Re: Preparing to launch W3C site survey - 15 May

Hi y'all,

Following up, and in preparation for future meetings, just a few design
thoughts: Sharing a few things that came across my desk recently, reminded
me of our ongoing discussions:

1. This annual report reminded me of Ian's living ecosystem description,
and it got me to wondering, does W3C have an annual report and/or mapping
of it's current ecosystem?: http://annual.foundationcenter.org/

2. Re: stories:
http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/13/converting-our-stories-into-multi-screen-experiences/

3. Responsive Design:
http://software.intel.com/sites/billboard/article/responsive-web-design-and-html5-gather-momentum-multi-platform-world

4. Neural Computing Brain Models:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40167-013-0004-2#page-1

5. Content strategy, hybrid, multi modal approach - integrating machine -
human and related development issues:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/executive-order-making-open-and-machine-readable-new-default-government-

6. Accessibility related, is W3C involved in this?:
http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/capwgf.cfm

Cheers,
Bev





On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

>
> On May 15, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Operations at IA Institute <
> operations@iainstitute.org> wrote:
>
> > My apologies for missing the meeting yesterday. I will have a break from
> > Tuesday afternoon classes now and at least until June 25, but will be
> > unavailable again through mid-August. I am happy to work on tasks offline
> > when needed.
> >
> > I went through the survey yesterday and it worked fine. I agree with
> Ian's
> > comments. I noted a couple issues in the comments section on my survey
> > answers. Main thing is the label "All Standards and Drafts" for /TR/
> > "Technical Reports." The term "Technical Reports" appears to be legacy,
> > while the label "Standards and Drafts" seems to be descriptive of what
> > people are looking for. There were a few questions that asked about
> > Technical reports, but I didn't see that phrase as a label anywhere on
> the
> > site, particularly on the main /TR/ page.
> >
> > I expect there has been some research to support the newer label but
> wasn't
> > sure if the directory name would change to conform to the label? I find
> that
> > my mindset shifts when I think of Technical Reports vs Standards and
> Drafts,
> > even though I understand that they are the same thing, but can't explain
> it
> > that well. Maybe its an audience POV thing.
>
> Great feedback. I can make a clarifying change.
>
> I want to also note that after some additional review I have removed two
> questions
> for rating the importance of features. I think this will usefully shorten
> the survey,
> and my colleague who made the suggestion made a good case that rating those
> features would not be straightforward.
>
> More comments welcome; I plan to announce later today.
>
> Ian
>
> >
> > Noreen
> >
> >
> > On 5/14/13 10:23 PM, "Ian Jacobs" <ij@w3.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> Many thanks to Kelly McCarthy for programming the site redesign survey,
> >> and to all who helped formulate the questions.
> >>  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign
> >>
> >> Tonight I made some modifications:
> >>
> >> 1) Added an intro page with a privacy policy (and set up the survey for
> that
> >> policy)
> >> 2) Configured the survey to end around midnight ET on 29 May
> >>
> >> If anyone wants to do a last pass to see if the survey still works,
> that would
> >> be appreciated. :)
> >>
> >> We are ready to open the survey on 15 May. Please find below draft text
> for
> >> various announcements.
> >>
> >> Ian
> >>
> >> ====================================
> >> Home page news
> >>
> >> Subject: How Can W3C Improve Its Web Site? Let Us Know!
> >>
> >> Body:
> >> <p>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/wiki/Headlights2013/SiteRedesign
> ">Site
> >> Redesign Task Force</a>  invites the community to take a short <a
> >> href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign">site redesign
> survey</a>.
> >> As discussed in the A List Apart Column "<a
> >> href="http://alistapart.com/column/w3c-is-getting-some-work-done">W3C
> is
> >> Getting Some Work Done</a>" W3C is developing a plan to refresh its Web
> >> presence for a variety of audiences. We appreciate your input on what
> you
> >> value from the site and what you would like to see us do better. We
> will be
> >> collecting survey responses until 11:59pm
> >> Boston time on 29 May 2013.</p>
> >>
> >> ====================================
> >> Tweet
> >>
> >> Help W3C improve its Web site; short survey open through 29 May
> >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign
> >>
> >> ====================================
> >> Message to W3C Members, Chairs, and Team,
> >>
> >> Subject: W3C site redesign survey - Open Through 29 May
> >>
> >> Body:
> >> Dear Advisory Committee Representatives, Chairs, and Team,
> >>
> >> The Site Redesign Task Force [1], part of Headlights 2013 [2], invites
> you to
> >> take a short survey to help us improve the W3C home page, public site
> more
> >> broadly,
> >> Member site, Working Group and other group home pages, and technical
> reports:
> >>  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign
> >>
> >> The survey is open through 11:59pm Boston time on 29 May. We encourage
> you to
> >> disseminate the link to the survey within your organizations and groups.
> >>
> >> We plan to discuss the findings from this survey at the Advisory
> Committee
> >> Meeting
> >> in Tokyo.
> >>
> >> Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas on how we can improve
> our
> >> site for all.
> >>
> >> Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/wiki/Headlights2013/SiteRedesign
> >> [2] http://www.w3.org/wiki/Headlights2013/
> >>
> >> ====================================A
> >> A List Apart comment
> >>
> >> Update! W3C has launched a <a
> >> href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign">site redesign
> survey</a>
> >> and invites the community to share thoughts on how we can improve the
> site.
> >> The survey is open through 11:59pm ET on 29 May 2013.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>      http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
> >> Tel:                                          +1 718 260 9447
> >>
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> >>
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> >
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> Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>      http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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