[p2pu-dev] Should we be recommending Profile tags as the main way to suggest course ideas?

Thu Jul 14 20:08:16 UTC 2011

Tag cloud is good maybe implemented in Javascript with jQuery...

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jessica Ledbetter <
jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:

> Alison: Yes, it's feasible. Just has the bare UI right now :)
>
> Jessy: Recently added/popular on front ... If recently added, we could make
> an activity like when someone creates a task for a course but that might be
> spammy. Is this in its own box? Like a "tag cloud" style box? We have 3
> types on a user, and 1 on a course.
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Jessy Kate Schingler <jessy at jessykate.com
> > wrote:
>
>> we shoud show a list of popular/recently added interests on the front
>> page/landing page somewhere?
>>
>> @jessica yeah, there are some good lists of english stop words we can use
>> to get rid of that kind of cruft :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Jessy
>> --
>> http://jessykate.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Alison Jean Cole <
>> alisonjean.cole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 for auto suggest, if it's feasible - not to narrow folks' interest but
>>> to broaden the chances that they'll connect with others.
>>>
>>>
>>> ALISON
>>> p2pu.org/en/alison/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Jessica Ledbetter <
>>> jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Social glue: +1 That's one of the reasons. I'd love to find all the
>>>> other people interested in web stuff so I can follow on P2PU or add to G+ or
>>>> whatnots. :)
>>>>
>>>> Jessy: Awesome. Let me know how it goes. I did notice quite a bit of
>>>> wonk and have some ideas (maybe a blacklist of terms like "of" "the") for
>>>> some folks' tags.
>>>>
>>>> Wesley: Metric is a measurement really. So like how many people have a
>>>> certain tag could be a metric. It could then be expanded to show how many
>>>> people have that tag and visited the site within the last week. We can use
>>>> them to help us improve and see how we're doing as a system.
>>>>
>>>> We could do a 'related' table but think that that'd be way down the line
>>>> if we did go that route. For example, "javascript" "php" "mysql" tags are
>>>> all "web" but only "javascript" and "php" might be "programming."
>>>>
>>>> I've noticed quite a few folks put "programming" and that influenced me
>>>> putting programming so I'm thinking of an auto-suggest which might help.
>>>>
>>>> I get excited about things that help with finding stuff and linking us
>>>> together so pardon if my emails on tagging get too long :)
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Alison Jean Cole <
>>>> alisonjean.cole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In the fairy tale future, hopefully tags will serve as the social glue
>>>>> - they will give users the ability to suggest courses, find collaborators,
>>>>> invite guest experts, make friends, etc..
>>>>>
>>>>> ALISON
>>>>> p2pu.org/en/alison/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Jessy Kate Schingler <
>>>>> jessy at jessykate.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> when i do the next round of work on the metrics script, maybe i could
>>>>>> have it scrape that field and do an auto-count of terms used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jessy
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> http://jessykate.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Wesley Pennock <
>>>>>> wesleymarkpennock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Agreed maybe make similar tag connections? Not entirely sure how that
>>>>>>> would work but I have high hopes it can be done. Jessica what is a metric by
>>>>>>> the way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Jessica Ledbetter <
>>>>>>> jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> User tags aren't perfect and I'm hoping to tweak it a little. I have
>>>>>>>> a long list in my head and some on the commit note too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, we're hoping that we can easily see who all wants X as a topic.
>>>>>>>> It's not perfect though and I'm thinking of ways to make it better. For
>>>>>>>> example, if one person puts "Javascript" but I want to see everyone wanting
>>>>>>>> to learn "jQuery" maybe those Javascript people would be interested in it.
>>>>>>>> Could just be as simple as "Find all people tagged with these terms:
>>>>>>>> javascript jquery prototype node." Also, typos count so those looking for
>>>>>>>> "Javscript" won't find "Javascript." I could do a "like" for suggestions and
>>>>>>>> something like "did you mean?"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, I'm also hoping for metrics. I love metrics and will help how I
>>>>>>>> can.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, I want to be able to subscribe to a tag and get notified when a
>>>>>>>> course [1] is created with such.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Courses will have organizer supplied tags in the next release and
>>>>>>>> some of that code is already committed (though not in production).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Some of this code is me scratching my own itch but that's one of the
>>>>>>>> awesome things about open source ;) Patches/pull requests welcome!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [1] Course, study group, workshop, etc. :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ~Jessica
>>>>>>>> Volunteer Developer
>>>>>>>> Lernanta/P2PU
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Wesley Pennock <
>>>>>>>> wesleymarkpennock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes Pippa we should. We could have school organizers look through
>>>>>>>>> all the users "want to learn more section" and using that decide what should
>>>>>>>>> taught next. And maybe create a graph of some sort out of this data. These
>>>>>>>>> are just some preliminary thoughts though. Also about the user notification
>>>>>>>>> of courses that match their tag, this is a brilliant idea and should be
>>>>>>>>> implemented immediately.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Pippa Buchanan <
>>>>>>>>> Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm reviewing the SoW FAQ information.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One section I'd like to make sure we get right is "*I'd like to
>>>>>>>>>> suggest a course idea, but not necessarily organise it myself. Can I do
>>>>>>>>>> that?"*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We're currently recommending Uservoice as the way to suggest a
>>>>>>>>>> course idea. The problem is that potential P2PU users end up creating a
>>>>>>>>>> Uservoice account instead of a P2PU account.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As we've now started to use tags, should I start recommending to
>>>>>>>>>> users that they create a profile and add relevant tags to the "Want to learn
>>>>>>>>>> more about" section?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How do we imagine that this  will end up being used? Will users
>>>>>>>>>> with tags get notified when courses with matching tags are created?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> P*
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>> Wesley Pennock
>>>>>>>>> Check Out The Techie School
>>>>>>>>> http://techieschool.blogspot.com/
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>>>>>>>> Jessica Ledbetter
>>>>>>>> http://jessicaledbetter.com
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>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>> Wesley Pennock
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