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(03:01:29 PM) jcastro: ok
(03:01:32 PM) jcastro: let's get started
(03:01:44 PM) jcastro: I'm going to be running this session on Ubuntu Brainstorm
(03:01:51 PM) jcastro: my name is Jorge Castro and I'm on the community team
(03:02:05 PM) jcastro: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
(03:02:08 PM) jcastro: So what is brainstorm?
(03:02:22 PM) jcastro: So, at it's basic level it is a website where anyone can make an account
(03:02:37 PM) jcastro: and then submit ideas about things they would like to see in Ubuntu
(03:03:04 PM) jcastro: People then vote on ideas they like, and ideas they don't like
(03:03:10 PM) jcastro: after a while the good ideas tend to drift to the top
(03:03:24 PM) jcastro: and the not-so-good ideas (like mine), end up in the gutter. :)
(03:03:37 PM) dresi left the room (quit: "Ex-Chat").
(03:03:40 PM) jcastro: every cycle I do a sum up of all the ideas in each category
(03:03:55 PM) jcastro: and then I do a presentation at UDS where I outline things like "Users want foo, and bar"
(03:04:25 PM) jcastro: in addition to that each category list is handed to whoever develops that feature or is responsible for that part of ubuntu
(03:04:38 PM) jcastro: so for example I would hand the list of screen-profiles ideas to kirkland
(03:04:50 PM) jcastro: and then he would go through them and see which ones he can implement (as an example)
(03:05:06 PM) jcastro: Have any of you ever filed ideas on brainstorm?
(03:05:18 PM) jcastro: or go to it on a regular basis, or participate in some way?
(03:05:54 PM) jcastro: *crickets*
(03:06:04 PM) JFo: I go there, but I am not able to contribute very much other than wishing I could retranslate the meanings of some of the posts
(03:06:07 PM) JFo: :)
(03:06:20 PM) JFo: some of them are difficult to understand
(03:06:30 PM) jcastro: aha
(03:06:32 PM) jcastro: so that brings up a good point
(03:06:42 PM) jcastro: if you want your idea to be popular you can do certain things
(03:07:01 PM) jcastro: first off, you want to make sure people can understand your question
(03:07:32 PM) jcastro: especially if english isn't your strongest language, you might want to ask someone to make sure your idea is readable so you're not asking everyone why their base belongs to us.
(03:07:43 PM) jcastro: another good tip is to make sure your idea is specific
(03:07:46 PM) jcastro: and not so general
(03:08:08 PM) jcastro: so for example a common idea that get's marked duplicate is "Ubuntu needs better hardware support"
(03:08:33 PM) jcastro: this ends up being a bad idea to put on the site because that's a common problem that everyone knows about and is working towards
(03:08:41 PM) JFo: how is it moderated jcastro?
(03:08:51 PM) jcastro: it's like saying "Humans should enjoy breathing". :)
(03:08:57 PM) jcastro: ok, so moderation
(03:09:10 PM) jcastro: there are a set of moderators who read the incoming queue
(03:09:15 PM) jcastro: and they +1 or -1 the idea
(03:09:23 PM) jcastro: most of the time it's a duplicate and they mark it as such
(03:09:32 PM) jcastro: in fact, we're also always looking for moderators
(03:09:39 PM) zepo: i discovered that website yesterday and browsed through the ideas, there were a lot of good suggestions on it. i tried to vote on a few but that required an account so i didnt
(03:09:55 PM) JFo: I'm interested in moderation jcastro
(03:10:04 PM) JFo: or rather becoming a moderator
(03:10:06 PM) jcastro: If you are interested in moderation please go here: http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/44
(03:10:10 PM) jcastro: and follow the directions
(03:10:10 PM) JFo: thank you
(03:10:23 PM) jcastro: <gregknicholson> QUESTION: I don't want yet another login to manage. Does Brainstorm work transparently with OpenID? Perhaps simple voting for ideas could also be done via OpenMicroBlogging?
(03:10:42 PM) jcastro: Currently we're working on having brainstorm accept openid's
(03:10:47 PM) jcastro: this is still a work in progress
(03:10:58 PM) jcastro: right now it uses QA accounts (the same account you would use to test ISOs)
(03:11:15 PM) jcastro: voting through microblogging would be real interesting I think
(03:11:52 PM) jcastro: <zaidka> FOLLOW UP TO gregknicholson QUESTION: Can we use launchpad login credentials?
(03:11:59 PM) jcastro: launchpad is an openid
(03:12:06 PM) jcastro: so once that works your launchpad account should work
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Ubuntu Open Week - Introduction to Brainstorm - JorgeCastro - Mon, Apr 27th, 2009

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(03:01:29 PM) jcastro: ok
(03:01:32 PM) jcastro: let's get started
(03:01:44 PM) jcastro: I'm going to be running this session on Ubuntu Brainstorm
(03:01:51 PM) jcastro: my name is Jorge Castro and I'm on the community team
(03:02:05 PM) jcastro: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
(03:02:08 PM) jcastro: So what is brainstorm?
(03:02:22 PM) jcastro: So, at it's basic level it is a website where anyone can make an account
(03:02:37 PM) jcastro: and then submit ideas about things they would like to see in Ubuntu
(03:03:04 PM) jcastro: People then vote on ideas they like, and ideas they don't like
(03:03:10 PM) jcastro: after a while the good ideas tend to drift to the top
(03:03:24 PM) jcastro: and the not-so-good ideas (like mine), end up in the gutter. :)
(03:03:37 PM) dresi left the room (quit: "Ex-Chat").
(03:03:40 PM) jcastro: every cycle I do a sum up of all the ideas in each category
(03:03:55 PM) jcastro: and then I do a presentation at UDS where I outline things like "Users want foo, and bar"
(03:04:25 PM) jcastro: in addition to that each category list is handed to whoever develops that feature or is responsible for that part of ubuntu
(03:04:38 PM) jcastro: so for example I would hand the list of screen-profiles ideas to kirkland
(03:04:50 PM) jcastro: and then he would go through them and see which ones he can implement (as an example)
(03:05:06 PM) jcastro: Have any of you ever filed ideas on brainstorm?
(03:05:18 PM) jcastro: or go to it on a regular basis, or participate in some way?
(03:05:54 PM) jcastro: *crickets*
(03:06:04 PM) JFo: I go there, but I am not able to contribute very much other than wishing I could retranslate the meanings of some of the posts
(03:06:07 PM) JFo: :)
(03:06:20 PM) JFo: some of them are difficult to understand
(03:06:30 PM) jcastro: aha
(03:06:32 PM) jcastro: so that brings up a good point
(03:06:42 PM) jcastro: if you want your idea to be popular you can do certain things
(03:07:01 PM) jcastro: first off, you want to make sure people can understand your question
(03:07:32 PM) jcastro: especially if english isn't your strongest language, you might want to ask someone to make sure your idea is readable so you're not asking everyone why their base belongs to us.
(03:07:43 PM) jcastro: another good tip is to make sure your idea is specific
(03:07:46 PM) jcastro: and not so general
(03:08:08 PM) jcastro: so for example a common idea that get's marked duplicate is "Ubuntu needs better hardware support"
(03:08:33 PM) jcastro: this ends up being a bad idea to put on the site because that's a common problem that everyone knows about and is working towards
(03:08:41 PM) JFo: how is it moderated jcastro?
(03:08:51 PM) jcastro: it's like saying "Humans should enjoy breathing". :)
(03:08:57 PM) jcastro: ok, so moderation
(03:09:10 PM) jcastro: there are a set of moderators who read the incoming queue
(03:09:15 PM) jcastro: and they +1 or -1 the idea
(03:09:23 PM) jcastro: most of the time it's a duplicate and they mark it as such
(03:09:32 PM) jcastro: in fact, we're also always looking for moderators
(03:09:39 PM) zepo: i discovered that website yesterday and browsed through the ideas, there were a lot of good suggestions on it. i tried to vote on a few but that required an account so i didnt
(03:09:55 PM) JFo: I'm interested in moderation jcastro
(03:10:04 PM) JFo: or rather becoming a moderator
(03:10:06 PM) jcastro: If you are interested in moderation please go here: http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/44
(03:10:10 PM) jcastro: and follow the directions
(03:10:10 PM) JFo: thank you
(03:10:23 PM) jcastro: <gregknicholson> QUESTION: I don't want yet another login to manage. Does Brainstorm work transparently with OpenID? Perhaps simple voting for ideas could also be done via OpenMicroBlogging?
(03:10:42 PM) jcastro: Currently we're working on having brainstorm accept openid's
(03:10:47 PM) jcastro: this is still a work in progress
(03:10:58 PM) jcastro: right now it uses QA accounts (the same account you would use to test ISOs)
(03:11:15 PM) jcastro: voting through microblogging would be real interesting I think
(03:11:52 PM) jcastro: <zaidka> FOLLOW UP TO gregknicholson QUESTION: Can we use launchpad login credentials?
(03:11:59 PM) jcastro: launchpad is an openid
(03:12:06 PM) jcastro: so once that works your launchpad account should work
...

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