Announcing Workspace Idle - have a go at designing the future Notes Workspace.
Category Notes Workspace
My last post lead to the usual comments about the Notes Workspace, with basically a line down the middle of kill it or keep it but improve it. Most I think (and yes I'm biased, are my side of the line under keep it).
So to lighten things up, we've decided to have some fun. I pulled together a few people, some who like the Workspace and others who don't care for it (but are willing to be convinced), and we're having a Workspace Idle competition, yes Idle not Idol, take those idle moments and design a new the Notes workspace of the future.
You don't have to be a computer programmer to enter the competition and we don't expect any real code, just grab your favourite drawing program or felt tip pens and create a mockup of how you think the workspace of the future should look.
You have a clean slate, you don't have to work within any constraints, apart from it must fit on a monitor, it's like a brain storming session over the workspace. This competition does not relate to IBM, is not endorsed by IBM and should not be considered anything more than fun. The wonderful panel of judges are some of the best known in the community:
Susan Bulloch
Tim Clark
Gabriella Davis
Alan Lepofsky
Rocky Oliver
Jess Stratton
Carl Tyler
Matt White
None of us in the judging panel make claims to be User Interface experts or graphic artists, but like most end users we like shiny objects and compelling UIs.
We'll have a $75 Amazon prize for the best entry (or a $75 donation to a charity in your name) the judges pick and we'll also post the entries on to IdeaJam where the user community can vote for their favourite, and don't worry calls won't cost 90 cents a minute, that will also carry a $75 prize.
So to submit an entry either post a URL to an image as a comment here, or email me your entry and I will upload it to a public site.
All entries must be submitted by July 6th. Entries received after that will be appreciated but will not qualify for the competition. If you want to keep your entry anonymous until after voting that is also possible.
So there you go, get drawing!
I can't enter, but for fun...
My last post lead to the usual comments about the Notes Workspace, with basically a line down the middle of kill it or keep it but improve it. Most I think (and yes I'm biased, are my side of the line under keep it).
So to lighten things up, we've decided to have some fun. I pulled together a few people, some who like the Workspace and others who don't care for it (but are willing to be convinced), and we're having a Workspace Idle competition, yes Idle not Idol, take those idle moments and design a new the Notes workspace of the future.
You don't have to be a computer programmer to enter the competition and we don't expect any real code, just grab your favourite drawing program or felt tip pens and create a mockup of how you think the workspace of the future should look.
You have a clean slate, you don't have to work within any constraints, apart from it must fit on a monitor, it's like a brain storming session over the workspace. This competition does not relate to IBM, is not endorsed by IBM and should not be considered anything more than fun. The wonderful panel of judges are some of the best known in the community:
Susan Bulloch
Tim Clark
Gabriella Davis
Alan Lepofsky
Rocky Oliver
Jess Stratton
Carl Tyler
Matt White
None of us in the judging panel make claims to be User Interface experts or graphic artists, but like most end users we like shiny objects and compelling UIs.
We'll have a $75 Amazon prize for the best entry (or a $75 donation to a charity in your name) the judges pick and we'll also post the entries on to IdeaJam where the user community can vote for their favourite, and don't worry calls won't cost 90 cents a minute, that will also carry a $75 prize.
So to submit an entry either post a URL to an image as a comment here, or email me your entry and I will upload it to a public site.
All entries must be submitted by July 6th. Entries received after that will be appreciated but will not qualify for the competition. If you want to keep your entry anonymous until after voting that is also possible.
So there you go, get drawing!
I can't enter, but for fun...
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IDOL, not IDLE...
Posted by David Gursky At 02:12:57 PM On 06/02/2009 | - Website - |
Also they didn't give the license, I had to work for it
Posted by Carl Tyler At 02:16:34 PM On 06/02/2009 | - Website - |
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Posted by Carl Tyler At 02:34:36 PM On 06/02/2009 | - Website - |
SEL/IFR/Multi/Rotorcraft?
(The last would mean a "real pilot")
Posted by Christian Tillmanns At 02:35:49 PM On 06/02/2009 | - Website - |
I'm too big for a Robinson so flying a rotorcraft would be way too expensive to learn.
Posted by Carl Tyler At 02:49:46 PM On 06/02/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by David Schaffer At 03:26:38 PM On 06/02/2009 | - Website - |
Two pieces:
1) A big display area to draw results on
b) A small bar across the top, with an
edit control to enter user desires, and a button labeled, "Do What I MEAN!"
The rest is just typing.
Posted by Bob Balaban At 07:39:49 PM On 06/02/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by Mark Hughes At 10:45:37 AM On 06/03/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by Mark Hughes At 10:47:04 AM On 06/03/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by Mitch Carlyle At 12:05:52 PM On 06/03/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by Mark Hughes At 01:01:30 PM On 06/03/2009 | - Website - |
;)
Posted by Colin Williams At 10:54:06 PM On 06/03/2009 | - Website - |
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Posted by Alan Lepofsky At 11:18:24 PM On 06/04/2009 | - Website - |