form factot format content conference
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Presentation given at the JISC Digital Content Conference held July 1st 2009. Audience was mostly library managers and other digitisation managers.TRANSCRIPT
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Form-Factor, Format & Agile Prototyping in Academia
David F. FlandersProgramme ManagerTwitter = dfflanders
Blog = dfflanders.wordpress.com
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Who am I?• Past: Developer background, having
worked at the British Library and University of London (PM bottom-up).
• Present: JISC Programme Manager working w/ Rapid Innovation projects = 40 X 6mo. projects creating software that will scratch user itches in the now!
• Future: Thinks we should make a lot of mistakes and make them fast; and that the coolest thing to be done with your data will be by someone else (CRIG).
“Results... I have gotten a lot of results. I know
several thousand things that won't work.”
(Edison)
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Objectives:1. To get you thinking about RAPID
INNOVATION for your users.– To suggest a framework for helping to
identify user needs = form-factor & format– To provide a methodology that will help
you achieve success on behalf of your users = Agile
2. To encourage institutions to once again embrace innovation (not just “change”)
Why UK universities need a sustainable, digital content
strategy... Gov’t desires to move towards a fully digitally literate
society... #jdcc09
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WHAT IS FORM-
FACTOR?
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Define: “form factor” <etymology>
1. In physics, form factor relates the proportion of energy transmitted by that object which can be transferred to another object.
2. In computing, a form factor specifies the physical dimensions of major system components...– the physical size and shape of a device; often
used to describe the size of servers in a rackmount enclosure.
3. A term used to describe the way a device is constructed so as to pragmatically work with another commonly used device or entity.
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What is form-factor?
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Human Device Interface
Hand
Eye
Forearm
Mouth
Lap
Thinking
Leaning
Sitting
Standing
Walking
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Device <=> Human <=> Situation
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flickr.com/groups/whats_in_your_bag/
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UseCase = FormFactor• It is the fuzzy
interactions (form-factors) between entities (device, human and situation) that should define your user needs.
• User needs = Use Case (remember this for the Agile part of talk)
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FORM-FACTOR
EXAMPLES
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NO. 1 ANDROID
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Open Source Operating System (by Google)
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Small Computers WIN!
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Use cases• Read your news on the
tube (while still holding onto hand railing)
• Read your news on train without spreading entire paper over person sitting next to you
• Read your tweets in the middle of the night (without disturbing your partner by having light on).
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Storyboard & Wireframe
• Student wants to read the blog posts by all his other classmates on the latest essay they had to write, while riding the bus to class.
• Login• Get data (3G)• Cache• Store data• Annotate
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NO. 2 EBM
(ELECTRONIC BOOK MACHINE)
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Video of book birth...
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI03wqMkVNs&annotation_id=annotation_930983&feature=iv
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Espresso Book Machine
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Million book van
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Use Cases
• Print your blog as a coffee book– (with interleaved tweets/comments) BenO
• Print up book at airport before flight.– Carry entire library of books on flashdrive.
• Print your dissertation for submission to markers (costs less than printer).
• Print up your flickr pictures tagged with mum/mom as a photoalbum for mother’s day.
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Storyboard & Wireframe
• Lecturer wants to publish his blog as a book with comments on the opposite page aggregated from all over the web.
• RSS content is consumed vis CSS and published to a PDF format for book print with custom fonts...
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NO. 3OS H/W
(OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE)
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Component Devices
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Makezine
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User cases
• Take pictures of a location while reading a book and submit them as annotation to the book for others to read and add to...
• Plugin in a metal detector on geology field work...
• Use compass to school field trip to find...
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Storyboard & Wireframe
• skip skip
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FORMAT IS FORM-FACTOR!
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= Format (content)
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What is format?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_format
...the properties of a data object, usually encoded as a set of instructions to an application on how to present the data through various output devices, such as the computer display or printer.
The problem with formats is that they are (and will remain) a moveable feast. <getOverIt>
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format fluxHTMLXMLRSSRDFa
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Q: SO HOW DO WE USE
FF&F TO INNOVATE?
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A: AGILE PROTO-TYPING
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What is Agile (theory)?• Agile Manifesto
Principles “Guidelines”
• SCRUM Sprints (2-3 week WP cycles)
• Next planned WP sprint based on reflection of previous sprint.
• Practices (pragmatic) that encourage principles...
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What is Agile (Pragmatics)?(Paper) Prototyping• From FF&F UseCases
comes Storyboard• From Storyboard
comes Wireframes• From Storyboard and
Wireframe comes negotiable / achievable workpackages (sprints)
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What is Agile (Pragmatics)?War Room• Use Cases (FF&F),
Storyboards & Wireframes on four walls surrounding space <UserVoice>
• Daily/Weekly Meetings (Standing)
• Defined Roles (PM, UX, Dev, etc)
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What does agile and open development look like?
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Summary
1. Format => UseCase (Form-Function) + Method (Agile) = Innovation
2. Form-Function is how you define the needs of your users
3. Agile is how you action your users needs into reality.
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Thanks
David F. FlandersTwitter = twitter.com/dfflanders
Blog = dfflanders.wordpress.comOpen Notebook =
code.google.com/p/jiscri
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