Notes from tutorial

Starting points
Testing to see what people like
Find out what tests exist at the moment (abstract, impressionists, cubist)
Developing templates form this
Options for skins
Personal space
Scrapbook but with a purpose (Archive, vanity, selling)
Adaptable elements, six templates with ten elements that can be altered
Set up a simple interactive test
Fine art versus design
Use both fine art and design MA departments
10 questions. What do you like, why do you like it?
Profiling
How people perceive themselves
Tagging, recommendations
How to tag without words
Animations, visual. Remember art and design a visual language
Amazon homepage- lastFM. Personal recommendation site. If like this artist you might like this. Pandora!
Linking people similar work, not just within the Uni. Other artists, designers writers etc.
Random
Meme's Richard Dawkins, genes, genetics, evolution natural selection
How do things survive
What makes a site popular
How can you encourage use
Popularity, viral promotion
How could these things evolve
Links to viral advertising
How things can spread
Second Life any links? (Silver Spurs movie?)
Letting go, editorial control
Have a simple test up and running in the next couple of weeks, aim to have skins by Christmas? Work permitting. Print this post