The new IxDA Digital Community Luke Wroblewski, IxDA IA Summit 2006 03-14-2006

What we got today [email_address] 2600 global subscribers Probably under 200 active contributors Great discussion Lots of knowledge embedded in the archives but no organization Poor user experience Not a lot of options for different types of user interactivity Announcement List 1200 subscribers Low volume Only single looking glass Very difficult to enable larger group to have posting rights Limited Regional Announcement Lists See above

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2600 global subscribers

Probably under 200 active contributors

Great discussion

Lots of knowledge embedded in the archives but no organization

Poor user experience

Not a lot of options for different types of user interactivity

Announcement List

1200 subscribers

Low volume

Only single looking glass

Very difficult to enable larger group to have posting rights

Limited Regional Announcement Lists

See above

More of our situation More consumption of discussion list content than contribution Difficult (& not necessary) to turn consumers into creators How do we enable curators to help us improve our content and its consumption? Many members overwhelmed by quantity of emails on list Can we provide alternatives to email list (RSS, Web participation)? IxDA Web site does not showcase the content or the vitality of our mailing list The list is our biggest concentration of knowledge and people! Survey indicates members love the list content But it is not visible to our external audience Great content is being lost in the list archives (in people’s inboxes, etc.)

More consumption of discussion list content than contribution

Difficult (& not necessary) to turn consumers into creators

How do we enable curators to help us improve our content and its consumption?

Many members overwhelmed by quantity of emails on list

Can we provide alternatives to email list (RSS, Web participation)?

IxDA Web site does not showcase the content or the vitality of our mailing list

The list is our biggest concentration of knowledge and people!

Survey indicates members love the list content

But it is not visible to our external audience

Great content is being lost in the list archives (in people’s inboxes, etc.)

Big Picture Goals for IxDA

Big Picture for the Community

Enter Jeff Howard

Project was created A project plan is being monitored by the IxDA Board 4 person lean team with support where needed (they are all located in the same metro-area and meet in person regularly) Jeff Howard Luke Wroblewski Micah Alpern Frank Ramirez Project set to release by end of November Gotta give some leeway due to volunteer efforts. Running with tight phased efforts

A project plan is being monitored by the IxDA Board

4 person lean team with support where needed (they are all located in the same metro-area and meet in person regularly)

Jeff Howard

Luke Wroblewski

Micah Alpern

Frank Ramirez

Project set to release by end of November

Gotta give some leeway due to volunteer efforts.

Running with tight phased efforts

Goals of Project IxDA Build comprehensive knowledge set about interaction design Grow our community Members Grow reputation in the interaction design community Jobs Learn from practitioners High quality content: improve signal to noise ratio

IxDA

Build comprehensive knowledge set about interaction design

Grow our community

Members

Grow reputation in the interaction design community

Jobs

Learn from practitioners

High quality content: improve signal to noise ratio

What research have we done? Persona Development – Some are located at ixda.org/en/about_ixdg/ Surveys – Maybe you even participated Discussion list survey Announcement list survey

Persona Development – Some are located at ixda.org/en/about_ixdg/

Surveys – Maybe you even participated

Complete Web Site restructuring

For the new Home Page What is Interaction Design & Why should I care? What is IxDA and why should I care? Show Vitality of our organization Discussion List activity Local f2f events Get Involved Subscribe to list Donations & Sponsors Volunteer Opportunities Dive into content Topics: Jobs, Education, Local Groups, etc.

What is Interaction Design & Why should I care?

What is IxDA and why should I care?

Show Vitality of our organization

Discussion List activity

Local f2f events

Get Involved

Subscribe to list

Donations & Sponsors

Volunteer Opportunities

Dive into content

Topics: Jobs, Education, Local Groups, etc.

Initial Topics Jobs Education Events Local Groups Patterns Methods Research Tools Announcements Doing Business [Will grow as needed]

Jobs

Education

Events

Local Groups

Patterns

Methods

Research

Tools

Announcements

Doing Business

[Will grow as needed]

Template Structure (frameworks) Apply to top-level categories Jobs, Local Groups, Education Leverage in reduced format for all categories & tags

Apply to top-level categories

Jobs, Local Groups, Education

Leverage in reduced format for all categories & tags

What’s been done? – Home Page Wireframe

What’s been done? – Topic Page Wireframe

What’s been done? – Add RSS Feeds Full RSS feed including comments: http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/ IxDA Topics cuts out all the comments, and only shows new topics: http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/topics IxDA Popular topics that have had at least three different contributors in a short period of time http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/popular IxDA Profile all the posts for a particular author http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/profile?id=email IxDA Jobs Shows the newest jobs http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/jobs

Full RSS feed including comments:

http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/

IxDA Topics cuts out all the comments, and only shows new topics:

http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/topics

IxDA Popular topics that have had at least three different contributors in a short period of time

http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/popular

IxDA Profile all the posts for a particular author

http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/profile?id=email

IxDA Jobs Shows the newest jobs

http://dev.interactiondesigners.com/en/discuss/rss/jobs

The future of the project … Second generation member profiles Featured members, self-identify as students Reputation system for members Calendaring for events Jobs 2.0 Career management; salary survey; job board 2.0 Online local F2F administration (blog?) Store Site-wide search Mailing List Maintenance “ Too much” email problem Requests for local or topic based mailing lists

Second generation member profiles

Featured members, self-identify as students

Reputation system for members

Calendaring for events

Jobs 2.0

Career management; salary survey; job board 2.0

Online local F2F administration (blog?)

Store

Site-wide search

Mailing List Maintenance

“ Too much” email problem

Requests for local or topic based mailing lists