Comments on: My Colts draws “constructive” criticism http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/06/04/my-colts-draw-criticism/ "The things we think and do not say," J.M. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kevin Makice http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/06/04/my-colts-draw-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-5705 Kevin Makice Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:14:26 +0000 http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/06/04/my-colts-draw-criticism/#comment-5705 Josh Evnin, a fellow grad from IU's HCI program and now working for ThoughtWorks in Chicago, had <a href="http://josh.ev9.org/weblog/archives/493" rel="nofollow">some of his own thoughts</a> to say about this very issue of development and iteration. Might be a pick-me-up. Josh Evnin, a fellow grad from IU’s HCI program and now working for ThoughtWorks in Chicago, had some of his own thoughts to say about this very issue of development and iteration. Might be a pick-me-up.

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I appreciate your feedback. It touches a nerve because my colleagues want to make sure the site is build in such a way that it could be all things to all people if they choose to use it instead of myspace…but my concern is that we overlook the obvious (i.e. making it a colts community).

]]> By: Kevin Makice http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/06/04/my-colts-draw-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-5593 Kevin Makice Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:16:32 +0000 http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/06/04/my-colts-draw-criticism/#comment-5593 That blog post was meant more of a test of ClipMarks than a critique of the site. The clip itself was the info you relayed about Tony Dungy being excited to start blogging. Regardless of what product you put out or how it is received, THAT is the big win in my eyes: changing a culture. Until there was some accessibility problems that prevented me from doing so, my feedback has been almost entirely in the site, using the blog tool there. I saw there was a new IP address in an email today, so maybe I can return tomorrow. I'm sure I represent a different kind of user than the ones that are drawn to MySpace - I want the feel of a sports bar or a road trip to a game, not the relationships outside of that. From that perspective, I was struck by how little sports was in this sports networking site. It's early and out of season (though not by much), so maybe that is coming. It's the right idea to iterate and get people involved. I'm just one guy in what will be thousands. It's a great initiative. That blog post was meant more of a test of ClipMarks than a critique of the site. The clip itself was the info you relayed about Tony Dungy being excited to start blogging. Regardless of what product you put out or how it is received, THAT is the big win in my eyes: changing a culture. Until there was some accessibility problems that prevented me from doing so, my feedback has been almost entirely in the site, using the blog tool there. I saw there was a new IP address in an email today, so maybe I can return tomorrow.

I’m sure I represent a different kind of user than the ones that are drawn to MySpace – I want the feel of a sports bar or a road trip to a game, not the relationships outside of that. From that perspective, I was struck by how little sports was in this sports networking site. It’s early and out of season (though not by much), so maybe that is coming.

It’s the right idea to iterate and get people involved. I’m just one guy in what will be thousands. It’s a great initiative.

]]> By: Noah http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/06/04/my-colts-draw-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-5576 Noah Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:22:09 +0000 http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/06/04/my-colts-draw-criticism/#comment-5576 I hope you don't lose too much sleep over it. It will never be perfect and that shouldn't be your goal. I think the greatest feature you could give to your users would be that of a living, changing network that adjusts to the needs of it's userbase over time. Look at MySpace... that thing is horrendously bad at interface design, usability, and only recently have they fixed many security holes. Yet, it's at the top of the "social network" pile in terms of raw traffic, revenue, etc. The designer in my wishes the MyColts site was a bit more stylish... but, with MySpace as an example, my idea of "good style" doesn't always translate into a successful website. I think giving users lots of control over styling their own profile pages helps give people more of a sense of ownership of their content. If you look at Virb.com, there are some users that spend lots of time customizing their profiles. Of course, not every user has the time to go crazy on their profile. I hope you don’t lose too much sleep over it. It will never be perfect and that shouldn’t be your goal. I think the greatest feature you could give to your users would be that of a living, changing network that adjusts to the needs of it’s userbase over time. Look at MySpace… that thing is horrendously bad at interface design, usability, and only recently have they fixed many security holes. Yet, it’s at the top of the “social network” pile in terms of raw traffic, revenue, etc.

The designer in my wishes the MyColts site was a bit more stylish… but, with MySpace as an example, my idea of “good style” doesn’t always translate into a successful website. I think giving users lots of control over styling their own profile pages helps give people more of a sense of ownership of their content. If you look at Virb.com, there are some users that spend lots of time customizing their profiles. Of course, not every user has the time to go crazy on their profile.

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