Christian,<br><br>I am not sure if that time works. I'll know in a day or two. Can I let you know then?<br><br>Thanks.<br>Gerald<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Christian Marc Schmidt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christianmarc@gmail.com">christianmarc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Gerald<div><br></div><div>That sounds great. Are you able to meet us at #sugar-meeting next Saturday at 10:30am, to discuss further?</div> <div><br></div><div>Christian<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Ardito <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gmanb5@gmail.com" target="_blank">gmanb5@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Tomeu,<br><br>I think my principal and teachers would support this.<br>And, the kids would love it.<br> <br>Let me know.<br> <br>Gerald<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div>On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 15:36, Christian Marc Schmidt<br> <<a href="mailto:christianmarc@gmail.com" target="_blank">christianmarc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Hi Sugar Design Group:<br> ><br> ><br> > I enjoyed the meeting yesterday, and think we ended up making several good<br> > decisions. However, regarding the Home view, I am now beginning to wonder if<br> > we are doing the right thing by hastily changing the design without<br> > conducting a proper qualitative study.<br> > I am only questioning it because I feel that, with every major design<br> > change, it would be best if we had real evidence, beyond just the anecdotal.<br> > Ideally, I envision the design team being a part of these observations, and<br> > systematically testing design decisions in the field with a number of<br> > participants. It need not be more than say a sampling of 20-30 students of<br> > various age-groups, but the insight from these observations could really<br> > drive us to make more informed design decisions, based on more than just our<br> > opinions (which, as we saw yesterday, tends to lead to compromise).<br> > So, I personally think that we are at a point where we should try and<br> > arrange for some user-testing for the design group, however we facilitate<br> > it, before proceeding with any revisions to the existing design (though I<br> > wouldn't want that to hold us back from adding any additional features like<br> > the thumbnail view, that continue to build out the UI to match the original<br> > design intent). I have a little experience putting together qualitative test<br> > protocols, and while I'm not sure exactly how to facilitate these testing<br> > sessions, I think some of you may have ideas.<br> > What do you think? Should we use our meeting next Saturday to discuss our<br> > options for testing?<br> <br> Maybe Gerald's deployment in New York would be a good fit?<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> Tomeu<br> </div></div><font color="#888888"><div><div></div><div><br> --<br> ŤSugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar.<br> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.ť - David<br> Farning<br></div></div> _______________________________________________<br> Sugar-devel mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a><br> </font></blockquote></div><br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br><a href="mailto:anything@christianmarcschmidt.com" target="_blank">anything@christianmarcschmidt.com</a><br>917/ 575 0013<br><br><a href="http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com" target="_blank">http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com</a><br> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmarcschmidt" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmarcschmidt</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/cms_" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/cms_</a><br> </div> </blockquote></div><br>