Tutorial notes

Notes from tutorial with Ian on Thursday

Is it a website, software, hybrid
Ring fencing ideas
Does this create more intense or focused work?
Who decides the content of the site?
How do you make users return to the space to see new work or upload new pieces of work?
Personal connections, the ability to meet people
How this informs the work on a site
Anonymity
Does it matter if similar sites already exist? No as there are always new approaches, new ideas, a different angle (Fizzy drink)
Don't waste time trying to create something new, explore what is already out there
Ability to redesign the site
Personal taste
Giving users the power to create their own space
How much power?
Too much power
Legal issues, owner of these sites (YouTube, MySpace) conflict of interest, copyright
Wiping out your site
Connections lists
Seeing things on screen versus how you imagine them
Bolt on, mash-up, plug in
Who decides how a site or programme is used?
Does it matter if something is altered re-interepted by the users?
As a designer how comfortable are you giving up control of something you have designed?
Do you give users a range of options to limit what they can do?
Hierarchies. Based on what? Personal opinion, democracy, dictatorship
Archiving work as a way of generating content for a prototype
Fodder
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