Here's what I remember from the discussions a few months back:
On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Jason Harrer
wrote:
There are two major concerns with this part of the prototype:
1) This goes against the philosophies that Aaron has talked about
numerous times, all the way back to when I firs
Aaron is in PST, which I think is 9 hours behind you.
Note that daylight savings happens earlier in the US than in Germany. For us,
it is this Sunday. So, there will be a short period where it is only an 8 hour
difference.
Because of that, I'd just give times in your local time zone, so they
On February 9, 2017 7:38:20 AM EST, mray wrote:
>Unfortunately the great new Inkscape release comes with a major
>annoyance: It changed the default document resolution to 96dpi (opposed
>to 90dpi in the past).
>
>This creates a popup upon opening any svg file created with a version
>prior to 0.92
Snipping wildly to respond to one specific thing.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:53 AM, mray wrote:
I expect to work on this inside the design circle and seek
acceptance/feedback when there are results to talk about.
For the record, there is no design *circle*, since circles are
organized around
When I do it in person with people, I rarely say the budget like that.
I'll usually not include it in my initial pitch, and then either wait
for them to ask about it, or as soon as I'm done with the pitch I'll
say something like, "Of course, the first question everyone asks is
what happens if a
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 11:56 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
We're getting close!! We need to work on the last pre-sign-off line(s)
to solidify this thing.
I'm happy to suggest as a final draft for everything except the
second-to-last section.
SCRIPT:
1. Things like software, music, journalism, and res
It's not completely relevant to what we're doing, and we already do many of the
things the article suggests, but it's a useful reference nonetheless.
https://trackchanges.postlight.com/the-user-experience-of-giving-away-money-d087b986daa1#.n6ii3e37c
--
Sent from my phone; please excuse my brevi
On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 12/23/2016 10:31 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
Additional thought: As we go through this, we need to think of what
illustration we are going to pair with each segment.
I'm not actually sure if we should do this coincidental
On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 1:31 AM, Stephen Michel
wrote:
> Our innovative crowd*matching* system empowers you to join with
> others in supporting the public goods *you* care about, creating
> significant impact at little individual cost.
* Shorter, and doesn't lose anything import
PREFACE: I agree with nearly everything you said; If I didn't
explicitly disagree, consider me agreed.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
```
NEW SCRIPT:
Things like software, music, movies, journalism, and research *can* be
public goods, freely used and shared by *everyone*
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
On 12/01/2016 07:52 AM, mray wrote:
On 30.11.2016 07:30, Aaron Wolf wrote:
tentative 4a. "Our innovative platform empowers you to join with
others
to fund the public goods /you/ care about."
tentative 4b. "At Snowdrift.coop, you co
On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
I'm thinking that in this super-short intro, it would be better to
omit
any reference to a snowdrift. It's just too confusing, not necessary
enough, and doesn't help to engage people right away. People can find
out why we're called S
On November 24, 2016 4:52:08 AM EST, mray wrote:
>
>Thank you Aaron!
>I like the script.
>
>
>> The snowdrift dilemma asks: who will clear the public road when we
>all
>> get the results whether or not we help?
>
>* "get the results" sounds very neutral. "benefit from it" would a
>positive conno
On November 24, 2016 4:52:08 AM EST, mray wrote:
>> This way, each donation is matched by the rest of the community, and
>we
>> build consensus around the most promising projects.
What about "...by the rest of the community, building consensus about..." or
"...community, which builds consensus
I originally favored option B. Having read all this and especially
having seen the co-op example, I think option A is definitely superior
for this kind of intro video.
To echo what someone said earlier, we should define ourselves by our
own merits, not by contrast to something else. Option B c
When this video is complete, I'd like to make it into a series of gifs
with text, to post on imgur (which, issues with the platform aside, has
a large community that I think might be sympathetic to our cause) or
elsewhere.
___
Design mailing list
Des
On August 13, 2016 12:18:48 PM EDT, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
>
>On 08/13/2016 08:09 AM, Stephen Michel wrote:
>> On August 13, 2016 12:57:41 AM EDT, Michael Siepmann
> wrote:
>>> On 08/12/2016 09:37 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
On August 13, 2016 12:57:41 AM EDT, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
>On 08/12/2016 09:37 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>> On 08/12/2016 08:04 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote:
>>>
>> Let me try to make my view clearer. I think that it is more
>> understandable to think this:
>>
>> "Oh, when things were really low,
On August 12, 2016 6:54:28 PM EDT, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
> On 08/12/2016 04:08 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote:
>
>> On 08/12/2016 03:59 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote:
>>>
>>
>> Here's what I had in mind, from the "How the limit works" thread:
>>
>> On 08/03/2016 06:34 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>>> On
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 08/12/2016 01:58 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote:
Here's a rough-around-the-edges modification of mray's mockup with
the
kind of information and structure I'm arguing for:
http://snowdrift.sylphs.net/f/7949e02830/?raw=1
My biggest concern
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
Here's a rough-around-the-edges modification of mray's mockup with
the kind of information and structure I'm arguing for:
http://snowdrift.sylphs.net/f/7949e02830/?raw=1
It's rough-around-the-edges because I have very little experienc
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Stephen Michel
wrote:
Some great, intense, back and forth. I ask that Michael and mray pause
your discussion for a moment, because I have another perspective I
want
to throw into the mix that may change the discussion somewhat and I'd
like to avoid you wa
Some great, intense, back and forth. I ask that Michael and mray pause
your discussion for a moment, because I have another perspective I want
to throw into the mix that may change the discussion somewhat and I'd
like to avoid you wasting time, but it might take me an hour or few to
get that wr
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 08/10/2016 12:31 PM, mray wrote:
On 10.08.2016 14:59, Bryan Richter wrote:
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:35:03PM +0200, Robert Martinez (mray)
I think this looks amazing. But I am easily wowed by nice graphics.
Looking forward to Michae
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Bryan Richter
wrote:
I think this looks amazing. But I am easily wowed by nice graphics.
For this reason, it is a best practice to use sketches or other things
that are not so pretty at this stage of development.
If that would get in the way of actually ite
On August 9, 2016 2:08:41 PM EDT, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>On 08/09/2016 10:42 AM, Bryan Richter wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 10:09:47AM -0600, Michael Siepmann wrote:
>>> On 08/09/2016 07:23 AM, Stephen Michel wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree with
On August 8, 2016 1:30:11 PM EDT, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
>On 08/02/2016 05:55 PM, mray wrote:
>> * items that did not contribute to a months spending can be omitted
>for
>> clarity. Carried over pledges appear on the respective new month.
>> Suspended projects are not treated different as non-
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:25 AM, mray wrote:
On 24.05.2016 19:42, Michael Siepmann wrote:
I've put slightly revised versions of the interaction design mockups
some of us looked at via Jitsi Meet yesterday in both the design
Seafile
server (snowdrift.sylphs.net) and in browsable form at:
h
I made some additions to Michael's mockups, specifically for choosing a
payment source. You can see them here:
http://stephenmichel.me/mockups-dashboard/
You can see my full thoughts in the Taiga user story here:
https://tree.taiga.io/project/snowdrift/us/384
On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 3:12 PM, cnnr_dh...@live.com wrote:
[Not sure if this is the best way to reply to this, sorry]
Here are the rules I follow. Many are based off things Bryan has said,
since I find his emails really readable.
- Always quote, for context. Quote blocks are indented using
835-0501 TechDesignPsych.com OpenPGP: 6D65A4F7
On 05/20/2016 12:06 PM, Bryan Richter wrote:
I'm kinda... not reading too much of these right now, but there was a
question I could sorta answer:
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:12:24PM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote:
I'm a user. I go to snowdrift.coo
bject: Re: Stuff I cut from the design list thread NNTR
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 13:19:30 -0400
To: Stephen Michel
On 05/20/2016 08:26 AM, Stephen Michel wrote:
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 05/20/2016 06:02 AM, Stephen Michel wrote:
If you always increase your
ay 20, 2016 at 12:16 AM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 05/19/2016 08:12 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
This email thread is about a design for the project and dashboard
pages.
Whether the limit is set on the dashboard page or the project page
when
pledging (or both) *is* an MVP decision. So is wheth
in
(especially to reply to just one section). Some nuance is lost; you can
get it from Aaron's full email if it's needed.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 05/19/2016 12:54 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
Thanks for getting the ball rolling on this conversation, Michael.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Michael Siepmann
wrote:
As discussed in a recent meeting (transcript in
https://tree.taiga.io/project/snowdrift/task/323), wolftune, mray,
me, and anyone else who wants to participate, need to
To the discuss list and anyone reading this in the archive: this is
cross-posted to the other lists.
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Stephen Michel
wrote:
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Peter Harpending
wrote:
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 06:48:58PM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote:
Attached is
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Peter Harpending
wrote:
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 06:48:58PM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote:
Attached is a little diagram of how I think of the mailing list
membership.
I don't believe there's anything official about how they're set up,
bu
Attached is a little diagram of how I think of the mailing list
membership.
I don't believe there's anything official about how they're set up, but
you'll still possibly miss info if you're not on a higher-level mailing
list. I'd also *like* to make that view of the mailing lists official,
in
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 3:31 PM, mray wrote:
On 24.03.2016 21:29, Michael Siepmann wrote:
I'm also not clear on how the honor pledge fits in to MVP, given
it's
about editing wiki pages and posting discussion comments?
I should mention, we *do* have wiki pages, currently at
snowiki.rel4
On February 2, 2016 12:48:18 PM EST, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>On 02/02/2016 09:37 AM, Bryan Richter wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 09:13:51AM -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>> So, again, moving to Gitit would be ideal
>>
>> FWIW I think we should try to avoid talking about implementation
>> details
On February 2, 2016 12:09:02 PM EST, Bryan Richter wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 02:36:19PM +, Michel, Stephen J. wrote:
>> >- The top priority user story is someone coming to the site and
>> understanding what it is.
>> >- Introductory material is still up for discussion -- making sure
>t
On January 28, 2016 11:02:18 PM EST, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>In the midst of all the SCaLE stuff, this thread got lost. Following up
>finally.
>
>On 01/08/2016 08:04 AM, Michael Siepmann wrote:
>
>
>> First, re "Free the Commons" you may well be right that it's the best
>> possible option, and I know
On January 29, 2016 5:14:14 AM EST, mray wrote:
>
>
>On 29.01.2016 05:46, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>> FLO *does* have a remarkable amount of volunteers given the
>situation,
>> but we're still struggling greatly.
>>
>> I'd like to see an animated video that explains the dilemma -snip-
I think this is
If you want clarity and brevity, "...give it to us at the booth" is a good
compromise, I think.
On January 7, 2016 4:45:42 AM GMT+01:00, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
>Thanks Michael!
>
>I think your wording is improved, but maybe "…one of us at the booth"
>just for clarity?
>
>Otherwise, I think it's goo
On December 18, 2015 9:17:37 PM GMT+01:00, Bryan Richter
wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:07:15PM -0800, Bryan Richter wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:47:17AM -0800, Diana Connolly wrote:
>> > And here's a wild idea -- the "kelly green" is very compatible
>> > with your website colors to
On November 17, 2015 5:12:34 PM EST, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>So, I really want to see things pushed up to master sooner rather than
>later.
Agreed.
Proposal: Near-immediately deploy to live, even if things are broken, with the
with the following change: Add a global header with whatever disclaimer
On November 5, 2015 6:59:06 AM EST, mray wrote:
>
>
>On 05.11.2015 12:49, Stephen Michel wrote:
>>
>>
>> On November 5, 2015 4:58:53 AM EST, mray wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05.11.2015 10:47, mray wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>&g
On November 5, 2015 4:58:53 AM EST, mray wrote:
>
>
>On 05.11.2015 10:47, mray wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 05.11.2015 03:08, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/04/2015 05:20 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
>>>> How do we feel about "co
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:03 AM, mray wrote:
On 02.11.2015 15:53, Stephen Michel wrote:
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 11/01/2015 05:54 PM, mray wrote:
Hello Everybody,
based on the discussions in IRC about responsive/mobile-first
implementation of
How do we feel about "co-patron"?
In the latest project page mockup, 'co-donor' works very well, in my
opinion.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mray/Snowdrift-Design/master/mray%20website%20mockups%20/export37/project.png
I think it gets across pretty much everything we want. The only
downs
On November 2, 2015 10:40:37 AM EST, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>
>
>On 11/02/2015 01:56 AM, mray wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 02.11.2015 03:42, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/01/2015 05:54 PM, mray wrote:
Hello Everybody,
based on the discussions in IRC about responsive/mobile-first
imp
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
On 11/01/2015 05:54 PM, mray wrote:
Hello Everybody,
based on the discussions in IRC about responsive/mobile-first
implementation of snowdrift.coop there are some new mockups!
I also updated the landing page and the project pledge butto
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 8:54 PM, mray wrote:
Hello Everybody,
based on the discussions in IRC about responsive/mobile-first
implementation of snowdrift.coop there are some new mockups!
I also updated the landing page and the project pledge button area a
bit. Please open a new thread for comment
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:33 PM, mray wrote:
On 25.10.2015 01:04, Stephen Michel wrote:
I made a mockup with a number of suggestions. They're all noted in
the
image, but here's a list:
1. Better ticket claimant indicator: Fewer lines, more recognizable.
I like how this a
Forgot the link!
https://img.bi/#/0HfrJMs!s0hEnXgiYvoUPWSCBTJs0ALHFEabpFpnBibp8Wxs
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Stephen Michel
wrote:
I made a mockup with a number of suggestions. They're all noted in
the image, but here's a list:
1. Better ticket claimant indicator: Fewer l
I made a mockup with a number of suggestions. They're all noted in the
image, but here's a list:
1. Better ticket claimant indicator: Fewer lines, more recognizable.
2. Moved 'child ticket' bubble placement. When there's both parents and
children, like ticket 48, it is for me easy to tell them
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:54 PM, mray wrote:
On 20.10.2015 16:20, Stephen Michel wrote:
4. What's the logic behind having them, period? Depending on your
answer
to that...
I'm not sure I get what you mean. You mean what is the purpose of the
border around child tickets?
Unfortunately now that I know what the bubbles in the upper right are
supposed to be, I can no longer base my feedback off of initial
impressions, so it's hard for me to tell how clear it *actually* is.
That being said:
1. Completely agreed with the decision to remove 'parent ticket'
bubbles.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 10/19/2015 12:30 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Bryan Richter
wrote:
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 09:43:26PM +0200, mray wrote:
On 18.10.2015 21:18, Aaron Wolf wrote: > > We want people to
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Bryan Richter wrote:
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 09:43:26PM +0200, mray wrote:
On 18.10.2015 21:18, Aaron Wolf wrote:
>
> We want people to think is "I get the project $15 more dollars,
and I
> only had to chip in $6! Thanks everyone, all you 2,470 others!
I'
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Jonathan Roberts
wrote:
I don't like the way flagging is currently presented in the forum. To
check a box that labels another comment as "defensiveness" or "hate
speech" has a lot of potential for escalating conflict...see every
other discussion board ever for
uot;donate more" option.
Just to be clear, I'm proposing the 1:1 option as the default, not as
an incentive to go above and beyond. Then users have the option to
donate less, bounded by the minimum, if they want.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:28 AM, Stephen Michel
wrote:
For everybody els
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Bryan Richter wrote:
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 10:54:42PM +0200, mray wrote:
Hello everybody,
Here is the latest update containing almost all usecases.
If you spot an important one that is missing please yell.
https://img.bi/#/EmlGj9w!lqKWarmnbDsBk2-GzCKqt
For everybody else it will always turn out to be: What you give gets
doubled by the community
So, this isn't quite true.
For people who pledge at the minimum level, your pledge will be just
over doubled by the community.
For people who pledge at above the minimum level, their pledge will be
le
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 4:54 PM, mray wrote:
Hello everybody,
Here is the latest update containing almost all usecases.
If you spot an important one that is missing please yell.
https://img.bi/#/EmlGj9w!lqKWarmnbDsBk2-GzCKqtQs2fNuUuY6jNIr6AZlP
I'm confused by the #'s in the upper right of
terms starting at the home page till I get to the relevant
page.
It's not everything, but the wiki directory covers a lot:
https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Stephen Michel
wrote:
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Jonathan Roberts
wrote:
Mray, I hear your co
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Jonathan Roberts
wrote:
Mray, I hear your concern; you don't want people to be "tricked" into
buying into this system or to do it because it's a fun gimmick.
However, I don't think this representation crosses that line. I think
it is a blunt presentation of
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Jonathan Roberts
wrote:
How does the math work by the way? I assumed it was exponential until
now...
https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/mechanism
You pledge X per other patron.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Jonathan Roberts
wrote:
The math is un
On October 17, 2015 5:04:55 AM EDT, mray wrote:
>
>
>On 16.10.2015 23:41, Stephen Michel wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 2:06 PM, mray wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16.10.2015 04:57, Stephen Michel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:19 PM, mray wrote:
On 16.10.2015 01:08, Bryan Richter wrote:
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:29:36AM +0200, mray wrote:
After some discussions with wolftune it dawned on me that we
probably
have to stick to our discussion/ticket system.
I thought we might as well
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 10/16/2015 02:41 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 2:06 PM, mray wrote:
On 16.10.2015 04:57, Stephen Michel wrote:
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 6:29 PM, mray mailto:m...@mray.de>> wrote:
Afte
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 2:06 PM, mray wrote:
On 16.10.2015 04:57, Stephen Michel wrote:
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 6:29 PM, mray wrote:
After some discussions with wolftune it dawned on me that we
probably
have to stick to our discussion/ticket system.
Stick to our discussion/ticket
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 6:29 PM, mray wrote:
After some discussions with wolftune it dawned on me that we probably
have to stick to our discussion/ticket system.
Stick to our discussion/ticket system as opposed to...?
I thought we might as well make it more usable then. Here is where we
cur
For clarity: that's the location he's working out of, and it's not a
mirror of anything on git.gnu.io, correct?
On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Aaron Wolf
wrote:
On 10/09/2015 11:42 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
Are we working directly with .pngs or are there .svg files
so
> Snowdrift.coop.
> - "Together, we can uncover this awesome thing that's
currently
being
> suppressed."
> - Encourage users to proceed deeper into the site
> - At the moment, this is by clicking the one big button
on the
front
o it?*… i.e. a middle-ground in the time-line, partly
cleared,
reason for both optimism and concern, much to do still.
Think of any other political movement like an environmentalist
organization. They wouldn't show *just* images of pollution and
horror,
but neither would they just nice na
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Bryan Richter wrote:
It's been very hard for me to follow this thread because of poor
quoting technique. Email takes work, I know, but it benefits all of us
to make the effort.
I've just been more or less copying what others do. Is there a
particular style of
ency with the rest of the site.
Thoughts?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
On 10/07/2015 12:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote:
In the context of our recent discussion
<https://lists.snowdrift.coop/pipermail/design/2015-September/96.html>
about the home page...
In the context of our recent discussion about the home page...
Here's a pretty common thing that happens in communication between a
user (Bob) and a designer (Alice).
Bob's Perspective: Bob wants to give Alice some feedback about an email
application he uses. Bob keeps hitting the delete butt
I think there's a very, very delicate balance that we want to strike.
I agree that the home page is too stark for my liking. There's a
disconnect between "Join us in setting the world free!" and the looks
on the faces of Mimi and Eunice. I agree there's not much sense of a
snow *drift* and tha
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