Woohoo, OK sorry for the delay on the February steps. We are moving along. As always, if you are want to get into any part of this but aren't quite sure what/where/how feel free to contact me directly through my contact form or ping me on IRC (I'm often in #drupal and #drupal-dojo, nick is add1sun.)
So we have gotten the video guidelines and site spec hammered out a bit more. They are being finalized this week. Here are the next tasks up on deck:
*Special task: if anyone has the time or inclination to review these as tasks that can be added to the DROP project, please hop in and do that!
Video stuff
1) We need some graphic/animation/coolness mojo. The video guidelines will require that every video have a Dojo video title bumper and some default Dojo 15 second credit spots. I think we can have a few of each for people to choose from so it is time for our creatives to have some fun! Please check out the issues linked above and add your ideas to the mix. We need to get at least one of each done by Feb. 22 but will continue to evaluate submissions until at least the end of March.
2) We will be using blip.tv for the videos (as discussed in the issue.) We need documentation written up about how to upload to blip.tv and we need someone to take the lead on looking into port the Media actions module as described in the issue.
3) Write up video recording "tips and tricks" based on the information already on the Dojo group site and in the guidelines issue.
4) Make some videos! It would be nice to have some pre-made videos stocked up that we can roll out on a weekly basis in the event that a live lesson does not happen. They can be short to medium length videos (e.g. 5 - 20 minutes.) We will be using the new video guidelines noted above.
Website stuff
1) Wireframes. We need to come up with wireframes to show how we want to organize the site. The 2 biggest ones off the top of my head are the home page and the lesson creation form. We need to think very carefully about workflow on the lesson (I've got some mockups in my head that I will be putting into graphics soon.) Any help from IA-type folks would be great!
The idea is to see what we need to make and then hand the wireframes off to design folks and let them make it all pretty. I'd like to open a dd.com design contest at Drupalcon, so we need to hop on this! While the designers make us look sharp we can begin building the new site.
Whew, OK, plenty to do, so please jump in wherever something is either a) something you know and feel comfortable with or b) you have no idea but would like to learn about it. :-)
Comments
No more DROPping the ball
The first four issues submitted as DROP tasks have not only been claimed, but are progressing quite nicely. Kudos to the claimers and mentors who have volunteered. The DROP point system is a cool way to track contributions and gauge additional incentives. If not aware of the DROP program, check out the history and jump aboard. It's looking like the Dojo and DROP could be quite complimentary. That will be great for Drupal!
Gus Austin
PepperAlley Productions
Gus Austin
Just a note
I'm going to unsticky this post. We got quite a few of the video tasks done but no real work happened on the wireframes or website work, and so no contest happening. New changes on g.d.o that will allow us to use panels and have tabs are going to impact the ideas behind the dd.com website so we may take a breather here anyway while we play with that and focus on getting more videos cranked out.
Also, a side note, my schedule will be very tight for the next few months for a few reasons so I will not be able to devote as much effort to keeping things rolling. I'll definitely keep tabs and chime in but I just won't be as present as I have for the last 2 months or so.
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