(Forwarding to the Design list instead, so everyone is in this thread)
Quick catch up: we were discussing/have been discussing the code name for the project regarding our style documentation and things like the icon set and associated toolkit.
Since we (err, I) have, in the past, tried to use code names that have strong associations with wisdom and learning, Munaf suggested we use the name "Agora", which, in Greece, was the "center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city".
I think this is perfect, and I'm updating documentation to reflect this. Some pages are going to get moved.
On Jun 16, 2012, at 10:09 PM, Munaf Assaf wrote:
> My codename suggestion was Agora, inspired by Athena:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora
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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Brandon Harris <bharris(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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> On Jun 15, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Munaf Assaf wrote:
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> > d for creating our design toolkit (codename TBD).
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> What was your codename suggestion? Tell the rest of the class, pls.
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Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation
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Hey all,
I'm currently working on the Typography style guide and it occurred to me that we might also want to co-maintain/unify the actual CSS we're using to ensure consistency.
I've had some success with LESS: http://lesscss.org/
In general, it's a great way to write CSS, but it's also a way to enforce consistency since it allows for things like global variables (e.g. @baseLinkColor) that one person can create/maintain and others can reuse.
Just wanted to start the discussion. What do you guys think? I will probably maintain my own LESS files and put them up on GitHub (and link them on the style guide Wiki), but maybe we can all keep up the same repo.
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Munaf Assaf
There is no SF/Oakland BART service today. There was a fire on the tracks or somesuch.
So. That's fun. You probably shouldn't expect many East Bayers - including myself - in the office. Consider this a WFH email. I'll be available via skype for various meetings and the like.
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Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation
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Hi,
I have been adding some information regarding components and patterns to
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Design/Patterns_and_comp…
The content is very raw at the moment, since it is based on the patterns
and components I have been applying in the projects I have been involved
these months (Universal Language selector and Article Feedback).
The idea is to allow anybody to refine, correct, add examples, and discuss
the proposed recommendations where they think the solution proposed is not
the best for a specific context.
In this way we can go from the specific to the general (promoting our
particular project solutions into general recommendations) and the other
way around (applying improvements to the general patterns to the projects
they are using them).
I'll keep adding more information.
Pau
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Pau Giner
Interaction Designer
Wikimedia Foundation
If you haven't looked at it yet, (I know you have, Brandon) the Strategic
Plan describes core beliefs of the Wikimedia Movement and goes on to
describe a "vision for the movement through 2015". Maybe it will help
inform your decisions.
http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Movement_Strategic_Plan_Summar…
-h
This is something I wrote about 1.5 years ago. I think it still has value; for context I was working through several problems relating with communication.
It should give you an idea of my mindset with regard to the problems we have with collaboration (and I'm not just talking about the technical limitations of the software).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jorm_(WMF)/Collaborative_Systems
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Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation
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I updated the icon set page from our Etherpad thinger (finally) and created a page about color usage and philosophy.
(This is in response to the work that Vibha and Lindsay have been doing today).
You can find the stub works here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Design
You'll note that I expanded our "color usage" document a bit to include information about general philosophies and how we should think about color usage going forward.
Please, BE BOLD, and make edits there. We need to be transparent.
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Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation
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Just wanted to send out a resource regarding our ongoing icon refresh:
http://glyphish.com/
Glyphish is CC licensed and open source. $25 gets it for the entire
organization if we want it. Otherwise, it could just be inspiration.
Munaf