User:Ixo/TODO

Wiki/laptog.org Projects

(most of which are stalled, unless someone else speaks up and encourages me to work on them)

• olpc-update - re-organization between public and develop info
• Olpc:News , Press - consolidate the press / outreach references into consistent organization and less dups.

• Site Map - a course on effectively navigating the wiki, start w/home page and work way down.
  • Seperate paths/tracks depending on target audience ?
• General: Seperate all pages, by target audience.
  • header flag/category pages: separate out pages by content:
    • 'technical docs', 'User Guide', 'Reference', 'projects', discussion pages, etc. . .
  • Propose new - wiki User spaces (for the above?)
  • Start marking pages which are no longer used (i.e. Archive for future reference, or move to seperate user space? )

Personal

• Review wiki devel pages: Content_bundles
• test-drive, devel new activity template package

Activities

(new)

• Activity:XO Theme OX - GUI for look-n-feel customization
• Activity:Control Panel - GUI for updating sugar-control panel items.

Random

• Upload self-picture w/laptop

Wiki TODO

(Past Avril/Kate/Katie, Nlee, Casey Caryl) ( call on 6 Jan 3pm with SJ et al)

1) Make FAQ usable again
 2) Support Manual

Challenges are:

most of wiki audience is non technical or lightly technically inclined
much of wiki content outside of support pages is stale, some inaccurate
shortening FAQs, splitting off answers, interconnecting
now working on actvities docs
I have been using activities to explore functionality so I can document them

(00:41:08) iainD: I also have some thoughts about using some Namespaces.
(00:41:25) avril: namespaces were discussed, but the would complicate things

  casey is working on the support manual
  avril: caryl is working on the educators portal

 was thinking about working on a simplified Site Map, tying in some portal "Where to start" information.
(00:45:20) avril: exactly
(00:45:47) avril: but a different portal where to start for each of the four basic audiences
(00:45:55) avril: kid, parent, educator, enthusiast
(00:46:03) iainD: And also working on some pages, which jumble up user info, developer info, and technical info... split into three pages, etc...
(00:46:14) ***iainD nods.
(00:46:21) avril: problem with current faq is that it's targeted at all audiences in a jumble
(00:46:40) avril: so, split it out, we can always stitch it together
(00:46:45) iainD: Who's all in the wiki re-org group, and how can I get in. :) I want some kool-aide too.
(00:46:50) avril: will be overlap (okay for portal)

00:44:38) avril: I hope to finish FAQ this week, activities next week
(00:44:45) avril: casey is working on the support manual
(00:45:01) avril: caryl is working on the educators portal
(00:45:10) iainD: I was thinking about working on a simplified Site Map, tying in some portal "Where to start" information.
(00:45:20) avril: exactly
(00:45:47) avril: but a different portal where to start for each of the four basic audiences
(00:45:55) avril: kid, parent, educator, enthusiast
(00:46:03) iainD: And also working on some pages, which jumble up user info, developer info, and technical info... split into three pages, etc...
(00:46:14) ***iainD nods.
(00:46:21) avril: problem with current faq is that it's targeted at all audiences in a jumble
(00:46:40) avril: so, split it out, we can always stitch it together
(00:46:45) iainD: Who's all in the wiki re-org group, and how can I get in. :) I want some kool-aide too.
(00:46:50) avril: will be overlap (okay for portal)
(00:47:07) nlee: haha
(00:47:11) avril: kids + educators, parents+educators, par+enth, etc
(00:47:23) avril: who told you about the kool-aid?

(00:47:49) avril: as with all community projects, a rough group, SJ oversees
(00:47:51) nlee: im tackling wrangling together Welcome, Participate, and the main page [renamed the OLPC Wiki or somesuch]
(00:48:11) avril: I'm in a splinter group, want to add a Semantic layer
(00:48:22) avril: hoping to get to 1cc on the 24th
(00:48:44) nlee: in a nutshell im trying to streamline getting to the wiki and getting involved

Portals:

Kids parents educators enthusiasts

Attacks - high use page..

main page, welcome, and participate.

01:16:00) avril: Kids parents educators enthusiasts (01:16:11) avril: perhaps (01:16:20) avril: still too much infrastructure to do (01:16:34) avril: editors would be good in a project or portal structure (01:16:40) iainD: then some phasing on those pages "Maintained by wiki core standards" please make all suggestions on the talk page. (01:17:52) avril: and link to the talk page, which is tabbed "Discussion" under the default skin (01:18:02) avril: way to confusing for some core audient (01:18:06) avril: =ce (01:18:18) mchua: avril: "enthusiasts" seems really broad (01:18:22) iainD: avril: Too much infrastructure for whom? (01:18:49) mchua: parents will usually look at the "kids" stuff, and then whatever other categories they fall into (01:18:52) avril: infrastructure before we can lock down pages, even nicely (01:19:08) avril: kids stuff would be for kids to look at through the XO (01:19:08) iainD: mchua: wiki-culture guide, yes.. a good idea it is. (01:19:16) avril: parents stuff would be things parents need to know

hackers, developers, or just tinkerers

(01:19:50) avril: um, maybe kids * grownups * educators * enthusiasts (01:20:04) avril: enthusiasts might include hackers, developers, or just tinkerers (01:20:23) nlee: yeah

(01:20:56) avril: kids don't want to see parent stuff, trust me (01:21:06) avril: target audience is a bit out of date (01:21:13) nlee: well i dont plan to *be* a parent, but i own some... i cant ask them for input (01:21:25) avril: enthusiast = someone with linux box at home, wants to load cups (01:22:11) avril: enthusiast = someone who wants to write a sugar activity (01:22:29) avril: developer = someone writing low level api and sugar stuff (01:22:45) avril: I would be an enthusiast

Other notes

mchua: nlee and i . . .

are running a full-time olpc chicago office this summer