pdurbin
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5 years ago LOL at @ebarry saying, "Wow things are getting SLOPI around here" -- https://gitter.im/publiclab/publiclab?at=5cdb61265d48a24fd0cc66fa :smile: :tada:
I don't mean to nag anyone but does Public Lab have a roadmap? Does have a public Travis or Jenkins for QA/CI? Is there a list of what's going on with UI/UX this week or this month from designers or people who care about design? I think for Q&A Public Labs uses https://publiclab.org/questions and I'm trying not to double count the same URL for different channels. I see that "questions" area as a forum, primarily. :smile:
ebarry
Hello! I'm following up on a conversation I just had with @jywarren at https://gitter.im/publiclab/publiclab?at=5cdb3667e7f42160fa8cb9c0
I'll repeat it here for context. :smile:
pdurbin If you're waiting, is now a good time for me to explain my crazy idea? :)
jywarren sure, but i may be pulled away, just warning!
pdurbin Cool. Just tell me to stop and I can pick up later. Have you heard of FAIR data?
jywarren no!
pdurbin From the wikipedia page: "FAIR data are data which meet standards of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability."
pdurbin FAIR comes up a lot in my world. And it's funny, it's a new term, minted only a couple years ago. It's really taken off. People tweet about it. FAIR is a thing. In my world anyway.
jywarren hmm
jywarren haven't heard of it, but interesting!
pdurbin And I've been thinking about a concept for a while, a communication style used by Public Lab and that I use myself in open source projects I'm involved in. But it doesn't have a name. So I came up with one the other day. :)
pdurbin Searchable Linkable Open Public Indexed (SLOPI) Communication. Pronounced "sloppy". What do you think? :)
jywarren whoa, like unpack that for me?
pdurbin Searchable: Messages can be found using Google or other search engines.
jywarren like, how we research and document, or more like to do with our friendliness?
pdurbin Linkable: Messages have a permalink on the web.
pdurbin Open: Messages are in the open.
jywarren hmm!
pdurbin Public: Messages are public.
pdurbin Indexed: Messages are indexed by search engines.
jywarren like, letting it all hang out, as a form of transparency?
pdurbin Yes, exactly.
jywarren cool!
jywarren Liz would love this
pdurbin While open source projects should endeavor to communicate in the SLOPI style whenever possible, this style is inappropriate for security, code of conduct violations, and telling co-workers on your floor that you brought in donuts.
I thought I'd create this issue to now that I have the idea out there. I've already added Public Lab to a spreadsheet I just started that's linked from this issue:
Here are the SLOPI communication channels listed in the spreadsheet for Public Lab. I am not trying to imply that open source projects should have 17 different channels for communication. I'm mostly just trying to recognize that project use different tools. Also, I'm not sure where I'm going with terms like "SLOPI QA" or "SLOPI UI/UX". Maybe you can help me define these a bit. :smile:
I'd love to talk more with the Public Lab community about this idea of SLOPI communication for open source projects? Good idea? Terrible idea? Do you like being sloppy? :smile: Please comment below or please feel free to start a discussion at https://github.com/pdurbin/slopi-communication/issues ! Thanks!