >> 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the >> sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed >> of recognition, and designing for humans: >> >> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-mai >> l-font-is-ruining-your-life >> >> ___ >> teampractices mailing list >> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >> >> > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design
(I've also read that if you *must* use Times New Roman look, use Georgia instead. Personally, I try to avoid anything that makes me look like I'm using Outlook to check my Gmail :) On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Max Binder wrote: > Interesting. I've always read that Sans Serif was better for screens, and > Serif was better for paper, but I'd buy that that was based on old-screen > protocol. The real question is, do you want to be *that person* who has > the funky font in Gmail? (I also wonder what the benefit is if the default > is Sans Serif and there are only a small percentage of folks using an > alternative font. Is it disruptive?) > > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Joel Aufrecht > wrote: > >> tl;dr from 2.: In GMail, click on *Gear Icon* > *Settings* > *General* > >> *Default >> Text Style* and change to Georgia. >> >> >> >> *-- Joel Aufrecht* >> Team Practices Group >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Grace Gellerman < >> ggeller...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> 1. Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making >>> visible that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design: >>> >>> http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats >>> -so-hideous?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=twitter >>> >>> 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the >>> sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed >>> of recognition, and designing for humans: >>> >>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-mai >>> l-font-is-ruining-your-life >>> >>> ___ >>> teampractices mailing list >>> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>> >>> >> >> ___ >> teampractices mailing list >> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >> >> > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design
On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Max Binder wrote: > Interesting. I've always read that Sans Serif was better for screens, and > Serif was better for paper, but I'd buy that that was based on old-screen > protocol. The real question is, do you want to be that person who has the > funky font in Gmail? (I also wonder what the benefit is if the default is > Sans Serif and there are only a small percentage of folks using an > alternative font. Is it disruptive?) > These are my concerns, too. I do find it distracting to have fonts change between messages, particularly because Georgia seems to be slightly smaller (fuzzier?) in appearance than my "sans-serif" default (on a newish LED monitor): http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9754/8s7MBH.png I try to use unformatted plaintext (non-HTML) whenever possible, and minimal/default HTML styling when that is needed or helpful. That way the recipient can (I hope) style it however they prefer, with minimal difficulty. ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
[teampractices] [FYI] Annual review cadence
Recently, we have had some conversations within TPG about the pros and cons of annual (and quarterly) review cycles. We have also experimented a bit with a system that allows us to give weekly peer feedback to each other. Over the weekend, I ran into an article which describes how GE (General Electric) is abandoning annual employee reviews[1]. This article is short on details, but does have a couple links to articles that might have more information (I haven't full explored them yet). The summary, and the reason I'm posting here, is this paragraph: We’re trying to end anything that was annual or quarterly and make everything more real-time. We wanted to make the feedback process more like how we give each other advice in the real world. Instead of an annual review, we have an app PD @ GE where our people are getting continuous insights from their colleagues that they can use to get better every day. [1] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ge-giving-up-employee-ratings-abandoning-annual-reviews-immelt?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-hero-14-null Kevin Smith Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design
On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Nick Wilson (Quiddity) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Max Binder wrote: >> Interesting. I've always read that Sans Serif was better for screens, and >> Serif was better for paper, but I'd buy that that was based on old-screen >> protocol. The real question is, do you want to be that person who has the >> funky font in Gmail? (I also wonder what the benefit is if the default is >> Sans Serif and there are only a small percentage of folks using an >> alternative font. Is it disruptive?) > > These are my concerns, too. > I do find it distracting to have fonts change between messages, > particularly because Georgia seems to be slightly smaller (fuzzier?) > in appearance than my "sans-serif" default (on a newish LED monitor): > http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9754/8s7MBH.png > I try to use unformatted plaintext (non-HTML) whenever possible, and > minimal/default HTML styling when that is needed or helpful. That way > the recipient can (I hope) style it however they prefer, with minimal > difficulty. Emailing HTML pages was the worst idea that anyone ever came up with. (/me blames outlook.) Please just send plaintext emails. If you need fonts, colors, and embedded images to get your point across you probably want to make a wiki page and send a link to it. Bryan -- Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software EngineerBoise, ID USA irc: bd808v:415.839.6885 x6855 ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] [FYI] Annual review cadence
Sounds promising to me. I find the feedback is helpful but the annual review seems to be fairly daunting for everyone and not terribly effective. On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > Recently, we have had some conversations within TPG about the pros and > cons of annual (and quarterly) review cycles. We have also experimented a > bit with a system that allows us to give weekly peer feedback to each > other. > > Over the weekend, I ran into an article which describes how GE (General > Electric) is abandoning annual employee reviews[1]. This article is short > on details, but does have a couple links to articles that might have more > information (I haven't full explored them yet). The summary, and the reason > I'm posting here, is this paragraph: > > We’re trying to end anything that was annual or quarterly and make > everything more real-time. We wanted to make the feedback process more like > how we give each other advice in the real world. Instead of an annual > review, we have an app PD @ GE where our people are getting continuous > insights from their colleagues that they can use to get better every day. > > [1] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ge-giving-up- > employee-ratings-abandoning-annual-reviews-immelt?trk=eml- > b2_content_ecosystem_digest-hero-14-null > > Kevin Smith > Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation > > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
