[open-humanities] OpenLiterature v1.0 - let's do a reboot!

Mon Feb 23 08:51:42 UTC 2015

Hi,

@rufus , +1 for the reminder and enthusiasm :)

@james: a discussion of the minimal viable product would be useful to
provide a goal. Is #3, the search a first to do, or a rapid second? Whilst
I agree that it is necessary, do we need it initially? #2 is the part where
my earlier effort stalled in terms of integrating the existing JS and
Wordpress.

As with others, I'm tied up at the moment but _should_ have more time at
the end of next month when some deadlines have passed by.

Iain

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 7:32 AM, James Harriman-Smith <
james.harriman-smith at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear list, Rufus, John,
>
> @John: it's great to see some maintenance on the Open Humanities
> collection of websites happening, and a wiki booted for our activities.
>
> @Rufus, all: it's true that Open Literature has gone dormant of late, and
> definitely needs a reboot. I'm afraid that, like John though, I don't have
> time to give at the moment, as I'm writing up my thesis and trying to
> secure some kind of paid academic employment for next year.
>
> That said, I think we could at least email about the minimum viable
> product for Open Literature, to know what we have to do when we all have a
> little more time.
>
> I'll start that in my next mail.
>
> J
>
> On 16 February 2015 at 09:19, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On 15 February 2015 at 15:10, John Levin <john at anterotesis.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Regret I have very limited time - and am out of the UK - at the moment.
>>> In any case it seems that the work to be done is mainly technical, coding,
>>> at this point. Once Textus is up and running, then the non-techie humanists
>>> can get stuck in, putting up texts etc.
>>>
>>
>> I would say there is need right now for a lot of *non*-techincal
>> engagement - from being site editor, to blogging, tweeting, writing new
>> essays, doing user testing, coordinating, organizing events. So would
>> definitely welcome non-technical folks here :-)
>>
>> A couple of side-matters:
>>> 1: Is this the OL twitter account? https://twitter.com/OpenLiterature
>>> Is anyone looking after it?
>>>
>>
>> No - but we could (i also wonder if we should move over OpenShakespeare
>> to here since it already has quite a few followers)
>>
>>
>>> 2: I have cleared spam and pending spam from the OL & Open Hums
>>> wordpress sites.
>>>
>>
>> Amazing!
>>
>>
>>> 3: Fixed the links in this post:
>>> http://openliterature.net/2011/09/05/shakespeare-and-the-internet/
>>> which were directing to Open Shakespeare & 404ing.
>>>
>>
>> Fantastic - and thanks!
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On 15/02/2015 14:39, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to restart the conversation on getting OpenLiterature v1.0
>>>> launched. In terms of key steps:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Identify the minimal viable product for OpenLiterature.net
>>>>
>>>> This also relates to minimal viable "Textus" platform to power this (for
>>>> background and slide deck see http://okfnlabs.org/textus/). At present
>>>> the key things would be finishing the viewer JS lib (we are 80% there)
>>>> and integrating this into the wordpress site.
>>>>
>>>> Requirement: a discussion on this list
>>>>
>>>> We already have an issue list
>>>> <https://github.com/okfn/openliterature.net/issues> that could be
>>>> useful
>>>>
>>>> 2. Estimate work and skills needed
>>>>
>>>> My guess is we are talking about 3-6 person weeks here to get to MVP -
>>>> though we would need to properly estimate.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Recruit team
>>>>
>>>> Anticipate roles like:
>>>>
>>>> - Product Owner
>>>> - Cat herder (scrum master)
>>>> - Site Editor
>>>> - Designer
>>>> - Frontend JS (viewer)
>>>> - Wordpress Plugin write (PHP)
>>>>
>>>> Probably work asynchronously around a series of sprints (e.g. a few
>>>> weekend or Saturday sprints)
>>>>
>>>> Who's interested? In particular, who would be interested in coordinating
>>>> the initial phase of getting us all moving again?
>>>>
>>>> Rufus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> http://www.anterotesis.com
>>> http://twitter.com/anterotesis
>>>
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