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> On 24/01/12 00:31, Alan Dawson wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:35:08PM +0000, Adelayde Skidmore wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe the intention is that the new site proposal at
>>> http://pxr5.hacktivista.net under the new guise of
>>> www.techtoolsforactivism.org should link together all of the facilities
>>> provided by those projects that have been directly involved in
>>> hacktionlab, as well as detail alternatives of those that have not
>>> (Riseup, Sin Dominio and Floss Manuals for example).
>>
>> I was looking over the site, and wondered if the categories should be
>> organised differently.
>>
>> Rather than
>>
>>     #1 Email
>>     #2 Blogging
>>     #3 Hosting
>>     #4 Microblogging
>>     #5 Education
>>     #6 Outreach
>>
>>
>> # Organising
>>     - this would contain email, lists, crabgrass, unspeak, mumble
>> # Publishing
>>     - network23,indy.im, btm, catalyst
>> # Learning
>>     - ttfa book, flossmanuals, hacklabs
>>
>> too abstract ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alan Dawson
>
> Hi,
>
> Well as I see it the main advantages are:
>
> * Cuts down the number of tabs
> * Helps non-techs identify the tool they need by what they are trying to
> achieve rather than having already to know the tool.
>
> It will most likely be a bit annoying for techs, and people who already
> know that they want an email account or a blog. They will think "but I
> want an email account, not organizing, learning or publishing".

I personally -1 on those generalised abstract terms (organising, learning,
etc) and +1 on naming the tool by what it does (so you want an Email
address?  Well let's call it Email.)  I thought we were planning to focus
on the tools rather than the abstract application of them?


>
> If we changed them, I'd use the imperative mood (the bare infinitive
> form of the verbs). By which I mean organize, publish, learn. Apparently
> that works better for task-orientated navigation.
>
> Cheers,
>
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