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Since completing my studies at Concordia in 2003, I have had the opportunity to train with veteran directors of photography (DOP) for shooting on video. In the last year, I have shot and edited a number of commercials, short films and documentaries in Canada and abroad. It is my strong belief that cinema is one of the most important art forms in that it brings together talented people from so many disciplines and its purpose and power can be so diverse and far reaching. I think that with my exposure and training in cinema, my grasp of film aesthetics and analysis as well as my commitment to learn and my strong people skills enable me to be an excellent contributor to any film or video production.
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== Who is a non-technical person ==
 
* Never learned programming concepts
* Didn't realize Wikipedia can be edited
* Maybe used a web content management system, blog, Facebook
 
== What do non-technical people want ==
 
# to solve their problem, usually a "one of those" web site with some special requirements
# something that looks good - design is still paramount
# to learn about the participatory web
# to create reusable data?
# to have more control over their own site
# to work with someone they trust
 
== What do I want ==
 
# promote digital literacy ­— filling out forms isn't it
# get people to consider issues of site design
# help flatten organizations
# promote transparency and co-development
# grow my own skills based on others' requirements
 
== Types and motivations of participants==
 
* '''Executive''' — "everyone else is doing it," inexpensive solution
** ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
* '''Creative group''' or '''individual''' — may be inspired but needs constant guidance
 
Compare to wordpress - task driven - "Raskin vs Englebart"
 
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= Success and failure =
 
== Failure ==
 
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== Success==
 
# Useful read-only resource
# basic editing using forms
# wiki markup
# Creating templates
# Creating queries
# Adjusting classes
# Creating classes
# understanding of good schema design, distributed data, licensing
 
= Techniques =
 
Identify groups, strategies
 
Threaten - others are doing it, loss of leadership
 
Inspire - self empowerment, less dependence, creating, leading, "where the web is going"
 
Commitment vs follow through
 
Guiding
 
Topic leads
 
Profles of uses
 
The importance of design
* promote the cues of Wikipedia but provide something original
 
Exhibit example of copying and pasting to excel using semantic web data
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Revision as of 18:08, 20 May 2010


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Who is a non-technical person

  • Never learned programming concepts
  • Didn't realize Wikipedia can be edited
  • Maybe used a web content management system, blog, Facebook

What do non-technical people want

  1. to solve their problem, usually a "one of those" web site with some special requirements
  2. something that looks good - design is still paramount
  3. to learn about the participatory web
  4. to create reusable data?
  5. to have more control over their own site
  6. to work with someone they trust

What do I want

  1. promote digital literacy ­— filling out forms isn't it
  2. get people to consider issues of site design
  3. help flatten organizations
  4. promote transparency and co-development
  5. grow my own skills based on others' requirements

Types and motivations of participants

  • Executive — "everyone else is doing it," inexpensive solution
    • ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
  • Creative group or individual — may be inspired but needs constant guidance

Compare to wordpress - task driven - "Raskin vs Englebart"


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