Natalie's Blog: Comments

Comment on "Vacation dispatch"

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:00:30 -0500

Nice post Natalie. I recently finished Pink's book and found it to be enlightening and inspirational as well. I've even done some of the exercises and read some of the other books he recommends at the end of each chapter. We'll have to compare experiences some time.

- Jeff Swain

Comment on "The project management puzzle"

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:49:40 -0500

Here's another piece of the workflow puzzle: time tracking. I currently use a third-party utility (BK Task Timer) to track my time spent on projects and courses. It's a very simple application; literally it's a timer that runs on my desktop. Would be really neat if this pulled data from courses/programs or special projects and pushed to Myrtle. Maybe an Adobe Air app that would literally run in the background and be separate from the browser? Wow, there's a lot we could be achieving here.

- NATALIE FRANCES HARP

Comment on "The project management puzzle"

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:04:19 -0500

Thanks much for your detailed feedback, Penny. Personalization built in to a solution was something I hadn't considered much till now, but it makes perfect sense. I look forward to our meeting.

- NATALIE FRANCES HARP

Comment on "The project management puzzle"

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:04:10 -0500

Hmmm... What would it look like?

First, nothing I needed would be more than a click away. I could easily switch between detailed and summary views. It would have lots of search options, by course, by semester, by faculty, by designer, by team, etc.

Data entry would happen on as few screens / systems as possible - for example, I could upload my short status notes, time spent, and design tasks completed for several courses all on the same screen.

The system would pull data from other sources so that I don't need to spend time tracking things down.

When I login as me, I wouldn't have to look at or sort through other people's stuff - unless I wanted to. The system would know who I am and customize my views, the courses, and programs I see accordingly.

And my supervisors wouldn't need to ask me for anything. The system would be so easy to use - I would actually use it. And it would be easy for those folks who seek data and status reports to use.

And maybe something in a nice calming blue...

- PENNY RALSTON-BERG

Comment on "Becoming a Network Organization: A Research Proposal"

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:03:29 -0500

Hi Stevie. I just posted the extended version, in which I included a lot of the feedback I got in class and used a lot more sources. Same concept, but I've further developed the proposal. It's with my pages on this site.

I like the idea too, and I think we're already heading in this direction within Outreach. How are we evaluating what's happened so far with the Intranet? I would think that would be the next logical step, given that things rarely go perfectly with the first go-round.

- NATALIE FRANCES HARP

Comment on "Becoming a Network Organization: A Research Proposal"

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:14:22 -0500

Great proposal, Natalie. I like the idea. It would be interesting, too, to check to see what attitudes outside the institutions believe about higher ed, too--sort of an internal and external gauge at the same time.

If you are going to do this and need help, count me in! :)

- Stevie Rocco

Comment on "New Title"

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:38:42 -0500

I appreciate the points in this thoughtful post, as well as the new blog title. I will take your test points into account when faced with the next social application.

- MARY ELIZABETH JANZEN

Comment on "New Title"

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:58:31 -0500

Natalie,

I love the "it's not you - it's me" way of thinking. It seems like people are so easily offended or hurt in these social networking communities. I find myself often unfollowing people or choosing not to participate for no reason other than that I need something different. I respect everyone's right to do what they feel is best, but I expect that respect in return as well.

This was a great post. I too tried making a list of every social networking community I was signed up for and gave up on it too!

- SHANNON RITTER

Comment on "Deploying user-centered design testing (Web 2008 training session)"

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:45:04 -0500

Hi Natalie,

The session sounds very similar to Robert Hoekman, Jr.'s Designing the Obvious. I left the book somewhere in ID&D so yo can go on a treasure hunt for it, but for your readers, they can order it at Amazon.

Nikki

- Nikki Massaro Kauffman

Comment on "Twitter as public brainstorming"

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:56:09 -0500

Thanks for your thoughtful contribution on this topic, Nat. You are clearly a quality-over-quantity contributer to the Web community.

- Nikki Massaro Kauffman

Comment on "Twitter as public brainstorming"

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:33:39 -0500

I enjoyed reading your post. It's an interesting idea your putting forth- Twitter as a brainstorming tool. Why shouldn't it work when at any given time, depending on your followers availability, you have access to a lot of knowledgeable people?

- Jeff Swain